Dystopian Art Scene - Blender & Unreal Engine 5

I wanted to create a creepy immersive scene based on themes from the 2017 Damien Hirst exhibition 'Treasures from the wreck of the Unbelievable'. I visited Venice to see this collection and it stuck with me since.

I used the very current ideas/themes of toxic masculinity and control to inform my decisions on atmosphere and asset design.

I have compiled a lot of render footage from Blender and Unreal 5 as some effects worked in one and not the other (for instance, custom states and keyframes, NLA and material mapping). I am hoping to fix this but wanted to show my progress so far.