Mountain Keep

A fortified keep, where its inhabitants mine valuable ores from the cave leading into the mountain, along with a wooden crane to carry the ore from the top. I've always loved fantasy stories, and wanted to make something that felt grand and mighty.

My goal with this piece was primarily to make an awesome zoomed-out beauty shot, that felt inspired by the fantasy art I grew up with. Once I had that done, I went to develop specific, smaller areas further. I learned a lot of new skills from this piece, having to be really careful with scale, and creating variation on top of tileable textures. I also tried out Speedtree, and the rock models were from megascans, which I textured on top of. I'd never taken on such a large environment before, so this was really satisfying to complete!