totally random texture thread

[Shibou]

3 hours ago, Steppenwolf said:

I created the shape of a single tile and then i plugged it into a tile generator with some parameters to randomize things a little, like size, rotation, offset.

I did the same but my result didn't even look half as good as yours. It seems like you used multiple generators and blended them together...

 

you should make a Tutorial on that als roof tiles are more complicated then bricks ;-)

[Steppenwolf]

Well, once the shape is fed into the tile generator it runs through a whole other contraption of filters, noises and masks to create variation and get rid of the procedural look but it all follows the basic principle of adding layers of ever smaller details on top of each other.

This Substance got pretty complex in the end and getting the roof tile shape took some experimenting but as with everything in Substance it can be broken down into very simple parts. When you take a look at the graph it's really just some basic geometric shapes, gradients and 2d transforms blended and masked together. For getting some of the round and skewed shapes i used simple directional warps with gradients to drive them. I didn't use any advanced tricks.

Edited June 28, 2016 by Steppenwolf

[Steppenwolf]

On another note: when you make something like the tile shape always use tesselation and crank the scale up so you see exactly what's going on and how your tweaks affect the shape. For your large shapes in the early stage the heightmap is king, gives you a much better impression of what you're doing then looking at a flat surface with just a normal map.

[Jenn0_Bing]

This threads been a little quite lately. I've been plugging away at another substance. Got all inspired by various horror things recently, so I made a body horror type meat tunnel.

The graph got a little out of hand along the way.

 

 

[PogoP]

Fuckin hell man thats insane. Nice work! Is it all one texture? Wrapped around a cylinder and displaced?

Reminds me of the Gorge tunnel in NS2!

Edited September 15, 2016 by PogoP

[Steppenwolf]

Crazy good Mark!

I've added a couple Substances to my artstation recently that i haven't shown here: https://www.artstation.com/artist/steppenwolf/albums/45013

 

[Pampers]

These all look good

Spoiler

but honestly never understoond the need to take screenshots of the substance nodes

 

[Steppenwolf]

If you don't show the graph someone will always request it. It's educational for others. Think of it like 3d artist showing wireframes.

[Pampers]

but showing it in that states is useless, can't see what nodes are being used or anything, anyway, stupid rant, carry on

[Jenn0_Bing]

Thanks guys <3

And yeah, I kinda agree Pampers but like Steppenwolf said, if I didn't post it someone would ask for it. It's as much insurance to the claim it was made in SD as it is breakdown of the graph. That said if anyone wanted any specific shots I'd be happy to share.

I wish Allegorithmic would add some function to quickly output a high-resolution shot of your graph.

On 9/15/2016 at 2:24 PM, PogoP said:

Fuckin hell man thats insane. Nice work! Is it all one texture? Wrapped around a cylinder and displaced?

Thanks It's 4 textures I exported from the one graph with vertex blending done in UE4 using tessellation. These are the individual ones I used:

 

Edited September 18, 2016 by Jenn0_Bing

[grapen]

Eh, you guys sold Substance to me. I'll grab the indie license and dive right in. Any great starter tuts on the UI you'd recommend?

[Steppenwolf]

Check out the tuts on the Allegorithmic youtube channel first. I can highly recommend Rogelio Olguins Gnomon tutorial but it's not free.

[tomm]

started playing around with substance as well, this is my 2nd attempt at some generic ground tiles, first one was garbage.

[Dosentti]

I see Substance Design is pretty HC tool. I gotta try it too. Is it any good with creating textures for csgo since there are so many limitations?

[Pampers]

what limitations?