Hey everyone! 

I’m a solo Unreal Engine 5 dev making a small and simple detective game where Mouse is the playable character and I’ve got most of the mechanics built out already!

As you can see though, I'm not a great artist. I built a system that lets me use 2D hand drawn backgrounds as a 3D environment (NOT using any kind of AI). You can see a basic example here for what's meant to be a billiards room in a large mansion.

You can see in the first picture, that it will even automatically cut and layer the png to give it the accurate depth for the scene (as seen by the player standing 'behind' the pool table). The second picture below is the raw image passed into UE5. 

I put in some 3D boxes and props, and then used that as a reference/trace for the 2D image. The plan is to replace the 3D environments with the 2D drawings, but keep the 3D meshes for collision.

I can explain more in DMs, but if any artists (2D or 3D for a basic Mousey character model) are interested, PLEASE reach out!!!