Winter's Hex

“It took only days after the witch’s execution for the snow to begin. After weeks of unnatural winter, she was moved to a more esteemed burial site. Villagers have since made daily pilgrimage and prayed for the cold to end, yet the curse remains…”

I produced this scene in just under a month, inspired by the prompt "The Depth of Winter". I have always been a fan of wintery scenes so having the opportunity to tackle the technical challenge of snow and produce this scene has been an excellent experience. 

My favourite part of the development process was producing a tool using houdini that would allow me to procedurally cover my assets with snow. Having now produced it, I want to create a few more small winter scenes simply due to how fun it is to use. As a technical artist I love any opportunity to explore interesting ways to tackle problems, and that is what I tried to focus on throughout the course of this project.

This project contains usage of William Faucher's Easy Fog asset pack.