Environment Art Mastery - Deep Dive
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Күн бұрын👉📺 My new 3d art tutorial is available! www.gum.co/environmentartmastery 📺
Notice: Some information regarding the tiers in this video is outdated. The "Beginner version" was upgraded to the "Standard version", with the entire course material, minus the Spanish Town specific videos (such as texturing breakdowns, etc...).
In this mega tutorial, I draw from years of games industry experience designing 3D levels (both as a level designer and environment artist) to create an easy-to-follow course that will guide you through creating your own 3D environment in Unreal Engine.
I will show you how to come up with your own original ideas, use simple level design tools to create powerful level design blockouts, and then finalize by 3d modeling art assets, creating modular kits, creating stylized textures in substance designer and Photoshop, and using a physical lighting workflow to make realistic game lighting.
This course is over 52hr long, and packed with content on level design, 3d environment art, stylized texturing, creating your own art pipeline, being creative, using unreal engine efficiently, 3d modeling in Maya (though you are totally good if you are a Blender user), modular environment design, overcoming challenges, and much more.
Also included is an optimization guide with high-end desktop VR in mind. Throughout the course, I show you how to design the space with VR performance in mind and, in the end, optimize the environment to get high-fidelity graphics using the deferred rendering pipeline while getting fast framerates on the Valve Index/Oculus Rift.
Included with the Master edition is also support and group mentorship! This is probably the most valuable product since this group mentorship was based on a very successful 3d art mentorship I ran previously. This is the most affordable mentorship plan you can find on the market, and all you have to do is follow the content, challenge yourself, and I will be there to support you when you need it.
Don't hesitate to drop a comment below if you have questions, and I hope to see you there!
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@HelderP1337 Жыл бұрын
Awesome. Congratulations on finishing the course brother, i know you worked hard on this for years. I imagine myself as a kid and having access to this kind of information, getting started would have been so much smoother and faster. Don't take this kind of information for granted guys! Cheers 💪
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Thanks bro! It was a long journey but a very rewarding one! Hope this will help a lot of people achieve their professional dreams too!
@Renji_Abarai Жыл бұрын
I LOVE your work and have always admired the Overwatch maps, often just looking at all the minor details and stylisation! I'm really looking forward to learning from you when I finish my other online tutorials! Yours seems like the best online tute purchase yet and a true inspiration to where I want to be as an environment artist! Just want to appreciate you taking the time and effort to put this out and teach others like me the best way possible
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
wow, thanks so much for the nice comments :) Makes me really happy to hear. I hope you find the tutorial useful when you get it :D Cheers!
@mus_cetiner Жыл бұрын
Effing awesome. Congrats on getting this done. I will have to get this to support you. 😊
@adityasamudre2291 Жыл бұрын
MAN I WAS WAITING FOR 1 YEAR !! thanks great to have you back
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hell yeah! :D Was long but it's finally here! Enjoy!
@XibaD Жыл бұрын
This is a buy. Fantastic job Thiago.
@arash926 9 ай бұрын
comprehensive trailer! wondering how detailed the actual course is!!! GJ
@juriga5986 Жыл бұрын
Such an awesome looking tutorial, had my eye on this one for a while and ended up getting the beginner edition for now but I'm definitely eyeing the advanced edition already
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Awesome! The beginner edition has a ton of content that will keep you busy for months :) If you get all the way to end, you will be more than ready to jump into the advanced edition when the time is right! Hope you enjoy the content!
@kestrelzer Жыл бұрын
Really great, thanks a lot!
@readytobebolder Жыл бұрын
I’m a southern Spaniard, born and bred in a town very similar to this one. I’m also an aspiring artist, and to see this tutorial being about a town as beautiful and ugly as mine makes me so happy. Thank you ❤
@pbl9240 6 ай бұрын
Como que ugly es precioso
@insightz3D Жыл бұрын
King, this looks great
@Evolution4296 10 ай бұрын
Looks like a great bioshock-level environment.😃😃
@pn4960 3 ай бұрын
Looks fantastic
@ranilaxmibianimators Жыл бұрын
thanks sir. nice to see u.
