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Brazil White Forest - Caatinga

Brazil's typical northeast climate: Sertão or White Forest. A desert area that runs dry for the most part of year and on its rainy season it floods everywhere. People that live there are tough and must survive as if it is the last day. The houses there are made of "Taipa", a kind of dry mud that - together with dry grass and water - can build strong houses for a family to live in. Huge ceramic pots are filled with water from wells and rivers, sometimes found kilometers away from the houses, with the water gathered they drink, cook, wash their clothes, etc.

The blue sky in the morning and its peculiar nature can ease the suffering to live in such a harsh place.

This environment was made by me a year ago and I wanted to redo it as I really enjoyed working on this personal project. After a year of learning 3D modeling, materials, pipelines and gathering a LOT of feedback, I was able to make this environment better. I hope you guys enjoy it :)

Huge thanks to InsightZ Discord group!

Main shot.

Main shot.

The two main challenges on this project was to make everything look beautiful and believable...

The two main challenges on this project was to make everything look beautiful and believable...

...and work with foliage, which I can improve more, but I was very happy with the end result on this scene.

...and work with foliage, which I can improve more, but I was very happy with the end result on this scene.

Sertao - White Forest

A quick evolution on how the project was on 2018 and how it is now.

A quick evolution on how the project was on 2018 and how it is now.

Assets breakdown. I tried to use as few assets as possible for this scene.

Assets breakdown. I tried to use as few assets as possible for this scene.