Hey! This was my first environment design project in Unreal Engine 5.5. The idea was to use available assets to build a beautiful coastal landscape and then create a cinematic flythrough to bring it to life.

I designed a Middle Eastern-inspired coastal environment using available assets and custom elements. To add a personal touch, I created procedural sea rocks in Houdini and integrated them into the scene.

Honestly, coming from a film and VFX background, I’m used to super long test renders just to check lighting or colors. Unreal’s real-time rendering completely changes that. You get to see your final output as you build, and that makes the creative process so much faster and smoother.

This whole thing took me about 3 to 4 days to build, populate, render, and polish with music.

Huge thanks to Quixel Bridge and Pixabay for the awesome free assets and music. Couldn't have pulled this off without them.

Software used: Unreal Engine 5.5, Houdini, DaVinci Resolve