Environment Design for Virtual Production in Unreal Engine 4 – Creating Real-Time Environment Art With Vladimir Somov

Few months ago I had a pleasure of recording a Gnomon Workshop tutorial on Environment Design for Virtual Production.

This was very symbolic to me, when I was still in college where I studied traditional art and design during the day, at night, I was learning matte painting and concept art from The Gnomon Workshop. This workshop is a way for me to give back to The Gnomon community some of that knowledge and inspiration that kickstarted my career!

In the workshop I walk through the entire pipeline of creating the exterior and interior sets of an ancient temple — an environment that allows for the exploration of two scenarios for lighting and mood, so you can learn how to set up and tell a story with lighting and post-processing for different environments. The workflow also includes a look inside the techniques used for capturing a basic cinematic with an animated character and a virtual hand-held camera operated by using a smartphone as a tracker.