# Ancient Kingdom Still Remains **URL:** \ **Category:** Finished Projects\ **Tags:** modeling, lighting, texturing\ **Created:** [October 9, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642 "2022-10-09T11:42:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pat2gtrs/32/661103_2.png) [@Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/u/Pat2Gtrs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 11:42am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/1 "2022-10-09T11:42:41Z")
**Hello Everyone !** 😄 It’s been a while I haven’t posted anything, I started a new job a year ago, and leaves not a lot of spare time. Even though I really like my job, it’s not really about making 3D work, so there’s always this itch to create something that became harder and harder to contain ! So, I originally started this project in march 2022, after playing _Octopath Traveler_ (_Square Enix_), a video game with a unique visual style, and a location in the game that really inspired this scene. It’s sort of my own interpretation of this peculiar place. (You can find the reference image below) The name _Ancient Kingdom Still Remains_ is inspired by a song from one of my favorite metal band, _Mastodon_, whose name is _Ancient Kingdom_. I thought it really captured the feeling I wanted to achieve in this artwork. The aim was to depict a very old library of an ancient time, that a few hiking people (from our era) manage to find out in its abandoned but somehow preserved state. ![Ancient_Kingdom_Still_Remains_Post_process_OPTIMIZED](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/7/a/1/7a1cbffc6b61526e301190c773f53c7224d8a7b5.jpeg) _Main render, a bit compressed for uploading reasons_ ![Ancient_Kingdom_Still_Remains_Post_process_SQUARE_OPTIMIZED](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/5/6/7/56705be003d9e501e7588ab0cfc4118308ffae00.jpeg) _Square render_ Blocking out the scene was a real challenge because the lighting had to act a specific way, a lot of time went into planning out the scene with very basic shapes. The process of adding details was very fun but also extremely long to produce, I wanted to learn Marvelous Designer to be able to dress the three people of the scene, adding even more time in the creation of this piece as I watched a fair amount of tutorials and timelapses to get familiar with the software. ![Octopath_Traveler_Ref](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/6/5/6/65676178295ec53833c2361a63ec5d3f968b644d.png) _Here was my reference image, screenshotted from Octopath Traveler_ You can access to the Artstation project through this link, if you are interested. It includes renders and Sketchfab visualisation for some models : [https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VyxO4P](https://www.artstation.com/artwork/VyxO4P) ![Ancient_Kingdom_Still_Remains_Clay](https://blenderartists.org/uploads/default/original/4X/f/8/5/f854e950d98b7dc40ee37df307df7da4dfbffb11.jpeg) _Clay render, because why not !_ The scene has been achieved with the help of Blender 2.93, the wonderful add-on tree generator The Grove, Substance Painter, Marvelous Designer, ZBrush, Gaea (for the background) and Photoshop mostly for texture creation and post-processing the scene. It’s been a fun journey ! I wish you a very good day, have fun, 😃 Théo ---
**Author:** ![fahl](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/fahl/32/942088_2.png) [@fahl](https://blenderartists.org/u/fahl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/2 "2022-10-09T18:48:46Z")
This wonderful render needs more attention… Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pat2gtrs/32/661103_2.png) [@Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/u/Pat2Gtrs)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 7:09pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/3 "2022-10-09T19:09:00Z")
Thanks a lot for the kind words @fahl, I’m glad you like it ! ---
**Author:** ![fahl](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/fahl/32/942088_2.png) [@fahl](https://blenderartists.org/u/fahl)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2022, 7:38pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/4 "2022-10-09T19:38:09Z")
I really do 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![bartv](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bartv/32/1477233_2.png) [@bartv](https://blenderartists.org/u/bartv)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2022, 8:33am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/5 "2022-10-14T08:33:57Z")
I featured you on BlenderNation, have a great weekend! > **[Best of Blender Artists: 2022-41](https://www.blendernation.com/2022/10/14/best-of-blender-artists-2022-41/)** > > Every week, hundreds of artists share their work on the Blender Artists forum. I’m putting some of the best work in the spotlight in a weekly post here on BlenderNation. ---
**Author:** ![Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pat2gtrs/32/661103_2.png) [@Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/u/Pat2Gtrs)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2022, 11:18am UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/6 "2022-10-15T11:18:04Z")
Hello @bartv , I’m really thankful for this featuring ! Have a great week-end too ! ---
**Author:** ![bhibb](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/bhibb/32/1108489_2.png) [@bhibb](https://blenderartists.org/u/bhibb)\ **Post date:** [October 16, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/7 "2022-10-16T16:42:09Z")
This feels like an amazing library. I love how you extrapolated everything from your in game image. Well done on the scene feeling and the detail is staggering. ---
**Author:** ![Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/user_avatar/blenderartists.org/pat2gtrs/32/661103_2.png) [@Pat2Gtrs](https://blenderartists.org/u/Pat2Gtrs)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://blenderartists.org/t/ancient-kingdom-still-remains/1410642/8 "2022-10-17T17:07:04Z")
Hello @bhibb , a huge thank you for your comment, I’m really happy you like this artwork, because at some point when you’re working on something for a long time and you aim to fine-tune every single thing, it becomes pretty hard to sit back and to just watch your own creation, how it looks, and the feel it gives… Your comment should be a reminder for every other artist to sometimes just appreciate what you do 😄