nononononononononono this is such a huge misconception. since there are virtually unlimited materials out there, there is no one way to texture any material, so tutorials like these are pointless. you can't just watch a tutorial and "make metal" much like you can't just watch a tutorial and "make music". the most…
What he meant is, the more you learn the more you realise there isnt one way to achieve certain things, since there's so many different materials. If you go ahead and exclusively learn with these tutorials only, instead of studying materials and coming out with ways to do things yourself, you'll never get better. Problems…
if people don't think, they will never learn. the goal of that new tutorial was to get people to think about what they are doing, to look at real life references, to think in terms of actual material compositions, and how light reacts rather than, "how 2 make metal 101" like most people are taught. there's far more in that…
Be a bit more specific on what you need though. Like are you looking for a good tutorial on how to make your metal texturing more realistic. How to make better use of your material, Good way to Making them from scratch? I had a question similar to this then i found Racer445's tutorial and it answered the call thats why i…
Would this interest you in any way? http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/photoshop/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/ its One way but not the best way