Racer445: love ur tutorials man! will watch the video when i've got the time. i love the theory and the visual. it's good to have the best of both worlds. just having the visual is what most people will go for but never have the foundation or the theory (the reason, meaning) behind stuff like noise in textures as you were…
a texturing tutorial... gee, what a surprise! if you haven't checked it out already, go see it: http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/index.php?pageid=racer445 i'm interested in hearing what you folks think about the split text and video idea. i personally think putting the important "theory" bits in text for future reference…
Great tutorial! It brought up topics that I was consciously unaware of, such as more natural noise as opposed to generated noise. Other things like critical analysis, and more obvious things like attention to structure, shapes, and frequency are also important to focus on. I love the idea of 2 part tutorials. It touches on…
The ideas you present in this tutorial are so much more advanced than the ones in your other videos. The other videos seem more like 'you paint it like this' or more direct teachings, but in this one it really challenges the viewer to actually think about their art and what they're doing with it, which is a nice change as…
Thanks for taking the time, excellent tutorial. I can always use to learn more about materials, and you use of photoshop was very insightful for me. Now go make us another one!:)
You have all these motion graphics and borders, how about setting up a redirect on your site (ie racer445.com/ObservingMaterials), including the URL prominently, and then pointing the redirect to wherever it's currently posted? This is a little thing, but it'd be nice if you gave the video a more meaningful filename too. I…
I think doing the two part tutorial is one of the best ways to do it. Like a lot of people I get different kinds of information from the different sources of material. The wall of text and photos to illustrate things works well to emphasize points, and the video opens up the opportunity to pick up workflow ideas as well as…
Thanks for the tutorial. It has been a great help, especially since I am just now beginning to learn texturing, and the theory page was also a great supplement to the video. I do have a question however. In the theory text you state its best to extrapolate natural noise from materials instead of generating it artificially…