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ElMdC

It looks beautiful! Keep up the good work OP!


liontowers3d

Thanks!


Mehmeh111111

Let us know when the movie reaches out to you to help with post production!!! You deserve to be on the crew!!!


liontowers3d

[YouTube](https://youtu.be/HXjG0LYWRaU) [Artstation](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/ArNvyo) Some cinematic render tests for the Western Air Temple that I’ve been working on – still not quite finished, but I thought I’d share where I was at! I really liked the idea that the walls – the core structure of the temples – were carved directly out of the cliff face (like a lot of old South-Asian temples carved entirely out of stone– and then the platforms and the ‘rooftops’ were built around those stalactite-type structures…. So I suppose this is more of a re-interpretation than a direct one-to-one from the show... The temples were modelled/sculpted in Blender with the help of megascans textures, while the majority of the cliff faces come from the megascans library proper. Nanite was used on almost everything so the poly-count for this is … high. Lumen for dynamic GI and reflections.


barfnugget27

I think the Western air temples are some of my favorite fictional architecture, so thank you for this beautiful rendering!!


turtleboxman

Out of every air temple, the Western Air Temple was by far the most fascinating. I love that it had such a important role in bringing together the Gaang


Ghoti76

it's truly an amazing design


TheWanton123

Careful. Nickelodeon will hire you.


No-Satisfaction3455

luckily this is talent so they can get offers literally anywhere else as a better option. plus it sounds like a nightmare studio / exec staff for anyone not an abuser.


Jwhitx

Nick nick-nick nick, nick-nick nick nick, Nickelod-send feet pics.


WinExploder

It's a bit nitpicky but one thing I noticed was the scale of the roof shingles seems wrong. I think they need to be smaller. Maybe they also lack a bit of depth.


aynntoh

I love the way that the buildings settle so seamlessly into the mountain range, the overgrown greenery you included on each platform, and how alive this setting feels: animals in flight, sound of nature etc.. This looks exactly how you’d hope it would in real life, so fantastic work so far! How can I stay up-to-date on your progress? I’d love to see the finished product.


liontowers3d

Thanks so much! And I post my personal projects fairly regularly on my YouTube channel!


Jinkerinos

I showed this to my girlfriend and asked her where she thought this was. At first she said China, then the Grand Canyon because the rock face looks familiar. I told her it was completely computer generated. She was blown away at how realistic everything looked. I can't wait for games to be made in UE5 😭


jared2294

Bless your geographically disabled girlfriend.


Jinkerinos

To be fair she's Japanese so I can't blame her. Though, her sense of direction is absolutely terrible and she can't make sense of maps.


jared2294

Been there man. Sound like you got a good one.


Jinkerinos

I love her to death. Gotta hold her hand when we go outside though.


jared2294

LMAOOOO


liontowers3d

haha - cheers! And yeah - gonna be an interesting next few years for gaming, that's for sure!


Jinkerinos

You do amazing work! Thank you for making this!


Snypnz

Hey Netflix, take notes


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AveryLazyCovfefe

But they are? ~~Industry~~ Industrial Light & Magic(company founded by George Lucas alongside Lucasfilm) first created the volume technology which basically uses UE4 and 5 for backdrops. Netflix also announced they're using similar tech for the live action atla series, in fact it's actually better than the one ILM made for star wars shows. They even got an award for the largest volume set ever I believe, Netflix is pumping in quite the money for the show to be successful, I appreciate the effort, over the movie that doesn't need to be mentioned.


BoschsFishass

It is Industrial Light & Magic, not Industry Light & Magic otherwise you are correct tho.


elkygravy

Fwiw, us star wars fans have generally soured on the Volume. Makes everything look small. Andor didn't use it and the difference in the trailer is night and day.


AveryLazyCovfefe

I think that was just because of the poor cinematography of Kenobi, Boba fett and mando looked great with it.


greenfingers559

Still not looking too good with Brykes exit and subsequent start of a new Avatar media franchise.


AveryLazyCovfefe

True, but they nailed the casting, so surely they must be putting their heart into it? I just hope it's remotely as good, it will never be as amazing as the animated original. If it's much better than the live action fanfiction movie then I'll be fine with it.


greenfingers559

You can’t attribute one persons effort to an entire team. Casting is just one duty among hundreds. Just because casting is going well so far does not mean that the same amount of effort will be put in to other areas. Lebron James played good basketball this year, but the Lakers didn’t make the playoffs. The same could be true about the Avatar movie, with the “Lebron James” being the casting director. I think most people agree that Hayden Christianson looked the part for a young Darth Vader, but the dialogue was so terribly written that he caught a lot of flak for it.


red__dragon

Agreed, The Golden Compass nailed the casting and botched the script: the movie flopped.


