First of all, the height map should be in the pattern of how wallpaper peels off a plaster wall. So search for examples of peeling wallpaper to use as inspiration. Think about what parts of the paper peel away first, those will be the darkest parts in your height map. What are the parts that are the last to peel, those are…
Hi guys, first time posting here. I wanted to ask for some crit since i've recently started to "seriously" learn modeling (I came from an environment concept art background), and i want my carreer to move towards 3D environment art. I've been told that is important to first and foremost learn how to model decent props, so…
Hey, while texturing my last object a question come to my mind. How game studios approach to texturing. I mean, they are using texture libraries like Substance 3D Assets, or they are creating all of the textures, materials etc. from scratch by usage of Sampler (there come next question - are material artists are just…
No, on both counts! Because you'll find as time goes on, progressively modeling objects of ever increasing complexity will require ngons or n-poles or triangles for certain situations where they're unavoidable not too which is really an efficient process in maintaining an effective edgeflow, that usually mitigates shading…
Is there a way to bake decals with alpha down and a texture down to a new set of UV? Example: I have a texture on a plane to replicate a wall and an a number of graffiti textures with alphas on planes and I want to bake down to 1 texture, to a new plane that has a different set of UVs Thanks
Another great example is The Matrix Awakens demo that Epic recently made. They go over the details of the texturing in this video starting at 28:00 https://youtu.be/xLVJP-o0g28?t=1722