"The Mage" is an action short created entirely within Unreal Engine 5 in a few days to experiment with ICVFX inside of the engine, and as proof of concept for future action sequences and expanding on this character. It's certainly not perfect, but as a final last project for 2022, it checked off the boxes of what I wanted to accomplish before taking a long vacation.

The VFX used were combinations of custom made Niagara particle systems, as well as the incredible Energy Ball VFX pack by Coreb Games. (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...)

The Mage model was created by Stanislav Geivah, who has many other incredible ones available, and I definitely intend to continue to use his cinematic quality characters for more films. (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...)

The Wendingo model was created by Dmitriy Gusev and, just as well, is an incredible artist with many models I hope to be able to use in future projects. (https://www.unrealengine.com/marketpl...)