{"id":625,"date":"2026-05-20T19:31:51","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T19:31:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/?p=625"},"modified":"2026-05-21T12:26:19","modified_gmt":"2026-05-21T12:26:19","slug":"3d-asset-creation-implementation-workflow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/2026\/05\/20\/3d-asset-creation-implementation-workflow\/","title":{"rendered":"3D Asset Creation & Implementation Workflow"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

This post primarily highlights my workflow from Week 9 onwards, wherein i had learnt from the inefficiencies and issues with my prior workflow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Referencing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Utilising primary research gathered, Maria’s GDD, a reference\/mood board I complied in Pinterest, and sketches inspired by the previously mentioned, I gain a good base\/reference to go off of and start my creation process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

Creation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Utilising a software recommended by my friend Erik called Pureref, I\u2019m able to overlay references over Blender & Krita, two software which serve as my main tools for the creation of 3D assets.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blender screenshot, an example of me using Pureref to aid in my modelling process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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With a references by my side, I start with simple shapes and slowly model them into a desired form. For Scopophobia, since I’m working on environment art I decided to keep my models low polygon and simple, reserving detail for more important objects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Prototype model of a Supermarket shelf, scrapped due to being overly detailed, complicated and distracting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blender screenshots of Supermarket shelves made more the environment<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Leftward shelf gets more detail as it is intended to contain an Item important to the player.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After finalising the shape & form of the model, I UV unwrap it so it may display textures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blender screenshot showing my UV unwrapping process<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

For blockly models like this self, I mainly use the function ‘project from view’ while in a orthographic view at a specific direction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Afterwards, I take a precise screenshot of the unwrapped model, by the left of the screenshot above, and import it into a new Krita project, sized after the needs of the model.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Krita screenshot<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

I decrease its opacity and use it as a reference for my digital hand painting, creating a base colour\/diffuse texture<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I then duplicate and adjust the saturation & values of the painting, taking advantage of its layers, to create a roughness map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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For Scopophobia, I determined just having two textures is enough for most models, base colour and roughness. I do also create metallic maps on occasion to complement roughness textures when they aren’t enough. I also experimented with procedurally generated normal maps using the software Laigtr<\/a>, recommended to me by a guest speaker, however i did not find the normal textures generated useful.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Krita hand-painting process, I utilise a Blender addon named “Auto Reload”, which automatically reloads all texture files connected externally when they are updated\/saved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I saved my Krita projects in the .psd format for compatibility with Auto Reload. This combination allows me to check how my painted textures look in Blender on the model whenever I save the Krita .psd project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blender screenshot of the shading nodes of a Supermarket shelf, editing the material ‘Shelf’.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I sometimes create multiple variants of a model so they may not feel overly repetitious, I do this by moving their UVs around so different parts of the texture are projected on the same face. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Blender screenshot of rotating UVs to showcase how to move them to create variants of a model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Blender screenshot, showing the same model duplicated into variations, which have their UVs swapped around for variety<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Blender screenshot of Supermarket shelf variants with colour & roughness textures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

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Implementation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

I export the model as a .fbx file from Blender. I then export the textures as .png files from the .psd Krita projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Then after, the files or organised into a folder where they are then imported into Unreal Engine 5.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Screenshot of File Explorer where I organise all my exports from Blender & Krita.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After importing into Unreal Engine 5, I recreate the shading nodes of materials as they are in Blender. I connect the imported .png textures in shading, and connect to finished material onto the imported .fbx models.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finally if need be, the model’s collision hitbox is remade to fit the circumstance. Below, the collision hitboxes of the wet floor sign & cart objects are greatly exaggerated to prevent player passage but allow for visibility through them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This post primarily highlights my workflow from Week 9 onwards, wherein i had learnt from the inefficiencies and issues with my prior workflow. Referencing Utilising primary research gathered, Maria’s GDD, a reference\/mood board I complied in Pinterest, and sketches inspired by the previously mentioned, I gain a good base\/reference to go off of and start […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":65,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-year2sem2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/65"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=625"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":840,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/625\/revisions\/840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.wsagames.com\/yfw1e23\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}