Unreal Engine 4 - Overgrown Forest Scene

It's been a while since I've done a video so I kind of wanted to go all out with this one. This environment took me about 2 weeks worth of free time to complete. I really wanted to hit the highest fidelity I could with this environment, and while some things could have been pushed further I'm still overall happy with the way things turned out overall.
My overall goal for this environment visually was to create a lush forest that is very heavily detailed while still maintaining strong clarity. I also didn't want to create a regular old forest but wanted to do one in my own unique style in creating spaces that are almost hyper realistic, a bit over the top but not out of the realm of realism.
A few of the visual features used in this video that may not be as obvious:
Screen Space GI
Heavy use of Decals, water running down cliff sides/rocks, and little mud paths on some of the downward slopes.
Contact Shadows to get very defined shadows on small objects like clovers.
Tessellation on landscape to really make small stones/details feel more realistic.
Volumetric fog to get realistic shadow casting on fog as well as a shader to give it some volume/noise.
All art assets used in this video are from the Unreal Marketplace/MegaScans. While assets were taken from the marketplace they were all heavily edited to fit a specific art style Only a few things like the water running down the rocks and a few of the VFX/volumetric fog were created by me.
The Music used in this video is from the games Oblivion, and Icewind Dale
I had a lot of fun creating this one and hope to do a few more scenes using these assets going forward!

[@AJVillanueva2030]

It looks like a Bob Ross painting. Happy little trees.

[@DKJens44]

Looks so beautiful

[@saatvickcyber622]

hats off no word to praise

[@thronosstudios]

Stunning. Wish the camera moved a little more realistically, but other than that, pure eye candy.

[@viks9759]

This gave me so much insperation. And ideas, thank you!

[@aburkart84]

This is one of my favorites you've created so far! I really want to go in and explore it.

[@dragossorin85]

Exploring something like this in VR when the hardware will allow it will be beautiful

[@AJVillanueva2030]

Art imitates real life. Video game developers work hard to try to portray things in real life with computer graphics. An artist uses a paint brush to match the colors of a beautiful forest.

[@AJVillanueva2030]

It looks really lovely.

[@NodRodge]

This is next level witchcraft!! I might have to gather some folks and pitchforks if you don't calm down!

[@exdrip]

Your style stands apart, I love it!

[@ninjamister]

Amazing job! This is definitely my favourite of yours so far. I can imagine this being in any AAA game! Glad to see you're still uploading for us 😉

[@adhwaithvnair4093]

😌😮that, is an absolute masterpiece !

[@lukasgotzenberger8142]

Aside from the water, this is one really amazing looking scene, well done ! The Oblivion soundtrack is a perfect choice aswell !

[@forcews]

I agree, Unreal seriously needs a update its water system so it would look great out of box. Scene quality itself is worth AAA badge.

[@evilmrfrank]

Thanks, I definitely could have spent a bit more time on the water overall to get it better looking.

[@valkyrAnubis]

Holy Moly, paradise here I come! This looks incredibly beautiful, highly detailed and damn authentic. Frankly, I love this kind of art. Fantastic job! Keep up the good work!

[@evilmrfrank]

Thanks!

[@valkyrAnubis]

@@evilmrfrank You are welcome! Considering the fact, that you have created great content by using Unreal Engine in the past and you still keep it up, I say that is awesome. Keep at it and have fun!

[@StephaneCharre]

Huge amount of work! You've build an incredible scene, well done 👌

[@ireneuszciaglo2228]

Magic !!! Amazing work. Congrats.

[@TheLittlemonsterboy]

Great work as always

[@alanfrijns5538]

Absolutely fantastic environment! The only small comment I have is the fade to black scene cuts, they bring me out of the atmosphere a bit.

[@unrealenvironments-speedle782]

Wonderful!

[@jman425]

Excellent work as always Frank! That buildup to seeing the valley was breathtaking!

