BlackThorn - Unreal Cinematic

This is my first personal piece of the year, featuring Kiel Figgins' BlackThorn rig in Quixel Megascans' Dark Ruins. This project had a lot of learnings, such as layering and space switching. I couldn't have done it without the help of online resources from Aleksandr Rudenko, Pavel Barnev, and Mark Masters.

Character animations are all keyed by hand in Maya (except the hair), and rendered in Unreal Engine. Additional VFX was done using Embergen, Niagara Fluids and Sprite Emitters, to be paired with the Dark Ruins' own VFX. Some adjustments were made to the character textures in Substance Painter to fit the realism in the scene, and lastly, post production was done in Davinci Resolve and Premiere Pro. Beyond-FX with Keith Guerrette and VFX Apprentice by Jason Keyser really helped me figure the VFX part out, two more great resources that I always look forward to and can't wait to learn more about.