Benjamin Thomas talks about material art with Substance Designer, discusses the challenges of making believable nature-inspired materials, and shares some useful tips for beginners.
Check out packs with materials made in Substance Designer available on Gumroad. The compilation includes a ceramic tiles generator, 6 basic PBR materials, and a complex ornamental substance.
Maria Puchkova, Anna Kirilenko, and Marina Сhekhovskhih did a breakdown of their cartoonish 3D scene inspired by the animated movie How to Train Your Dragon and talked about their team approach to the project.
Waterline is a set of surface and post-process material shaders for Unreal that can help you create high-quality split-view water visuals for water with displaced waves.
Enrico Tammekänd shared his personal take on Substance Designer and Substance Source, talked about his experiments, coloring, presentation, and gave some tips.
James Chan did a breakdown of his realistic character made during CGMA course Next Gen Character Creation: hair, skin texture, clothes, rendering, and more.
Ahmet Bluhm shared the production details of his environment made with UE4 and talked about creating procedural materials with scans and Substance Designer.