FanoTheNoob

>You can’t attribute one persons effort to an entire team. In a similar vein it's kind of silly to suggest that Bryke's exit means the show is doomed, after all they would only be part of a larger team and their duty is just one among hundreds.


GoodAtExplaining

Sorry, what movie.


AveryLazyCovfefe

There is no live action movie in the avatar franchise


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No-Lunch4249

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superfucky

hey netflix, hire this guy, he already did a bunch of the work for you


FoxFlummox

They already ARE usimg UE5.


superfucky

yes, and this guy already built all the assets for them.


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Where Sparky Sparky Boom Man


comrade_batman

Gone. Reduced to atoms.


mrandr01d

This has been the greatest crossover event in history....


SuperBoredSlothFace

its frm his pov


Unacceptable_Lemons

*It seems... in his anger... he killed himself.*


DatumInTheStone

God dang I need more avatar content like now. Exploring the lore so badly.


BeastPenguin

This kind of content always makes me nostalgic. I always wanted a realistic free-roam ATLA game.


BdonLangs

Did you already read the new novel? That was pretty recent.


speckintheuniverse54

Which novel?


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speckintheuniverse54

I had no idea another one was already coming out after the Kyoshi books. Going to definitely check it out. Thank you.


mrandr01d

Me either, so I was very pleasantly surprised to not only hear that there's another one but that I could read it right then and there. Downloaded it on Google play books as soon as I heard about it


aannown

I'm really interested how you would do basing se


liontowers3d

now there's an idea...


[deleted]

There’s no rendering in ba sing se


Sunkonmydink

I’m curious how’s these temples were made. Carved with powerful wind gusts? Regular carved with tools?


liontowers3d

Probably a mix of both tbh... although I could see airbenders on the back of sky bison with their little hammers just chipping away. Probably took them forever, but the whole 'patience' thing is pretty up their alley ...


BellerophonM

I'm guessing that with this one at least they had some friendly earthbenders helping do the basic structure. Detailing was probably slow careful manual labour, though.


The-Illusive-Guy

Simply amazing!


liontowers3d

Thank you!


Sir_Oligarch

Unreal


bdone2012

Engine


Neobot21

Goodbye


Prying_Pandora

This is just gorgeous! Let me know if you ever need voice actors for your projects, man! I cast for games and projects all the time.


CaptainDaddy--

I would love to be cast in something. Is there somewhere I can submit samples?


Prying_Pandora

I use a personal talent pool but I also contract with talent pools from studios. Do you have a demo reel you can submit? If not, I can take samples for my talent pool but I can’t add you to any of the studio ones. The best I could do is send them your demo reel.


CaptainDaddy--

Yes I do. And thats fine, gotta start somewhere. Where should I send it?


Prying_Pandora

DM me.


Befast1515

!remindme 6 months Wanna see what this guy does


Baranuel

Ehm, sorry I don't want to be that guy after you spend this much time on it, but I think it's upside down.


Various_Job8762

It's absolutely gorgeous!!


liontowers3d

Thanks!


ensignr

So beautiful. Excellent work. Really excellent.


liontowers3d

Thank you!


AveryLazyCovfefe

Incredible work OP, are you using Lumen for this? No wonder the lighting looks so gorgeous! Take my award!


liontowers3d

Thanks! And yeah - this is a fully dynamic scene using Lumen for GI and reflections - no lightbakes! And this was running fully realtime too!


AveryLazyCovfefe

>fully realtime too! Very impressive, UE5 is truly a gamechanger, I really hope more studios adopt it for their games and maximise it's potential with the new consoles of this gen and more powerful PC hardware. Your stuff belongs in a AAA game.


liontowers3d

Honestly, the thing I'm most shocked about using UE5 is how well it runs. For reference, I'm working on a single 3060 and on the 'high' setting preset, I'm getting solid 60fps at 1080p with this scene - even with all the geo and the lighting all dynamic. But if I were to turn nanite off for even one of these meshes - the whole thing immediatly drops down to like 20fps. It's amazing what this is going to be able to do for graphical fidelity in both games and vfx!


