In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of using Affinity Photo’s Paint Mixer Brush to turn a photo into a hand-painted texture. This is great for artists or designers who want to give their photos a painterly, textured look…
In Substance Painter, the Stylization filter is a powerful tool to help achieve unique and artistic textures that can give your 3D models a hand-painted or cartoon-like appearance. In this tutorial, we’ll walk through how to apply and use the…
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the steps needed to use Blueprints in Unreal Engine 5 to dynamically change the intensity, contrast, saturation, and color of the albedo color map of a material applied to an object in your scene.…
In this tutorial, we will create a bubble material from scratch using Blender 3D’s Cycles renderer, primarily focusing on how to use procedural textures for effects like the outer surface, reflections, and inner glow of the bubble. We’ll make the…
In this tutorial, we’ll cover how to create a worn, aged pottery material with cracks, chips, and dirt build-up that will give the impression of being used over time. We’ll break the process down step by step. 1. Setup Your…
In this tutorial, we’ll walk through the process of texturing a 3D mesh in Unreal Engine 5 (UE5) using a master material and material instances. This workflow is efficient, flexible, and allows you to create complex visual effects while maintaining…
Welcome to this tutorial on creating an ORM texture map in Affinity Photo! ORM maps are used in physically-based rendering (PBR) workflows to control a material’s ambient occlusion, roughness, and metalness. In this video, I will guide you step-by-step through…
Anchor points allow you to add normal detail from one layer to another, enabling complex and realistic texture work. In this tutorial, we will go step-by-step on how to use anchor points to add normal detail to your textures. Step…
This quick tip shows you how to use the line art modifier. You will learn how to use the line art modifier to add 2D lines to a 3D object in Blender. The final composite and render was done in…
In this quick tip, I will show you how to make a jade material. You will learn how to make a procedural jade material completely within Blender. The final render was done in Blender 4.3. I add a Noise texture…