Alan Franco Díaz

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UNIAT Museum

A virtual museum in Unreal Engine for student and alumni work, built end to end.

Studio
UNIAT
Role
3D modeling, texturing, lighting and integration
Tools
Blender, Substance Painter, Unreal Engine
Year
2023
  • Unreal Engine
  • Blender
  • Substance Painter
  • Environment art
  • Lighting
  • Virtual exhibition
Main hall of the virtual museum with a glowing statue under a stained-glass skylight, a red carpet, green columns and framed artworks, and a small floating robot

Overview

A virtual gallery space in Unreal Engine that showcases work by UNIAT students and alumni. I built it end to end: all of the 3D models and textures, the lighting and the engine integration.

I modeled everything in Blender and textured it in Substance Painter, then assembled and lit the space in Unreal Engine. The museum has a main hall under a stained-glass skylight, with a central statue and framed artworks along the walls, and a rotunda with a starry ceiling and a pond in the middle.

Light is a big part of the space: the stained glass projects colored patterns onto the floor and the red carpet.

What I did

  • Modeled the architecture and props in Blender: entrance stairs, main hall, rotunda, columns, statue and pedestals.
  • Textured the models in Substance Painter.
  • Assembled the museum in Unreal Engine and integrated the exhibited pieces: framed artworks, wall posters and pedestal displays.
  • Lit the space, using the stained-glass windows and skylight as a source of colored light.
Museum entrance with stairs, a red carpet and stained-glass windows
Entrance stairs with stained-glass windows and the red carpet.
Circular hall with a starry ceiling, posters on the walls and a central pond with lilies
Rotunda with a starry ceiling and a central pond.
Close-up of the glowing statue of a seated figure with light patterns from the stained-glass skylight on the floor
Close-up of the central statue under the skylight.
Key art of the Museo UNIAT with two illustrated characters, a painting, a clapperboard and a column
Key art of the Museo UNIAT.

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