The Last Wave
Final image (UE5)

Final image (UE5)

First draft (UE4)

First draft (UE4)

Detail Lighting (Lumen)

Detail Lighting (Lumen)

Lighting Only (Lumen)

Lighting Only (Lumen)

Triangles visualization (combination of Nanite + Static Meshes)

Triangles visualization (combination of Nanite + Static Meshes)

Small worldbuilding, set dressing & lighting excercise inspired by games The Last Of Us and Days Gone.

Most of the work has been done in UE4 with recent conversion to UE5, where I converted most of the meshes to Nanite and re-lighted the scene using Lumen, which is absolute joy to use.

Assets come from Megascans and Post-Apocalyptic Kitbash Set by Jonathan Ching.