@errick4421 Жыл бұрын
Wow seems to good to be true, thats great!
@nemsix4185 Жыл бұрын
I can't wait. I'm so hyped !
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
It's finally here :D Took a long time but I'm sure the wait will be worth it!
@pandashimi Жыл бұрын
I hope this will motivate you to stop lazing around, panda-kun.
@nemsix4185 Жыл бұрын
@@TKEnvironments Absolutely worth it, thank you so much !
@nemsix4185 Жыл бұрын
@@pandashimi XDDDDDDD
@NikabePlays 5 ай бұрын
Very good work
@Youtuber-sf9gv 27 күн бұрын
Can I use blender for this course instead of maya?
@TKEnvironments 16 күн бұрын
Several people successfully did, but it depends how experienced you are with Blender. If you are complete a beginner, you will probably have a hard time, but if you have some experience, it should be a breeze. I don't use any Maya specific tools and I'm mostly doing simple operations, such as extruding, cuting, beveling etc... the one thing that people always have question about is how to maintain the texel density. For that, there's this amazing Blender script: renderhjs.net/textools/blender/
@Youtuber-sf9gv 16 күн бұрын
@@TKEnvironmentsThanks, I have a Nvidia Rtx 3070 will it be enough for this tutorial?
@paola_chaparro Жыл бұрын
Hi Thiago, I have some questions for you about the Master Edition. 1. Could I work on my own project? I mean, could I design my own level with my own assets and share it with you for your feedback, or will I have to work in a Spanish city similar to yours? 2. How long will we be able to attend the monthly calls? I don't know if there is a time limit to develop the project in order to receive your feedback. Thank you very much for your time and for sharing your valuable knowledge with us😁
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hey Paola! Good questions :) 1) Absolutely, that's the goal! The point is that you will create your own environment, with your own ideas. In the tutorial, I show you how to develop original ideas of your own, and translate them to 3D, so you can make almost any kinds of environments. Of course if you choose some super exotic theme, or something that looks drastically different than the Spanish Town, you will have a harder time. But everyone in the group so far is making different environments with different themes :) 2) I don't have a time limit for the master edition users. I will do one monthly call per month as long as I can do it. Hopefully years :) Even if, at some point, I switch to a subscription model, anyone who gets the Master edition now will have access perpetually. No matter what, whoever gets in now will get my support to succeed. You just have to work hard. Hope to see you there! It's a really cool group of people, and I'm sure you will enjoy it if you love working hard and challenging yourself!
@portugues1900 16 күн бұрын
I have a Rtx Nvidia 3060 can I follow the course using this?
@TKEnvironments 10 күн бұрын
I cant see why not
@amerboss99 Ай бұрын
i found more use in your tutorial than any traditional education system would have.
@TKEnvironments Ай бұрын
🥰
@amerboss99 Ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironments could you please tell me where do i get the prototype grid material with the measurment?
@MrKillaudio Жыл бұрын
Hi Thiago. I was wondering if the techniques covered are specific to Maya, or could you be proficient in another 3d Program and still be able to utilise the course? (apologies if i missed this in the deep dive video). Many thanks, Bruno.
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hey Bruno! I use Maya but lots of people who got the tutorial use Blender and they are following it no problem. The point is more on workflow and technique, and those are mostly software-agnostic. There's a video in the beginning where I show the tools I use in Maya. People like to look for the same ones in Blender and replicate the workflow. If you get the version with discord access, there's quite some help there when it comes to Blender :) Cheers!
@coffeediction Жыл бұрын
Hi, do you explain materials with rgb masks and vertex painting? Im interested in learning the materials which allow to have dirt and edge damage on top of trim sheets ect. Or are they layered materials? Thanks!
