Art Spotlight: Arcane Sanctuary
3D Artist Josh Rawlings wanted to make something with almost completely unique UVs. He decided on an arcane sanctuary and got to work. Here's his process.
Josh Rawlings writes:
For this piece, I really wanted to give myself a challenge and make something with mostly unique UVs to practice painting light direction; the UVs are about 96.33333% unique (a lot of painting D:). I also wanted to pick a couple of main colours to use throughout to give the environment a distinct feeling. I fit everything in the scene on 4 texture sheets (minus the clouds, they were added at the very end of the process). One of the challenges when unwrapping and packing a lot of UVs together is to make sure you have good resolution across all objects for painting.
Inspiration for this scene was a medieval setting, I wanted to work with blues and greens so a snowy/desolate/gloomy setting felt like the right kind of vibe to go for.
