‘A Monument to Hushed Whispers’ – An UNREAL ENGINE 5 Lumen Architecture Cinematic

There was a very specific mood I was trying to capture with this piece which is hard to articulate: the sense of grandeur and awe in your chest when you walk into a cathedral; the stillness and hyperfocus of an empty museum; the way that even plain marble can come alive in the right lighting – hard to put into words – easier to show I suppose… hence … this.

This also doubled as an advanced test for Lumen – Unreal Engine’s real-time global illumination – this was all dynamic lighting – no bakes – utilising a combination of spotlights, area lights and emissive materials. Tricky to light a scene when its the GI that’s doing the heavy lifting – but Lumen handled it like a champ. Compositionally, chiaroscuro was the name of the game – it was fun to play around and find the most dramatic lighting possible for each statue to capture the story and the overall vibe of each piece.

"Lion Crushing a Serpent" (https://skfb.ly/68s9T) by Rigsters is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

"Statue Panthere - Anspach fountain" (https://skfb.ly/6xvKU) by Geoffrey Marchal is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

"Statue of Emperor Trajan (Tower Hill, London)" (https://skfb.ly/6sUQO) by nate_siddle is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

"Albert Memorial Europe Statue" (https://skfb.ly/6Z9uJ) by artfletch is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

"Tolerance Statue" (https://skfb.ly/6ryZw) by 3dhdscan is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).