[@The12MT]

Very very good work! May I ask what assets you've used specifically. For example the rocks and slopes :)

[@evilmrfrank]

A lot of the assets came from both the "Broadleaf Forest Biome" and "The Forest v1.4" packs on the unreal marketplace. The large rocks/cliff pieces came from a pack called "Terrain Blending Rocks" All of the assets have been heavily edited/updated to get the look in this video though! There were a number of other packs involved as well but those were the major ones. In all I probably spent about $500 on the assets in this video alone.

[@kumarsachin292]

@@evilmrfrank Hey! I had a question. This looks TOO beautiful to be an animation. How much time did each frame take to render?

[@evilmrfrank]

@@kumarsachin292 This runs in realtime at about 20-30 fps on my 2080ti

[@KeySmashStudios]

Amazing stuff here. Great job.

[@J4k8bSpeedLevelDesign]

This is awesome! I know how much work such a big scene takes up.

[@ghostdesign-ue4604]

Beautiful scene, i love it. Great work

[@AJVillanueva2030]

Paradise

[@alexisantius7086]

Holy shit this looks beautiful!!

[@LUGERIUS-GAMEs]

Oh my god, that is beautiful ever seen

[@sewak_ghali]

one word for you.....awesome

[@kleestrat1237]

Really inspiring and great work! I started out making environments a couple of weeks ago. I´m doing okay with smaller indoor stuff, but I find landscapes a lot more challenging. Can you recommend any videos / tutorials / learning resources? It´s really hard to determine which is the best topic to start with if you don´t know yet what exactly you´re looking for.

[@nickleblanc4540]

Hey man - do you happen to do any in person teaching sessions at an hourly rate?? I have a project coming up that requires this level of detail on a large scale and I havent used Unreal to that scale before but your work looks amazing. Faily large bugdet for the project so would be interested to hear what you think! I can send my email if interested. Thanks, Nick

[@GreenleafVision]

Stunning work! I love it!

[@bernierao]

Very cool my friend. Do you have any of these environments for sale?

[@Luos_83]

Breathtaking stuff!

[@lushfoil]

dude a few years ago you reccomended that I try ue4, and since then I've been using it so much. thanks for all your hard work and can't wait to see more ! also this scene is stellar, I would love to know what marketplace packs you got some of the trees and plants from

[@sewak_ghali]

caves rd hey man...i am you big too tooo...you got a sub yesterday.....i love that you post the assets for free

[@yedikulearchitects3425]

That's an amazing work. Thanks for sharing with us. Could you please tell about your pc's configuration for this great work? Thanks again.

[@LucianoJacomeli]

Remember Uncharted, Tomb Raider and The Elder Scrolls did you use your light probes? your lod transition is too smooth i don't see changes, some parts of rock have water and particles very smart placed it is a master piece. Do you have troubles with landscape material compiling a huge number of shaders on 4.24?

[@evilmrfrank]

I actually didn't use my light probes, I probably should have, would have helped a lot in some areas :P I didn't have too many issues with this one as far as landscape material compiling but the actual landscape isn't too large though either so that is probably most of it. LOD's were mostly using the new dithering transition so they are nice and smooth!

[@Farathan]

wow :)

[@zeroy]

awesome!

[@mosesthecgartist]

YESSSS!

[@UnrealEngineTutorials]

Can I buy your scenes for my game lol you're so good

[@ceritaseram2962]

😲👍

[@joanintendo]

Uncharted is that you?

[@RikoHD218]

Its possible same video, but without textures? only models

[@ANO-pr5vg]

Let's camp here

[@zeke8120]

How playable is this scene? What fps you are getting?

[@mashonoid]

I have 2 Questions Why? How?

[@MrNutz001]

The new tomb raider

[@SuperPeacebreaker]

hi, could you write your PC specs please?

[@Shivaxi]

Bruh

[@kkumaran2652]

Creator of Rlcraft with no likes that's surprising