Substance Abuse

Thousand · Feb 2015

I´m gonna post some of my Substance Designer/Painter Work here

let´s start dirty:

edit: these substances are supposed to be used for a character, not for ground maps

Lt_Commander · Feb 2015

Awesome thread title.

The substance seems a little goopy, for lack of a better term. I think it could use a little more roughness variation, and the splatter could stand out a bit more.

Thousand · Feb 2015

thanks for hte feedback; here is a variation

TheWalkerGod · Feb 2015

In my opinion i think i liked the first one better. The variation in your new version seems a bit off, like it just rained on some parts but others have been drying for awhile. I suppose this could happen in a desert but i don't think the wet parts would pop out that much then since it rains very little in a desert.

Are you using any reference?

Thousand · Feb 2015

Thanks for your comments! Just using some pics from dirty soldiers as reference, as these substances are meant to be used for such a character.
Trying out some different approaches, enjoying + sharing the process

here´s a different approach:

Gheromo · Feb 2015

are these textures generated with some sort of premade maps or pure substance magic?

Marshkin · Feb 2015

Great start so far! I agree that the materials do seem to come across more plastic like the mud. Right now your materials are in that odd place between "Wet looking" and dry. I'd recommend pushing it further in either direction.

Thousand · Feb 2015

@ Gheromo: they use both: The noisy stuff comes from substance grunge maps, which are procedural. The splatters are alphas from my zbrush library.

@ Marshkin: thanks for your input! a lot of mud is in that odd place between wet looking and dry

radiancef0rge · Feb 2015

You don't seem to be taking to repeated critique very well.

The material definition isn't really there yet. Mud usually has localized areas of pure wet and puddle vs dryer areas. Yours are not really communicating either wet mud, or dry dirt.

Try working on the frequency of detail and massage the gloss map a bit more for localized analytical wetness definition.

JennaJenga · Feb 2015

was honestly expectign to see a crack pipe with this thread header

Thousand · Feb 2015

@ radiancef0rge: I´m not sure if you noticed, that these substances are made for splatting dirt on props/characters - not for ground textures.

@Jennajenga:

- I´ll try to create something that lives up to the thread title

maybe some white stuff on a mirror or so

radiancef0rge · Feb 2015

oh cool then theyre perfect

Thousand · Feb 2015

@Jennajenga: this one is for you

dzibarik · Feb 2015

Nice mud. want to step on it.

pmiller001 · Feb 2015

Oh man thats muddy. Lookin good

Thousand · Feb 2015

More Mud, this time ground mud, fully procedural

Thousand · Feb 2015

added flies, footprints and dead plants:

nbac · Feb 2015

wow! all procedural? need to see the sd tree ;D

Jerc · Feb 2015

This looks totally awesome!

Ged · Feb 2015

that latest mud is fantastic!

Thousand · Feb 2015

thanks, everything except footprints and insects is procedural. I think the insects are so small, they could be done procedurally easily, the footprints would be a bit more complicated