Smite x Stranger Things Crossover

I had the chance to help bring the Upside Down to the Roman Arena for the Stranger Things crossover! This is the first thing I got to work on since joining Hi-Rez; I learned a ton from my team and I'm happy with how it turned out.

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Stuff I did:
- Tiling material for the growth on the floor: wriggles like tentacles, spreads like roots/nerves
- Upside Downy assets around the portals
- Fun shader work to give the portal's glowy pulse a bit of depth
- Set dressing with outsourced props
- Tweaked existing textures/materials to add webbing and match new tone/lighting
- Christmas lights and letters, only slightly anachronistic! Also fun shader work to make the lights spell fun stuff
- Backdrop Mindflayer: quick rigging/animation, smoky shader, matinee-animated rim lighting timed with the lightning strikes
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Extra shout outs to these amazing folks, who helped with lighting/set-dressing/outsourcing/concepting/direction-giving and more:
https://www.artstation.com/ayayron
https://www.artstation.com/christiandavis
https://www.artstation.com/wwsketch
https://www.artstation.com/justinbaker
https://www.artstation.com/awfulwaffles
https://www.artstation.com/monicabauer
https://www.artstation.com/trabbold
https://www.artstation.com/clise
https://www.artstation.com/artoframon