Inspired by Halo, this stunning sci-fi landscape is a real-time render from Unreal Engine

Renders of a scene inspired by Halo, by James Naughton
(Image credit: James Naughton)

James Naughton is an environment artist from Manchester in the UK. His piece Installation 04 is a tribute to Halo. He used ZBrush and Blender for modelling and Unreal Engine for rendering, with SpeedTree, Substance 3D Painter, Substance 3D Designer and Photoshop all lending a hand at various stages.

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