I wanted to make something in the vein of side scrollers like Hollow Knight, Ori, and Dead Cells, but with my own spin on it. I love the set piece rooms where you find a chest with an item and there is a cool back drop with a bit of back story, and I just wanted to attempt to make something similar. I used ZBrush for almost everything in some way. I made the background meshes with Oculus Medium, Gravity Sketch and Blender, but then I used ZBrush to clean up and finalize detail. The plants are from megascans. If you want to see a few other images you can here: https://www.artstation.com/artwork/8la6yG
NPR Render in ZBrush