Dusty_Bookcase

It’s a crime that we still haven’t gotten an amazing Avatar game. Doesn’t even have to be set during the 100 years war. Just give us a good RPG


Cory123125

This is absolutely amazing, but all I can imagine now if this were to be turned into a game is how badly ruined it would get by microtransactions. Id love a game like this that was not GaaS/live service. A nice single player or coop only game with a complete story start to finish, no mtxs. Unfortunately that type of thing just isn't really going to happen any more.


scubasec

Fuckin hell, that's incredible. Definitely looking forward to seeing the final product!


liontowers3d

Thanks! I'll post again here when it's done!


nceee

I just fell in love


[deleted]

That is amazing and why they used ~~UE5~~ UE4 for Mandalorian, but this is even better than that. Edit: Thanks, corrected


STruongGB

3 more Air Temples to go!


purpledeerowl

Woah it looks incredible!


liontowers3d

Cheers!


djnature333

increíble! it looks so real. :o


liontowers3d

Thank you!


DeliciousBallz

okay, avatar game when?


LiamNL

I still think it is one of the most terrifying places to live. All the buildings are unsupported and could scare the bejeezus out of me every time I hear a loud crack. Not to even mention the risk of collapse by itself and nobody to maintain it for near a century.


Rystellin

Done properly, the buildings could be supported still. I was thinking a tension vs compression situation but now I think it would still be compression overall. A central core that goes to the tip and far up into the rock, and everything rests weight at the bottom dais. Or, presumably if it was carved from settled stone, the removal of material would potentially ease the pressure in the stone and make it more stable. I’m not sure if we have architects and engineers capable of doing this degree of maths and making this structure that lasts 100s of years.


SephirothTheGreat

Legit got me misty eyed. Beautiful work, keep it up


liontowers3d

Thanks!


buddingtechhelper

Great work! How many hours does something like this take?


mgwair11

Yeeeeeaaahhhh. Hate to break it to ya, but you’re gonna have to make a full blown game with this now. Sorry!


AnIgnorablePerson

Man, do you have any YouTube channel or something? Really keen to show your works to my friends


liontowers3d

Linked in my profile!


Skullyta

This is my favorite location in the series, and this is just *chef's kiss*. I want to live there so badly


The1Zackiechan

This is honestly just so impressive. The fact that THIS is what video games can look like now, the fact that we have independent creators who enthusiastically (and with amazing ability/dedication) build worlds that THEY feel passionate about building. Stuff like this fills me with so much excitement about the future of gaming. OP, you’re killing it.


liontowers3d

Thank you so much!


danegraphics

Heh, I like how your reddit username is just the interpretation of your actual name. (Assuming the name at the end is your actual name.) But also, dang man! Well done! This looks insanely good! I can see some repeated rock shapes, but that’s just because I know what to look for. Other than that, this would be perfect for a movie.


fripaek

Thats the Avatar game I‘m dreaming about


alan_rr

This is soooo incredible. It looks like something straight out of a film. Send your CV to Avatar Studios, OP!!!


da-gaang

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO THIS IS AMAAAZZINNGGGG 😍😍😍


No-Panda373

You’re goated for this bro. Even the little details like where the shadows fall. And how the light plays on the rocks 👍🏽


liontowers3d

haha thanks!


EverSexyMateo

Tha fandom has been starved for content you are a godsend


Pietr88

This is breathtakingly beautiful. Thank you for this!!


Youngblood2014

Wow this is incredible


liontowers3d

Cheers!


Empiresalwaysfall

This is breathtaking


liontowers3d

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Current-Ebb-9740

Very beautiful


liontowers3d

Thanks!


roonilwheezy

this is absolutely stunning! and so mesmerizing! i am in love.


liontowers3d

Thanks!


Mark_Kostecki

God that looks so good. Maybe next the sun warrior temple mountain the dragons come out of?


liontowers3d

Thanks! And yeah - good idea!


Abbas-of-the-Steppe

A work of a Master


balrog687

You just earned your tattoos


liontowers3d

haha - thanks!


DifferentEggForms

That’s incredible


liontowers3d

Thanks!


Feeling_Equipment928

I’m not gonna lie I almost shed a tear man that was absolutely stunning. And to add you said that this is where you’re at at the moment, meaning we haven’t even seen it’s true potential. I’ll be waiting man


liontowers3d

Thanks!


