The Crystal Valley
Michael Sadler
STUDENT'S ARTWORK
ARTIST STATEMENT
My 3D Visualisation 3 project 'The Crystal Valley' is an interactive 3D environment made in Unity. I modelled all assets in Maya, textured them in Substance Painter and then configured and placed them into Unity. The environment is a sci-fi fantasy world with countless sentient glowing crystals. As the player explores the environment, they will find numerous androids that have been destroyed by these crystals. These androids started to explore this planet and began mining the crystals, but the crystals started attacking them, leaving no survivors. The android’s spaceship was trapped by these crystals, encased forever, with this being the centrepiece of the environment.
Artwork medium:Â Unity interactive environment modelled using Maya
ARTIST INTRODUCTION
Hello there, I’m Michael Sadler, a third year Media Arts/Computer Science student specialising in VFX and 3D Visualisation. I’m interested in learning a wide range of media and art forms, and aim to create projects that tell interesting stories in unique ways. I strive to make every project better than the last.
Acknowledgement of Country
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