Way to the South

Hello! This is my stylized environment piece that I had been working on for the past few months, as a part of the Vegetation and Foliage for Plants and Games course by the amazing Jared Sobotta. I was inspired by Sylvain Sarrailh's gorgeous concept art, I really liked the variety in the plants and the overall mood of the painting. Do check out his artworks if you haven't already!
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/038XBG
I used ZBrush for sculpting, Blender for modeling, Substance Painter and Designer for texturing, SpeedTree for creating the trees and finally UE5 to bring them all together.
It was quite challenging since this was my first time creating foliage, but I learnt so much and had a lot of fun along the way. I became more observant of nature around me and have to appreciate them more. I am quite happy with how this turned out.
Huge thanks to Jared Sobotta for the wonderful class! It was thanks to his guidance and encouragement which really helped me to step out of my comfort zone and push through with this project. I look forward to creating more foliage in the future. :)
https://www.artstation.com/jaredsobotta