Noosence's Substance Sketchbook

noosence

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Just a place to post some of my doodles, and maybe get some feedback!

Here's one that I am currently working on, I'll show you some progress shots.





These are some references I have been using for some rough ideas.


Here was my first attempt. I was inspired by the Naughty Dog substance talks and set out to make a sandy temple floor texture. Although I like the initial concept, it felt a bit too stylized. 



With this one I feel like i was able to tighten up the realism a bit, but I still felt it was a little stiff. Especially in the shapes I was creating for the sand.




And here is where I am currently. I feel like I have really started to get some good sand shapes working. I think now I really need to nail down the stones surfaces and coloring, so expect some more updates soon!

Any feedback is appreciated! Also thanks to @Meloncov and @r3d from the Polycount slack for pointing these helpful critiques out!

noosence

So I reworked the texture and color of the stones. And managed to put it into UE4. I am having some issues with the tessellation but I believe I can get that ironed out soon. I am still not completely confident in this texture yet if you guys have any critiques or suggestions, throw them at me! Thanks for checking this out!

stilobique

Adding a small/mid blur for your heightmap.

Justin Wagner

I love the sand. The blown/distorted look is really playing in your favor.

Keep up the good work and if you wouldn't mind, post some of the substance files.

noosence

Thanks Justin. I will try to get some .sbs' posted soon, ATM they are just tangled messes =D. Here are some new WIPs. 

noosence

Alright here's the final for the herringbone pattern. 

noosence

So, I have been working on a snowy grass texture. I have shown this to the guys on the Polycount Slack and got mixed feelings from them, mainly with the grass not being believable. So here are two versions of the texture. The first one is what I originally posted, then the correction. My idea with this texture was to create the sense of grass that has been smashed down by snow. I also wanted to give it a little bit of stylization (maybe somewhere near the level of a Naughty Dog game) but still keep it grounded. The main critique I received was that the grass by having these shapes made it feel more like fur than grass. So I am opening this up to the forums, what do you think could be done to correct this texture? Thanks for checking this out guys. Have a good one!

3DMad

These are champion they are !

Eric Chadwick

Reference photos would really help. Comparing to reference is essential!

First thing that catches my eye is all the grass seems to be all the same color, length, and thickness. This makes it look like cut grass that has been gathered up and scattered on top of dirt (where there's no other grass present). Or it looks like hay on the floor inside a barn, or thatch used as packing material, that kind of thing. Unnatural.

The snow looks good to me, I like the melted pattern, and how some of the grass is poking through. I prefer the grass in the first version, because it's longer. But I like how the snow in the 2nd version has flattened the grass more.