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How to Texture Painterly Venice Scene Using Substance 3D Tools

Jake Lipelt shared his texturing workflow in the Venice Canal project, explaining how he created optimized and interesting variations of brick and plaster surfaces using the layering system.

Jake Lipelt

Oct 30, 2024

See How to Visualize a Scene of Long-Standing Plane Wreck in UE5

Yogesh Chintakindi showed us the workflow behind his Shelter at Plane Wreck project, discussing how he created the detailed and story-rich scene, textured the corrugated metal, and added natural lighting to the scene using Unreal Engine 5, Houdini, Maya, Substance 3D Painter, and ZBrush.

Yogesh Chintakindi

Oct 25, 2024

Tutorial: The Witcher 3-Inspired Snowy Scene Featuring Rich Vegetation

Michael Gerard provided a detailed breakdown of the Skellige Scene inspired by The Witcher 3, which features rich vegetation covered by snow, focusing on using SpeedTree to create trees and foliage and on controlling the amount of snow with a dynamic snow system.

Michael Gerard

Oct 22, 2024

See How to Make Game-Ready Tangerine Tree in Substance 3D & SpeedTree

Yana Bystrova showed us the workflow behind the Tangerine Tree project, discussing how she modeled and textured realistic foliage, fruit, and branches based on a real photo and accurately captured their size and patterns using SpeedTree, Substance 3D, and Marmoset Toolbag.

Yana Bystrova

Oct 18, 2024

Creating a Stylized Metallic Material with Brush Strokes

Juan Nuno shared a comprehensive tutorial on creating the Stylized Brush Stroke Copper Material using the Atlas Splitter node in Substance 3D Designer and showcased how the amazing look has been enhanced with interactions of lighting and surface.

Juan Nuno

Oct 16, 2024

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Crafting Stylized European Cottage With Substance 3D & UE5

Harley Gresham showed us the working process behind the Stylized European Cottage project, discussing the texturing workflow in Substance 3D Designer and lighting with Unreal Engine 5's Lumen.

Harley Gresham

Oct 15, 2024

A Step-by-Step Guide on Recreating Venice City View in UE5

Florian Wagner provided a detailed breakdown of recreating Venice street view in Unreal Engine 5 and shared some useful texturing and composition tips to achieve a desired look with rich and natural layering.

Florian Wagner

Oct 10, 2024

Win a Free Environment Art Blender Add-On by Doing Nothing

80 Level is kicking off a new contest inviting 3D Environment Artists to share their latest works!

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 08, 2024

Grab This Pack with over 1,400 Terrain Assets for Blender

MeiU’s Terrain Master Tools allow users to easily create a wide variety of terrains by simply dragging and dropping.

Rita Hou

Oct 08, 2024

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