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Update on tiles - example

January 18, 2013
Hey all!

Here is a practical example of how the tile tutorial would work for you.

This is what happens if your unwrapping is out and you try tiling:

While the displacement is in such a state that I am fairly happy with it, the tile sizes are most certainly not. Just look at the difference between the hallway leading to the platform. They are almost half the size and that does not work right for what I want in this scene, so I had to unwrap it in a more custom way.

It then came out looking off a few times, but finally, after some really fine, zoomed, tweaking, this was the result:



Of course, if you wish, you can go a much more plain direction with the tiles, but I personally prefer the more textured look:


A bit more futuristic version of a subway, imo, but I really like the look of the tiles either plain or a bit more done up. Artist's choice I guess, lol.

Have a great one!!

Thank YOU!!!!!!!!!

PS, if y'all are wondering what the yellow is, it is the futuristic way of telling people to back off. A rolling look that I think will look amazing animated.
 

Tiles

January 14, 2013
Hey all!

I've seen people using tile textures, but some were not properly cropped and created some thicker grout lines and that does not bode well for realism. There are solutions with procedural textures and in the book I explain two of these. This represents the easier of the methods:

As you can see, the floor is almost perfect, but still has some irregularities (examine the grout lines and you'll see they are not perfect, because they shouldn't be).

The second method builds on the first and g...

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A bit later, but still the same day

January 11, 2013
Hey all!

Yesterday's post was early, and this one a bit later, haha. Thankfully still the same day though.

Today marked the completion of a tutorial and this is the final result:

Absolutely a joy to work on this and I think they even work like this as a group.

I hope you all like it as much as I do and that you're also looking forward to the book.

Thank YOU!!!!!

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An example

January 10, 2013
Hey all!

This post is sort of linked to the first in terms of what you can do with procedural textures (quite a bit to say the least). This one, is about a touch of realism mixed with formalism (in the sense of adhering to recognizable forms, not expression through form). Here is what I mean in English: the picture depicts something real that does exist, so it is recognizable, yet it is not photo-realistic, but more stylistic.

In this case, the moon:


This, like the previous posts, is all contain...

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