How I made this professional environment in Blender

A breakdown of my most recent personal project!
For this project I didn't create many 3D assets from scratch, which is not always the case. Most models here are from BigMediumSmall or Quixel, so I didn't cover that in the breakdown. I instead focused on the other aspects: Terrain generation, animation, simulations (fat, dust, liquid, cloth), geometry nodes, set dressing, scattering, atmosphere and more.
I will answer all questions! Feel free to leave a comment.

Software used:
Blender, Houdini, Liquigen, Gaea, After Effects, Photoshop.

Models and tools:
Quixel, BigMediumSmall, Polyganiq, Geo-Scatter, Fox Renderfarm, Neat Video Denoiser, Mixamo.

Music:
hxly xo - used2

Contact me:
Email in about section

Time stamps:
00:00 Final Shot
00:08 Reference
00:13 Terrain
00:25 Camel Animation
00:59 Dust Simulation
01:05 Waterfall Simulation
01:14 Building Environment
01:41 Atmosphere
01:47 Geo-Scatter
01:53 Progress Frames
02:07 Outro

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[jmt_pr]

Bro had 20 years of experience at 10. Amazing work!

[rano]

This is hands down my top 5 most realistic, best environment render I've ever seen. What sets your render apart from most Blender renders ive ever seen is that the attention to detail, doing simulations etc. in Houdini and creating the look in comp.

[tonystepd]

It would be really cool to see more about the creation process!

[MathisBG]

Definitely the best 3D artist I ever saw! This and Crest are the best blender animation ever created. Please make tutorials 🙏

[kazes]

I thought the camel and the guy on it were real footage in this scene. Very impressive

[smaxfpv]

This is just INSANE MAN. Your variety in skillsets is admirable. Crazy stuff.

[VincentFikacz]

AAAA quality shot, I''m stunned. Awesome work!

[Doomblick]

I had just started learning blender and came across your vid. I am blown away at the sheer skill you have, this looks like magic to me!!
I hope your channel gets a lot of views. 🙏

[JamieDunbar]

This is such a fantastic demonstration of just how much detail needs to go into a shot to make it realistic.
I didn't even notice all those Mixamo animations on the people in the market before the breakdown. But it's all those tiny details that make this shot feel alive!

[SpencerMagnusson]

Way to go! As others said, the use of simulation made a world of difference here. Usually humans (even without faces) look off once in motion, but I didn't get any triggers while watching the intro. Amazing work 👏🏻

[devanmauch]

This is extremely inspirational, thank you. I'll have to pick up 3D again!

[suviuusitupa]

This just blows my mind!! You're so talented, I can't believe someone can actually do something like this

[aulium]

Omg I could watch an entire film with this mood!

[henningricke]

Great work from start to finish! I Love the spot on enviromental storytelling here:
An ancient aquaeduct that has been damaged long ago, so someone built a new settlement on the spot of the water leak. Briliant!

[prozotyke]

can you please breakdown your atmostphere workflow or IMO you should make whole breakdown series of this crazyyyy detailed scene pleaseee do that, it will help us a lot you are so so so good at your work mann hats offff

[damir_ko]

Masterpiece😍 Great work! Thank you for sharing with us!❤

[ChangorooStudio]

So awesome to see how much detail you put into EVERYTHING! :D
The Camel jiggle was extra satisfying ^^

[adrianfleiteszapata]

Omg 😱 you are an absolute pro 💪 by far the best blender work i've ever seen