Stavaas' Substance Thread

Stavaas

I realized after seeing all the Substance Designer goodness everywhere that I really need to get back to using this amazing tool!

Feedback on what to improve and how is greatly appreciated on every single piece I post here!

To get myself back in the saddle I decided to make a manhole cover, meant more as practice than anything else.




This is the reference image I tried recreating within SD.

ebbakatten

Good start! c:

I can instantly see that you lack contrast in normals. They're too soft, I would try to pump up the intensity on the normal node to 2.5 - 3. That + make the beveling way more sharp on the shapes.

Are there going to be holes as in the reference also?

Stavaas

@ebbakatten Thanks, yeah after you pointed it out I saw my normals were too soft as well! Pumped it up to 2.7, and it looks a ton better!

Stavaas

Hey guys, I'm trying to make a pine bark material, but I'm just not sure how it's turning out. I would be much more comfortable sculpting it and texturing it in zBrush, but doing it in SD to try to get better with the application.