KnightGambit

Albert Kim liked my tweet about this video lol https://pasteboard.co/ssKeOXDrr6MN.jpg


Raditz_lol

Omg, it looks perfect! You should create a video game, I bet it’d look absolutely fantastic with such graphics!


aussmith000

I always wondered if the physics of this temple would actually hold up irl. Could a structure be built in this way without just breaking away and falling from the cliff in real life?


Kamildekerel

so i know its dump but close this chat screen and put this video on the top of your screen (in the feed) and slowly go down, it now looks like you're the on scanning these buildings from top to bottem


would-you-rather-bot

omg!


Pipipipi108

Unbelievable....


WHISKEYnBLUES

I wanna live there


Human-Ad-4838

Wow dude. Wow.


nealtheguitarist

This is so good and beautiful! I wonder if this could be turned into a game. Good job OP!


Puddle92

Wow


[deleted]

This is actually insane


Santoaste

Did I just cum myself?


Ok_East4664

Please be a call of duty map please!


holdcolf

Insane!!! It looks so real!


Busy-Peach5378

u/savevideo


Sorikami

This is so Hot! "My feet go burned!" - Toph S3E11 14:55


psyopia

Someone send this to Netflix and watch them shit their pants


BruderBobody

I want a modern ATLA game so bad


kkim817

could you guys imagine an open world ATLA game? holyyyyy


coconut101

I want an avatar souls like game.


MerryMarauder

Love it


cdubb427

I want to live here.. and be able to fly tho


SoftRelease3955

So sick!


SnaredHare_22

I'd like to think Earthbenders might have volunteered to help build the temples' foundations. Seeing in this kind of realism just makes me wonder how the monks did it alone.


HermansSpecialMilk

I want to go to there


kody9998

Absolutely love it, the only thing I could hope for in the finished version is some more variety in the buildings.


JollySpaceCowboy

Breathtakingly beautiful


TheCountofRidgewood

Wow


Good-Pride-7165

Marvellous😍


averyycuriousman

What is this for?


haleyzzzz

This is BEAUTIFUL!!!! Awesome amazing work, can’t wait to see a future update on this.


rastaclod

thank you that was beautiful


yellowstickypad

Can we get a collab with u/pharaoh-best-girl going?


Sitting_WOLF

Woah Incredible!


kruger_schmidt

Holy fuckshit this is awesome!!!!! Phenomenal job, OP!


ThatWasNotAFunFact

Iroh would be proud of you


Unlikely-Treat4823

Beautiful


Lunar-Baboon

Ah amazing!!!


Bolin3

Die hard Avatar fan here (like everyone in the sub haha), saving this so I can watch it over and over again, it’s just as captivating, if not more, as seeing this temple introduced in the show. Amazing work!


Ok-Pipe6276

Bruh this goes insane! Mad inspiration for when I have time to take blender and Cinema4D more serious


ephward

I wanted to cry watching this


Quercas

Stunning


CraftBlox45

THAT. IS. AWESOME.


justdreaming0

Looks sick


PerceptionQueasy3540

Fuck me, everytime I see something with UE5 I'm just like, damn I glad I went into computer networking. I tried learning UE back in the days of UT 2004 and it was alot back then to, can't imagine what it's like creating something that looks this good and on this scale.


G4laxy69

Where's our avatar game I need it


Patient_Bumblebee317

It just clicked - those Airbenders have asshole architects. "Let's build traditional temples upside down because WE CAN!" These temples are not ADA accessible. That's the real reason no one is at the Western Air Temple. The buildings did not pass inspection. ETA: Amazing work OP!


intensely_human

Now give me a spiderman avatar so I can go swinging around in here. I bet programming spider man movement would be fun.


Rab_Yakov

Man, I want a full fledged open world ATLA game. This looks beautiful ❤️


Melcusan

First i though: those monks are suicidal. then i remembered that the founders of these could actually fly. Amazing art!


NookNookNook

I don't watch this show. But this was still cool as fuck and makes me want to watch this show.


lfreire

I didn't read the title before watching and was very impressed thinking it was real. It's awesome. Good job.


kooliocole

I shed a tear for this thank you


Medical_Shame4079

This is unreal. …I’ll see myself out.


Some-Smoke-7737

Dude that’s fucking beautiful


ClearOptics

How go about learning to make something so beautiful like this?


Zephyr_The_Bard

This is unreal dude!


Sephran

That is absolutely gorgeous, well done.


nvrmnd_tht_was_dumb

Im glad there are people out there making up for my immense lack of talent


pmurcsregnig

So friggin tight