Bradford Smith Substance Sketchbook

bradhb3d

Finally getting around to starting a sketchbook thread! To kick things off, I just finished December's Substance of the Month Download. You download "Normal Flakes" from the link below.

Download:
http://goo.gl/Tmx4yI

The showcase image and material samples were rendered in Marmoset Toolbag 2. All textures were produced in Substance Designer.






This node was also used to sprinkle a little speckle on this snow material:

bradhb3d

Finally got around to calibrating Toolbag's lighting and material settings... Time for some slick materials!

Here's a quick WIP of a flexible Ballistic Space Hex Pattern

xChris

Subscribed, can't wait to see more! 

Nuclear Angel

These materials are slick! It will be fun to see what more materials you tackle! 

Sean VanGorder

Awesome work man

Nice volume on the snow, but it feels a little too rough to me.

Bluestemos

These look great, keep it up! I agree with Sean, though - the snow could be a bit smoother.

PianoPolish

Wow. Really nice, Brad. I'm a big fan of your work.

bradhb3d

Thanks everyone! Yea, I totally agree about the snow. I think I was looking too much at some micro reference while working with macro forms. Next year I'll make a better one!

bradhb3d

Another material for this weekend... This one was fun! It's a sci-fi armor, triaxial weave carbon fiber material. Say that three times fast!

I did a few quick material tweaks to make a coated steel and anodized titanium variation

luthyn

Super sleek as always Brad

CreativeHD

Mmmmm that carbon fiber, looks great!

xChris

What's the purpose of having the other material orbs around? Did you use it to calibrate marmoset somehow? I've seen a few artists do this but I haven't had much luck with google.

bradhb3d

@xChris These are there to serve as a point of reference, and are mostly useful when evaluating the material response as the incident lighting changes. The chrome is of course a bright, fully metallic reflection of the scene; the gray diffuse ball shows the exposure and diffuse lighting information (contrast ratios across the hemisphere, as well as color temperature influence); the black, dialectic, specularly reflective ball shows idealized specular response for non-metals.

For my lighting and exposure calibration, I simply used a digital macbeth color checker chart

xChris

Awesome, thanks @bradhb3d !