Ghislain Girardot: Mastering Unreal Engine Techniques

Ghislain Girardot is a talented Unreal Engine content creator known for his work as a Technical Artist. With experience on projects like Shardbound and Spyro: Reignited Trilogy, Ghislain has transitioned from an Environment Artist to a Technical Artist, dedicating his efforts to creating educational content for the Unreal Engine community. He is passionate about sharing his knowledge and helping others navigate the complexities of this powerful game engine.

YouTube Channel Overview

Ghislain’s YouTube channel is an extensive collection of tutorials and insights into Unreal Engine. Below are the top 3-5 videos that showcase his expertise and are highly recommended for both beginners and advanced users:

1. Stylized Grass and Techniques in Unreal Engine

Ghislain Girardot guides you through creating stylized grass in Unreal Engine, balancing style and performance. Learn about Blender grass cards, performance tips, texture baking, LODs, instancing, and more.

2. Animated Stylized Ocean in Unreal Engine

Ghislain Girardot presents a technical deep dive into creating an animated stylized ocean in Unreal Engine. Learn about Gerstner waves, sea demo breakdown, Niagara splash particles, vertex interpolator issues, and more.

3. Building a Realistic Grass Shader in Unreal Engine 5

In this video Ghislain Girardot demonstrates building a realistic grass shader in Unreal Engine 5. Learn about shader-driven bend, clump, tilt, wind effects, WPO setup, camera facing, landscape masking, and more.

4. Procedural Waterfall Generation Tool: Demo & Technical Breakdown

Ghislain Girardot showcases a procedural waterfall generation tool in Unreal Engine. Learn about simulation, iterative workflow, geometry settings, Niagara particles, path simulation, obstacle deviation, shaders, textures, and more.

5. Strand-Based Foliage Simulation: First Steps

In this tutorial Ghislain Girardot explores his first steps in strand-based foliage simulation. Learn about previous experiments, strand hierarchy, custom data, simulation structure and algorithm, vertex shader, and vertex skinning in Unreal Engine.

Support on Patreon

Ghislain Girardot also offers additional exclusive educational content and projects through his Patreon page. By joining his Patreon community, supporters can get access to exclusive content. This includes in-depth tutorials, project files, and access to his discord channel.