How do you texture different pattern bricks around a window?

cturbo

Hi there! I'm working on creating a brick pattern texture around the windows, but I'm unsure of the best method to achieve this. Could anyone point me to some tutorials or advice that could assist me in making this brickwork pattern? I have designed the primary brick in Substance Designer using a single color for the main body. However, I'm currently trying to determine how to create the brick pattern surrounding the window. Thanks

Klunk

it's just usually part of the texture....something like....

where l & r are seamless to the main texture and seamless to each other
and the part above the window  is a separate part of the texture sheet or a different texture altogether... it's pretty easy to make as the right is just a partial section of the left side of the main texture with the edgeing down the right side and the left just the right side of the main texture with the edging down the left side. 

cturbo

Okay, I get it! Would you create this in Substance Designer, or would you model your own bricks in Maya and position? How can I easily replicate the upper part that fans out? I'm looking for examples of trim sheets to understand how they were made. Do you know any references?

Klunk

I guess it's what your most comfortable with..... I'm not really in the "creation process" anymore and being a lazy sod I usually just go hunting on the web for a suitable texture slap on some grunge and call it done   I'm sure someone on here should direct you too suitable resources.

cturbo

Yeah I understand, I’ll keep looking and hopefully someone can. 

Eric Chadwick

I would start by making a tiled texture of the bricks. Then use that to make a variant which has the lighter colored bricks on the edges. Then make a fan-shape mesh and uv the tiled brick texture onto it, with a thin strip of geometry along the top to UV the mortar onto it.

A clearer shot of window with a similar feature:

Eric Chadwick

Here's a quickie to explain it better, hope it helps!

cturbo

Absolutely amazing! Thanks again, Eric. This is so useful. Thank you so much!

okidoki

In this case the window seems to have an extra wodden (?) frame "bordering" the wall.. but usually when the border is pure bricks on does not want to have so very thin stones at the edges.. (in real life..)



and so one might to try to align the bricks at the texture image border like so: 



to Eric Chadwick:
Very nice UV-trick for the flat arch stones.. didn't thought of this.. thanks for the reminder. Think simple and use what you already have.

Eric Chadwick

Yeah, agree. I just used a free texture from here. It would be better to have regularly spaced bricks, and also a more consistently-spaced grout to use for the edge bits. Also you'll want to model the black window frames.

If the white frame isn't there, a nice little trick is to tile the brick around the edge like this.

Except the bottom bricks there kinda look crap. Should wrap them around so you see top and side of same brick. Whatever.

cturbo

Thanks for the tips, it makes sense. ill update you on my progress.

Eric Chadwick

Did a tweak of the bottom bricks, looked ok just mirroring the UVs to make a proper little shelf. Texture kinda blows for this though. I'm sure you'll do better!

cturbo

Hello! Could someone point me to a great online tutorial that demonstrates the best techniques for making realistic bricks inside substance designer? Or perhaps suggest a good material that you've used and would recommend?

Eric Chadwick

This is a good one https://academy.substance3d.com/courses/Preparing-a-Zbrush-Tiling-Stone-Wall-to-send-to-Designer

cturbo

Thanks Eric