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Bricks are getting older, yey!

October 25, 2012
Hey everyone!

I had gotten quite a bit done today. I added some dust and extra roughness to the scene. While there is still a lot to do and the tutorial is getting lengthy (due to everything needed), it will be worth it once finished.

Today I focused on getting some roughness on the bricks, particularly the tiny roughness you find on ruins due to erosion. While I didn't get enough detail, I did get the roughness required and here is the scene as it is now:



This is a close-up to show the roughness:


There is still a big amount of work to put in to make it look as old as I want it to look (old enough to fit the ivy look), but I am really enjoying this project. Hope you are looking forward to trying this one yourself.

As usual, only procedural textures were used for this image (and none were harmed, lol).

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Working on its age

October 24, 2012
Heya!

Been working on a basic mask for the floor. This shows how it is progressing, from a top view (which you need to use while doing this, otherwise you don't have a clue as to what is where):



Basically, you can use gradient textures to make basic masks and I really do recommend them. I will also add though, that you will face some difficulty when it comes to coloring or boosting the brightness of the mask, without ruining it completely. I recommend adding a Brightness/Contrast one to make th...
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Adding some cracks

October 23, 2012
Heya everybody!

Been working on the tutorial and, oh snap, is it taking a while, hahaha. Personally, I've learned a ton during the writing of the book and people's reaction to it when I show them what it's about and what they would be able to do with it is really a confirmation that this is truly an anointed (means favored and chosen by GOD) project. Thank you for all the support!

Today's work followed on the tip from yesterday, which is grouping everything into node groups making the whole set...
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Bricks in color

October 22, 2012
Hey all!

I find giving you all updates on the tutorials as they progress, quite fun! Anyway, here is today's update. I have finished the mask and also the colored bricks (remember though that they are far from finished, this is just their base color):

While I am very happy with how they look currently, I am not satisfied that they look old (which they don't at all here, lol). So I will experiment a bit and see what works and what doesn't, but overall, I am very happy with the ratio of the brick...
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