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hey there! I show how to do Vertex Blending in the traditional way via materials, and also with Layered Materials. As for RGB Masks, do you mean baking a unique RGB mask with Substance Painter to drive the material blends? If so, I didn't use that in the project because it's extremely annoying to send files back and forth to Substance Painter to generate masks... way overkill for what I was going for here, and an absolute nightmare to iterate on models (unless you automate this process heavily, which I have only seen top tier studios have technical artists with with the knowledge and skill necessary to create such a system). Or do you mean something else with RGB Mask ? :) Anyways, I use material blending heavily in the map, but I kept it simple, only two layers (for example plaster and stone) and an overlay texture on top (for gradients and drips). All explained ver well in the tutorial :) Best regards,
@mustafaozturk3343 11 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironments Hi Thiago, I think he mean RGB mask to blend different materials via RGB(you can add A also). You can see what I mean here: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/d5thg71qvrrYdoU.html Watch until 2.05 I was also trying to learn this new workflow but is it really overkill for most of the projects?
@user-hr1qv2ei6r Жыл бұрын
Very good, we need Chinese subtitles, even if it is machine translated.
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
I want to look for someone to do a proper transcript, and then it will be very easy to translate to other languages. No promises on ETA but hopefully within the next few months :) cheers!
@Wenedi 8 ай бұрын
Sorry if this is a noob question but I wonder if the tutorial will allow me to create any type of environment? Or does it focus on quite bright/happy scenes? If my aim is creating horror environments for example, will this tutorial help me with that?
@TKEnvironments 8 ай бұрын
Hello! It's not a noob question at all. The course is about developing your own environment art workflow, a set of steps that you can take to create any environments. If I was making a horror environment using the tutorial, I'd follow the same steps, but change the variables (lighting, architecture, texturing style etc...) to fit the horror theme. The process is roughly the same. Check out the 1 year anniversary video to see the range of different environments created with the course: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/grKEocllp9XYlas.html Cheers!
@dwathree7475 3 ай бұрын
Hello, Thiago, thank you for this big work! I have one question, in Advanced Edition, will i get access to your Spanish Town source files and timelapses? In video i see, that it's included only in Master Edition, but in gumroad page it's also included in Advanced Edition, what what should I believe? :)
@TKEnvironments 2 ай бұрын
Hey Anton! You are right, this video is a bit outdated. The information on Gumroad is the correct one :)
@dwathree7475 2 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironments thank you! Will get your great tutor soon 😀
@vedantkhanna1970 8 ай бұрын
What software are used in this project
@dani3d_b Жыл бұрын
salve thiago trampo insano, vc faz preço em real pra quem ainda vive no br? kk vlw espero um dia fazer seu curso parece top d+
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Me manda um email que conversamos ;)
@czesc_xyz Жыл бұрын
Hi, this course is updated to unreal 5.x version and other latest software versions?
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hello! This is not an Unreal course, though I use Unreal. Unreal 5 and 4 are pretty much the same engines, with some important updates (that don't concern what I do here). Except Lumen, which facilitates the lighting aspect, so you don't have to bake ;) There's a chapter about the little differences between Unreal 4 and 5, but for 99% of the content, it's irrelevant if you use Unreal 4 or 5 (or even UDK for that matter lol). I'd say 97% or so of the content also carries over to Unity. Again, this is not an Unreal tutorial, but a course about how to make environments. Even though I use Maya and Unreal, experienced users with Blender or Unity have no problem following the tutorial (because most of the classes I'm explaining environment art concepts, how to design maps, blockouts, how to use tiling textures, how to make trims etc...) Hope that helps :)
@kraney195 6 ай бұрын
This looks neat! But one question tho, does the standard version of the course includes the asset making section? I've bought an environment course before, and they're a bit over reliant on using 3rd party assets for their environments, and made the course less of a environment making course because you only learn how to assemble premade assets plus bare-basic lighting and composition theory. And there's nothing wrong in using someone else's assets, it's just that when you're working in an industry, you're bound to have to create an asset of your own, unique to the project your clients ask you to make, in which you cannot found a premade asset of it anywhere on the web. I know its a drawn out question but just want to make sure.
