My Adventures w/ Substance Designer

N83ds · Jan 2015

Thanks to everyone on this forum page and Allgorithmic for inspiring me to create some textures again.
I just got started with this program, but it seems like it can do anything.

I tried some concrete, ceramic tiles, mud/dirt, rubber, wood floors but I wanted to show what I have been making so far.

All these are WIP and took about 3 hours on average so far...
In no particular order...

kanga · Jan 2015

Some of the best surfaces I have ever seen.

Sammy101 · Jan 2015

Coolio, how long you been using Substance?

roboy · Jan 2015

Looking gorgeous... now show us how you do them :poly124:

N83ds · Jan 2015

kanga - Thanks man! Substance is super powerful!
Sammy101 - about 1 month so far, but it makes sense to me like "smart obejects and photoshop filtering to blend textures...veerrrry similar.
roboy - I can show some stuff soon! Thanks!

N83ds · Jan 2015

I updated the herringbone wood with some Gold Trim...just a test...now trying to come up with better patterns..

taotang · Jan 2015

Looks great!

N83ds · Jan 2015

50s Diner one I started. Just messing around. So fun.

N83ds · Jan 2015

Added some more wear to the wood in this variation. Played around with creating deep scratches as well.

N83ds · Jan 2015

one more slightly duller wood.

N83ds · Mar 2015

Trying the subway tiles again, with some cracks based on josh lynch's crack tutorial.

C&C welcome.

Joopson · Mar 2015

Oh man! Those subway tiles are great.

N83ds · Mar 2015

@Joopson- Thanks!!

One more update! Scratches and rendered in Marmoset2-
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Deathstick · Mar 2015

dat wood :thumbup::poly136:

Zombiecrackers · Mar 2015

Really digging these textures good stuff, looking forward to seeing more

N83ds · Mar 2015

Thanks guys!

Added more directional dust and drips grunge to the subway wall tiles.

N83ds · Mar 2015

Update to grunge, cracks, and tile sizes. Trying to wrap this up...
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nickcomeau · Mar 2015

I really like how the tiles are looking! Great job

_Kratos_ · Mar 2015

Last one is pretty cool

N83ds · Mar 2015

Trying different colors and sizes of tiles, changed up some of the masking for diamonds too.

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Nick Holdorf · Mar 2015

Absolutely beautiful I myself would love to get into substance I just have too many other programs to learn right now.

aelwine · Mar 2015

the latest version of the is pretty nice, good call on the diamond shape tiles, it looks way more natural this way.

N83ds · Mar 2015

Thanks for the comments and crits. I will be posting final version soon.

Tetranome · Mar 2015

Your subway tiles look really great, the reflections are spot on.
I prefer the black and yellow

N83ds · Mar 2015

Another variation on the tiles, using the same substance, less reflectant here, because i was thinking these ones would be for the floors.
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DanielR17 · Mar 2015

Hi Nate!

You're a master! At this point, what type of material do you find the most difficult/challenging to create with Substance Designer?

N83ds · Mar 2015

Hi Daniel,
Thanks , I feel that I am far from a master...the thing is Substance Designer is pretty easy once you get the hang of things...I watch lots of videos and follow all the forums too.
As far as what material is the most challenging...hard to say, they all present their own challenges, but I had a hard time with muddy ground, I ended up not posting it...cause I felt like it was the worst of my learnings, but it was the 2nd one I ever worked on.
With all the stuff I see on the Substance Designer polycount master thread, you can see anything is possible right now it seems.

DanielR17 · Mar 2015

Thanks for your answer!
I'm working with Substance for a week now and I find the learning curve a bit steep but it's really the endless possibilities that are almost overwhelming. I think, too, that you can do anything with the tool. The main challenge is to break the patterns, the procedural feeling.