JM StylizedTools - Custom tools for stylized materials in substance designer

JohnnyH

Hey everyone. I've been pushing to get results out of substance that are as close to what I would get manually sculpting as possible. 
I'm putting together a few packages of custom nodes that I use to do individual effects. The idea is to have a simple, one-stop (or node), tool for getting "stylized", sculptural results out of designer.

The nodes will fall under a "general use" group that will apply to whichever type of material your building (i.e cracking, pitting etc) The rest will be specific to certain material types (i.e wood grain, stone surface)

The first pack I will be releasing is the stone set, ideal for stone tiles/walls/surfaces, as well as the first round of general tools. 

I'm going to be using this as a WIP and feedback thread in order to make these tools as robust as I can. 

JohnnyH

Here are 3 of the tools being used as they are now. The first is the EdgeBash'R it's used to create these plane changes around the edges of your tiles and are designed to mimic the use of trim smooth border/trim dynamic on a beveled edge. The second is the Surface'R(stone) which creates a stone-like sculpted surface.

Finally the Crack'R which puts these cracks on it. One thing I notice with these cracks in substance is people don't have them taper open where they meet the grout of the tiles. The Crack'R has controls for the width of the taper, length of the taper, per-tile variations of both of these and alot more. You should be able to get basically any kind of cracking you would like out of it. I'll be posting a test sheet of different cracks sometime soon. 

JohnnyH

Here's a quick gif of some variety you can get

JohnnyH

I've just finished another example of a material I've made using the custom Stylized Nodes I've been working on in Designer. This one uses a wood surfacer node as well as an Edge Notching and Edge bashing node. 

Alemja

These are some really tasty materials! Really nice to see stylized stuff coming out of substance designer.

JohnnyH

Thank you! It's definitely a lot of fun - I hope these nodes will be a help for other people trying to do it too

garcellano

That's pretty neat. Nice breakdown.

littleclaude

This is really great to see, thanks for the animated break down, very insightful.

gazman162

Materials are looking ace dude! Only thing I would say stands out on that last one is that the rock and metal are quite similar in colour and roughness. Careful not to lose one to the other Wicked tool kit though 👌

armagon

Where can I get this?

JohnnyH

Thanks everyone!

@gazman162 Yeah for sure My plan was to have them be very red from the GI, but ended with mixed results for sure. 

@armagon I'll have them available on my artstation/gumroad once I'm all set!

manuelfuentes13

Looks amazing!

MisterSande

great work, Sdesigner could always use more stylized love !

JohnnyH

Thank you guys

guats

Yeah really nice, useful tips thanks for stating the nodes you used.

Polynaught

Any news on these tools? Looking for some toys to play with after christmas.

JohnnyH

Hey guys - Yeah I got pretty busy with some work stuff, I should have them ready before xmas though!