Arizona Desert

Hi! In this project, I used 3DSMax for the modeling of all the cacti assets; Substance Designer for the creation of different textures like saguaro cacti, nopal cacti, thorn textures, and ground texture; and Unreal Engine to make this scene and create the environment support with Megascan. For all the cacti, I create two tileable textures, one for the base shape of the cactus and one for the thorns.

This project was inspired by The Searchers - John Ford (1956). I created a reinterpretation of the bivouac scene from a different point of view to highlight the cacti. I wondered what if Ethan Edwards (act by John Wayne) hadn't been very clever (by not hiding, which is not the case in the film) and had been killed by the brigands in the bivouac scene.

Hope you'll like it!🤟