@TKEnvironments 6 ай бұрын
In that case I recommend the advanced version. The standard version contains the full course, which teaches you the process for making your own environments. It's like a self-mentorship program. I explain the steps, and it's up to the user to execute. The advanced version not only includes all the source files, but also a ton of videos on how specific assets were made. The only ones not covered are the foliage, which I used from a pack. Hope that helps, cheers!
@jackengels5077 4 күн бұрын
@@TKEnvironments I'd like to follow up on this; I'm really interested in the stylization used, but since I don't use Substance nor other Adobe's softwares, I'm not sure how handy those extra lessons would be for me. Would it be feasible to learn the core method with the beginner course and supplement with specific tutorials for the softwares I use?
@wonyoungnae95 10 ай бұрын
Hello. I'd like to watch the video with English subtitles translated into Korean. Is the English subtitle file included in the Advanced Edition?
@TKEnvironments 10 ай бұрын
Hello! Unfortunately not yet, but I'm looking into how to do this in the near future :) I will post an update on the channel when it happens.
@samotrololol200 10 ай бұрын
Reminds me of half life alyx art style
@teukuaulia4270 Жыл бұрын
hi, why did u use UE4 instead of UE5? and will my laptop with 1050ti and 16gb RAM enough for creating environment this large?
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Unreal 5 wasn't out yet when I was working on this :) It's still pretty much the same engine, though if you can run lumen, you can save a ton of time by not having to bake the lighting. I'm not sure about the computer specs, but this environment is very optimized and runs butter smooth on my laptop (with 8gb of ram and a GTX 1060). By the way, this environment was developed on my old PC which was an old CPU and a 980GT graphics card :) Cheers!
@teukuaulia4270 Жыл бұрын
@@TKEnvironments in the video it says, texturing tutorial only for master edition, but in gumroad description advanced version already include texturing tutorial, which one is correct?
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
@@teukuaulia4270 Hello! This video is outdated. I switched the material around to include more content on each version. The Gumroad information is correct (Advanced gets all the video content + Stylized texturing tutorial)
@vedantkhanna1970 8 ай бұрын
Hey teacher is it a one go course and for life time please tell me i am looking forward to buy it
@TKEnvironments 8 ай бұрын
Hello, there's a lot more information on the gumroad page about the content. The course is about the environment art process, and of course, it's impossible to cover everything in one single package. While I cover texturing and prop creation for example, I assume you already know how to make simple things. I'm not teaching the software from scratch, but showing how I use them. As long as you can make simple buildings and textures already ,the course will be wonderful. Otherwise I'd recommend to start with my other free course, make an office tutorial, as that one assumes the user knows absolutely nothing about environment art
@fuke5388 Жыл бұрын
great coures! but any student offering ?
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hey! Contact me on mail@thiagoklafke.com send me a link of your work and let's see what we can do :D Cheers!
@juanmanuelcostello9510 11 ай бұрын
Hi, when you say it took you one year to do the environment, it was in your free time? while doing the course content? or one year of 8 hours a day?
@TKEnvironments 11 ай бұрын
On my free time, on and off. Sometimes I didn’t work on it for a month or so. I never estimate art work in hours worked, for me the process just takes elapsed time, doesnt matter if i work 8 hours a day, or sporadically :)
@juanmanuelcostello9510 10 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironmentsNice. I'm thinking about buying the course but I was afraid when you said that it took almost a year to finish. I would like to be a solo game dev (I know that is ambitious) so I was scared that creating environments will take me that long (For a game I will create less complex scenes tho)
@TKEnvironments 10 ай бұрын
@@juanmanuelcostello9510 For sure! What I recommend is to go over the entire course once, creating a very small environment along side (for example, just a corner with 2 or 3 buildings). Once you go over the process once, you can extrapolate to make bigger environments, because the creation process is divided in logical stages. I just wanted to set realistic expectations, so people wouldn't purchase the tutorial thinking that they would watch some videos and be able to create something good in a few days :)
@juanmanuelcostello9510 10 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironments Thanks for your answer. In a few days I will be purchasing the course 😀
@juanmanuelcostello9510 10 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironmentsI just bought the course. The content is amazing :). Is there a discord server where I can ask questions?
