Japanese Temple Gate

This scene is a final project for SAG 375. It is a 3D scene based on the Buddhist temple Yakuion Onseji, located in Kaga, Japan. This project focuses on capturing the essence of a peaceful and spiritual temple through detailed modeling, texturing, and lighting.

The entrance was modeled and assembled in Maya using a sub-d and UV-mapped using UDIMs to maintain highly detailed geometry and high-resolution textures. Textures were created in Substance Painter to emphasize the temple's age and history. After texturing, the model was brought into Unreal Engine to add details like foliage and stone before lighting and rendering.

This project explores storytelling through environment design, using modular workflows, UDIMs, lighting, and detailed texturing to bring a real-world location into 3D.