Gloomy Mushrooms -
UE5 Lighting
A UE5 Lighting project. The goal was to create a gloomy, yet beautiful mushroom environment through lighting and scale. I am responsible for all lighting and scene set up. I used all free assets including megascans (tree trunk, foliage), Epic Games marketplace (character model), and mushroom assets from Evan Zayats, Grand Dog Studio, and Mrrobot.
Special thanks to Brandon Tieh for feedback and critiques!
Final lighting render done using UE5 Lumen
Rule of thirds- kept both characters at power points, kept tree trunks on the left and right thirds, repsectively, ground on bottom third, mushroom heads on top third
Eye lines - the character is looking at an angle that points to background character, glowing mushrooms also guide eye in same direction
Repeating mushrooms to get a sense of scale
Process of getting to the final render - mainly fixing composition issues and adjusting lights
Alternate color scheme with blues and reds
Alternate color scheme with orange and purple
Alternate night color scheme with blues and yellows
Inspiration from concept art by Kentaro Kameda