Kingdom Plaza - Frieren Fan Art

The Kingdom Plaza | Frieren Fan-made Stylized Environment Diorama

This is a two week personal fan art project, inspired by Frieren: Beyond Journey's End. This scene focuses on recreating the Kingdom Plaza with a stylized, low-poly aesthetic that emphasizes atmosphere.

Concept
I wanted to capture the feeling of both lonely and warm—a peaceful stillness. By contrasting cold ambient light with warm lights isolating the subjects.

Custom Assets (Maya):
Developed from scratch using a dedicated modular kit and seamless trim sheets (Maya/Substance).

Lighting Optimization
Using Unreal Engine's Lumen emissives material with shadow-casting disabled, to achieve a soft, indirect glow and light up the scene to prevent heavy performance cost of multiple lights.

VFX (Niagara System)
The scene ends with the Half-Century Meteor Shower as a tribute to the original story. I also added fireflies to make the scene more interesting and give the plaza a more magical feeling.

Environmental Simulation
Integrated cloth simulations for tents and flags to add a subtle layer of motion and life to the otherwise peaceful scene.