Aesteria - Cyberpunk City Apartment
This is Aesteria, a city of neon lights and eternal night. I designed this environment as a streaming background for my friend, starboistars on Twitch. I was inspired by the Pinterest moodboard she sent me, as well as arcades, cyberpunk-themed anime, and video games with modern or futuristic cityscapes. I wanted to utilize assets already in my library in making something fun and cohesive with her persona's image, so all of the assets used are from various talented artists and studios in the Fab marketplace. Most assets are from Leartes Studios, Hivemind, and A.R.M.S. Studio. Arcade machine asset by Red Fox https://www.fab.com/sellers/Red%20Fox and Sci-fi terminal assets by Roy Sousa https://www.fab.com/sellers/Roy%20Sousa To achieve the right color scheme, I changed the emissive light color in many of the neon assets and experimented with different skysphere and cloud settings I had not messed with much before.
The apartment interior was the main focus for this project. Arcade machine asset by Red Fox on Fab, two sci-fi terminal assets by Roy Sousa on Fab, links in project description
City street from the angle used as a streaming background
Full view of the city
Different angle of the city street
Moodboard put together and sent to me by Starboistars as reference for Aesteria. I also took inspiration from arcades, cityscapes, and games like Persona 5 Strikers.
Demo of the interior as a streaming background for Starboistars. Model was also created by me in Clip Studio Paint and rigged for face capture in Live2D Cubism.
Demo of the exterior as a streaming background. Model was also created by me in Clip Studio Paint and rigged for face capture in Live2D Cubism.
Interior preproduction. I did my best to turn what assets I already had into a cohesive environment. Arcade machine asset by Red Fox on Fab, sci-fi terminals by Roy Sousa on Fab, links in project description.
Exterior preproduction. I initially didn't plan on making an exterior, but I thought it would be a fun bonus project, and my friend loved the result.