A ruined city street running dead straight to the horizon between gutted apartment blocks, trees and grass reclaiming the roadway, towers standing hazy in the distance.

Beautiful Decay

Abandoned, overgrown cityscapes. This one is about scale, atmosphere, and what happens when the architecture starts losing to the plant life.

  • concept
  • 2026
  • scene assembly
  • ENGINE RENDER + HAND PAINTOVER
The same ruin at full width — broken facades either side, vegetation swallowing the road surface, distant skyline flattened by atmosphere.
  • Final composition
  • ENGINE RENDER + HAND PAINTOVER

Authorship

My contribution: scene assembly, lighting, composition, final paintover and photobash.

Assets: Brushify and Quixel Megascans models materials and textures.

Software: Unreal Engine 5, Photoshop.

ENGINE RENDER + HAND PAINTOVER

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