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TexturingTutorials

2015-11-30T13:09:01Z

Jellybit: /* Painting Stylistic Textures */

Tutorials for creating game textures.

== Painting Realistic Textures ==

* [[Image:EllieTut_big.jpg|120px]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGN7Wby2thk&feature=share&list=UUKlNB0dpR1BK0y-JRh6Ju7Q Character texturing overview and tutorial] by ''[http://www.mariempepin.com/ Marie-Michelle "Tits" Pepin]''

* [[Image:TheOutsider.PNG|120px]] [http://youtu.be/0s0XLuzQHJ0 Next-Gen character texturing Timeplapse] by ''[http://www.gavimage.com/ Gavin "Gav" Goulden]''

* [[Image:Racer445Texturing.jpg|120px]] [http://oesterkilde.dk/racer445.html Texturing Metal Surfaces] by ''[http://racer445.com/ Evan 'racer445' Herbert]''

* [[Image:TrackerKnife.PNG|120px]] [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118043 Tracker Knife - NextGen asset tutorial series] by ''[http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=41301 Joe Harford]'' 

* [[Image:HardSurfaceTextures.jpg|120px]] [http://www.free3dtutorials.com/hard-surface-textures.php Hard Surface Texture Painting (2006)] by ''[http://stefan-morrell.cgsociety.org/gallery/ Stefan Morrell]'' ([http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=46&t=373024 original CGSociety thread])

See also [[EnvironmentSculpting]]

== Painting Stylistic Textures ==

* [[Image:MatthewHeyman_WOODTUTORIAL.jpg|120px]] [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1259024/#Comment_1259024 Hand Painted Wood Tutorial] from the Polycount Forum, by [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=28047 Matthew 'skayne' Heyman]

* [[Image:Handpaint_softlight-saiainoshi.gif|120px]] [[Media:handpaint_softlight-saiainoshi.gif|Adding Highlights and Using SoftLight]] (paintover on [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=30229 'snow']s textures from [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1202503/#Comment_1202503 Stylized textures - need help]) - by ''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/terriedenman Terrie 'Saiainoshi' Denman]''

* [[Image:Handpaint_more-color-saiainoshi.jpg|120px]] [[Media:handpaint_more-color-saiainoshi.jpg|Adding More Color To a Texture]] (paintover on [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=30229 'snow']s texture from [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1201383/#Comment_1201383 Stylized textures - need help]) - by ''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/terriedenman Terrie 'Saiainoshi' Denman]''

* [[Image:Smooth-blending-thoughts_linda-bergkvist.jpg|120px]] [[Media:smooth-blending-thoughts_linda-bergkvist.jpg|Some Thoughts on Smooth Blending]] - by ''[http://www.furiae.com/ Linda 'Enayla' Bergkvist]''

* [[Image:Handpaintingtut.jpg|120px]] [[Media:handpaintingtut.jpg|'Hand Painted' Step by step thing of some sort]] - by ''[http://www.artpanda.co.uk/ John "JFletcher" Fletcher]''. [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=71942 Polycount forum thread].

* [[Image:2dtut_texturepaintingtips.png]] [http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting Tips] - by ''[http://www.michaeldashow.com Michael Dashow]''

* [[Image:2dtut_singhsoilchild.png]] [http://joycg.blog.me/130079891399 SoilChild Texture Tutorial] by ''[http://www.joshsingh.net/ Josh Singh]''. [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=47912 Polycount forum thread].

* [[Image:woodtut.jpg|120px]] [[Media:woodtut.jpg|Wood tutorial]] by ''[http://www.tmhunt.com Tracy Marvin "Rhinokey" Hunt]''

* [[Image:2dtut_sallenbachhardlight.png]] [http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Painting in Hard Light Mode] - by ''[http://www.horribledeath.com Jason "HorribleDeath" Sallenbach]''

* [[Image:2dtut_tsugumopixelart.png]] [http://mirror.motherhamster.org/tsugumo/default.html So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?] - by ''Tsugumo''

* [[Image:2dtut_parrott.jpg]] [http://vimeo.com/38844355 Hand painted tiling grass texture walkthrough] by [http://www.environmentartist.com/ Jeff Parrott]How to paint a custom grass texture in Photoshop that is tiled.

* [[Image:2dtut_chadwick.gif]] [http://ericchadwick.com/img/ericchadwick_wood_timelapse.gif Hand painted wood] by [http://ericchadwick.com Eric Chadwick]Animated gif of the painting process for a painterly wood plank texture. Finished texture [http://ericchadwick.com/img/ericchadwick_wood.jpg here].

== Vig's Collection of Bookmarked Tutorials ==
[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1139754&postcount=2 Vig's Collection of Bookmarked Tutorials] Polycount Forum thread

'''Metal and Hard Surface'''
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=373024 Hard Surface Materials (metal scratches and wear)]

[http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/vertex_map_wear/vertex_map_wear.htm Neil Belvins Procedural Paint Chips] Check out Neils other materials too, even tho its 3D he breaks them down in a way that makes sense for 2D.

[http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/ How to Hand Paint Convincing Metal Textures]

[http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/tutorials/shiphull.html Creating metal Greeble from scratch]

'''Flesh, Faces and Fur'''

[http://www.anticz.com/heads.htm Drawing Heads, some general guides] [http://www.2dvalley.com/tutorials/painting-face.shtml Painting a realistic face tutorial by George Patsouras] [http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery Furiae's Painting tutorials, Eyes, Lips, Hair, Noses, Skin Tone] [http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=45074 Enayla Painting an eye] [http://www.creativemac.com/2003/08_aug/tutorials/pshair030825.htm Hair and Fur Photoshop Bursh] ''' Grass''' [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1461878&postcount=32 Hand painted grass tutorial] ''' Painterly''' [http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting - Michael Dashow] and its that easy... [[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=68799&page=6|[WIP] - Old Fishing Bait Shop - Page 6 - polycount]] '''Pixel Art''' [http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/ So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?]Oh you think pixel art is easy? [http://www.gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/handmade_antialiasing.php Handmade anti-aliasing Pixelart Tutorials] A long forgotten tool. ''' ''' ''' Tips and Tricks''' [http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials