Originally started as an art test for a VR company, I wanted to do something with a bit more narrative focused and cheerful than just a Nostromo-inspired dark spooky hallway. I wanted to design what a high school on a space station would look like. Originally I set out to do the whole scene with 4 textures. After I was told the position was filled, I decided to add a few more for the fern and the mascot. Otherwise the entire scene is textured with two normal maps and two packed greyscale maps. I also ended up using some things like a clouds and gradient that were in the engine tools and would have shipped with the engine anyway.
And yeah, the school's mascot is a space whale.