I want to make the ribs of the wings (and other details) more accentuated so they stand out more at a distance (i.e. to exaggerate them a bit). What's the best way to do that? I'm fairly inexperienced with SP.
I have textured this ship in Substance, and I would like to know which areas to improve to make it look more polished. The render I made is provisional
Wondering if this is possible as i dont like handpainting.
I'm sure I'm missing something elementary here. I downloaded this mesh from CGTrader so I'm assuming it's a good one. I've been able to successfully layer a paper texture over a box, put a smart materials layer over it, put a metallic layer over that, mask it, and paint graphics onto it. I was very happy with the result - a graphic that looks like a tuck case for playing cards. However, now I've downloaded a mesh for a playing card, and I want to place PNGs over it, but I can't get it to display at all. I've uploaded a screenshot.
Here's my latest personal project I've been working on for quite a while.
The concept : a knight who picked up a strange cursed sword in the forest. While his mind is slowly slipping, the curse is spreading in his arm turning his body into wood.
More on : https://www.artstation.com/artwork/OvneVv?notification_id=8123043252
(No generative AI was used in the making of this project)
Software used : Maya - Arnold, Zbrush, Substance Painter, Nuke
Hi all, sorry if I'm missing something obvious/misunderstanding how Substance works, but I've just imported my pc keyboard object that I modelled in Blender into Substance Painter.
When I bake it, there are a lot of weird artifact marks around the edges of a small indent I have modelled into my object. Second image is the object in Blender.
If anybody has any advice on how I can not have these rough edges on the indents I'd greatly appreciate the help.
i downloaded a porsche cup 3d model online to make a livery mockup but i'm not able to paint on the texture, the 2d view of the model is out of the gray main square, is there a way to fix it like moving the texture model in the square?
Hey People, i am pretty new to Substance Painter and i REALLY REALLY NEED a Highlight Generator as similart to this as possible, can anyone please help me recreate this?!?!
This is Originally from Art Station https://www.artstation.com/artwork/rJ8n95 and i cant find anything about how this is made...
Hey all,
New to the subreddit and not too sure why I didn't join earlier, after reading some comments already I've realised I've been taking the wrong approach to models.
Largely do commision work for a private server for donators and stumbled into the role because unlike to paint by numbers.
I'm completely self taught so I know there's things I'll be doing wrong or taking the long way around to fix and adjust so open to critiscm - I'd rather better my self in this craft rather be pig headed and not ask for help! 🍻
A little over sight;
Had to remake the normal from scratch
Majority are custom assets made in Photoshop with exception to the smart layers, they were purchased.
Same with the model just for private use licence to import into a custom game server for players to find at end game.
the solution is probably something wildly simple, but I still can't seem to figure it out. I'm trying to take the gold material off of the pillow on the model (The gems of the crown too but I haven't gotten that far yet) But for some reason nothing I do is registering? and sometimes what I draw on the pillow shows up on the crown instead.
Even using the polygon fill tool, it still doesn't seem to want to work. I've been following a tutorial given to me by my University, so there may even be an easier way to achieve what I want. If there is then please tell me!
The look I want is for only the crown to be gold, and for the pillow and gems on the crown to be different materials. (fabric and glass)
model was made with Maya 3D if that info is of any use
And this is the main reason your material feels off.
However, I have an easy system to avoid the issues in this part of your workflow.
Let me show you how it works:
🟢 Choose quality over resolution
You don't want to see every small detail zoomed in; you want to visually recognize what you want to build in your material.
🟢 Choose with intention
Don’t save “anything similar”. Pick images for a reason:
Shape language, edges, breakup, roughness, story, color variation, etc.
🟢 Write down what you need from each image
Literally add a note next to it saying what you will take from this image.
🟢 Pre-plan your workflow before opening Designer
Do a quick checklist of every step you want to take and in what order.
Your references are not decorations.
They’re your roadmap to your final material,
However, this can be really hard to apply in your workflow.
That is why I created Future Material Artists, a Free Discord Community for Material Artists!
📍 We are waiting for you here: https://discord.gg/PpTCFyR6qS
Is it true that AMD graphics cards suck when using Painter?
Just in case you missed it — my latest interview with 80 Level
is now online.
Read the full interview - link in the comments
I talked about the cinematic opening sequence of Redwood, my narrative-driven mystery thriller developed in Unreal Engine 5, covering:
• cinematic lighting & rendering
• atmosphere and storytelling
• Sequencer workflow
• post-processing and composition
• technical/artistic decisions behind the intro
I've been learning a lot of substance designer lately and feel its finally starting to click.
I made this stone floor material over the weekend and would very much appreciate some feedback and tips on how to push it a little further.
I’m having a really frustrating baking issue between Blender and Substance Painter and I’m not sure what else to try.
I have a model made of multiple separate objects. I made a low poly and high poly version and named the pieces using the _low and _high suffix workflow so I could bake by mesh name in Substance Painter. Most of the model seems okay, but one specific star-shaped piece is causing problems.
When I try to bake, parts of the high poly don’t seem to overlap/project correctly onto the low poly. In the bake preview/debug view, areas show up red, like the cage/projection is missing or not covering the mesh properly. I narrowed it down to this star shape by trying to bake it by itself, but even alone, the cage still does not seem to overlap correctly.
Things I’ve already tried:
_low and _high suffixes with matching namesThe star shape is fairly thin and spiky, with a lot of sharp triangular shapes. I’m wondering if the issue is related to the cage, normals, triangulation, or something.
I attached screenshots of the problem area and the narrowed-down star piece. Any help would be appreciated.
A silly little idea that was a real treat to model and then texture! I attempted at integrating some handpainted brushstrokes into the normal map, but the effect wasn't too noticable. Happy with it regardless!