how to use displacement for bricks

hallowseve · Nov 13 2025

hi

I've created a tileable brick wall texture and I want to use displacement to make the bricks stand out. I'm curious about how to manage this without splitting the mesh edges? I've attached some images to illustrate, and I've increased the displacement for clarity. Even when I set it to a low displacement, the mesh still splits.

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/4n/hpuqbx83u3kd.png

Image: https://us.v-cdn.net/5021068/uploads/editor/3e/bxnub54d82tb.png

poopipe · Nov 14 2025

short answer. unsolvable

longer answer. mesh normals / uv seams affect behaviour

hallowseve · Nov 14 2025

Is this effect limited to flat surfaces? Is there an alternative method to achieve this effect?

Eric Chadwick · Nov 14 2025

I would recommend modeling it out with actual brick meshes, if you really need the silhouette to be affected.

Most of the time you don't, a good normal map does wonders. Plus you can add individual low-res brick meshes here and there to emphasize edges.

Here's an older example that combines two tiled textures, plus a bit of lowpoly modeling.
http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/ModelingRubbleIntoAPath

hallowseve · Nov 14 2025

Thanks for the tip.

how to use displacement for bricks

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