@renealbrechtsen9743 2 ай бұрын
Will I be able to follow along just using Blender ?
@TKEnvironments 2 ай бұрын
Lots of people did, depends on how familiar you are with Blender. It's not a course about how to use Maya, but how to make environments, the actual creation process. how to come up with an idea, create a level design blockout etc... Even though I used Maya, the user can use anything they feel familiar with.
@renealbrechtsen9743 2 ай бұрын
@@TKEnvironments Thanks. Might just take the plunge. :)
@Rohan1s495 Жыл бұрын
🙋🏻♂️ Going to buy advanced edition 1 question - my PC SPECS RTX 3060 ( 6 gb Vram ) Ram - 16 GB Will my PC be able to make this ( render this )
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah much better than what I had (a 10 year old 980GT) :)
@momosietube 3 ай бұрын
would I be able to apply this in Unity URP too?
@TKEnvironments 3 ай бұрын
I just answered your email but I will leave the answer here publically too: Yes, if you are experienced enough. The workflow is very similar between both engines. I ported the TK_Tools (shaders, blockout kit etc...) to Unity (URP and HDRP) and will upload that to the tutorial now. I also plan to include some videos explaining the differences between the engines. The differences boil down to how one imports meshes, and sets up lighting. But the actual creation process is pretty much the same. Btw, fun fact, but I just finished porting an Unreal 5 projector to Unity URP :) Will post more about it soon!
@momosietube 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for getting back to me. Can't wait to see it! Btw, I love the level of detail you put into the Environment Art Mastery course.@@TKEnvironments
@JieDu-yj2vd 10 ай бұрын
Maya for modeling?
@TKEnvironments 10 ай бұрын
yeah!
@majeedmotion2213 8 ай бұрын
Using blender or ?
@TKEnvironments 8 ай бұрын
Maya, but a lot of people also use Blender for the tutorial; The value is not on how to use one specific software, but the environment art workflow. I use the same workflow when working with Unity for example :)
@shivangipriya4153 8 ай бұрын
How we make it like Japanese toon??
@TKEnvironments 7 ай бұрын
You can use post processing. If you search “anime stylized post processing” in the market place (or youtube) you can find some solutions 🙂
@shivangipriya4153 7 ай бұрын
OK, thank you
@CGokce6 14 күн бұрын
Do you cover atlas maps?
@TKEnvironments 14 күн бұрын
No idea what you mean by that!
@rodfowler3968 Жыл бұрын
😄 p̾r̾o̾m̾o̾s̾m̾
@YuriNoirProductions Жыл бұрын
Awesome tutorial. but it kind of sucks that you put the texturing tutorial behind a 350$ paywall... that is literally the only part interesting to me while the other stuff is redundant. Did you consider releasing this as multiple courses so people can actually buy what they need?
@TKEnvironments Жыл бұрын
Hey Yuri! I actually have the texturing tutorial separated already, but the gumroad page is hidden until I make a trailer for it and finish the marketing material. You can grab it here: thiagoklafke.gumroad.com/l/stylizedPBR In the future, I might also release parts of the Spanish Town tutorial separated, but that will have to wait a bit, I'm a bit burned out from working on this project for the past 2 and half years and want to make some art now :D Cheers!
@YuriNoirProductions Жыл бұрын
@@TKEnvironments Absolutly awesome. i think this will make it way more accessible to many artist and hopefully makes a few more bucks for you at the end of the day. Your work is stellar and surely deserves that pricetag.
@user-xn5kp8zf7k 4 ай бұрын
sir give me rply
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