The reason some people do everything inside SD is bragging rights. There's no real benefit and i doubt there is a company (employer) that has only SD licences and no PS, Illustrator, etc licences (all Adobe products btw). So if you want an extra challenge sure, do it all inside SD. But i prefer working smart not hard. :)
Hey @BohSheh thanks for the feedback. I've gotten a couple comments on the height map for the brick. I will revisit it and also add some more color variation. In the meantime I made this floor tile substance. I wanted something that required more detailed shape generation. Question: I would typically make a pattern like…