Winter 2023 - UE5 Personal Project
Read on to see my process.
Driving through the roads of Xining along Qinghai Lake, it was a common sight to see these prayer flags mounted in various forms, vertically on a pole, horizontally across pillars, or in a cone shape like a tent. The flags constantly flow to one direction as the strong winds carry them and the vibrant colours of the prayer flags stand out in the plain yellow hills.
In my rendition, I made sure to represent these two things.
Tibetan prayer flags I saw in Xining
Using cloth and wind simulations, I created my version of the prayer flags "tent" that flew in the wind. I kept the materials simple as the scene will place the flags in a distance, so intricate details are not necessary.
Cloth and wind simulation in Blender
There was no need for too much of a block out as there were only two elements to the scene - the grass hill and the prayer flag "tent". The foliage was procedurally placed onto a simple landscape. I created some pretty simple materials for the flags, the supporting pole in the middle, and the landscape.
The end result was rendered with path tracing.
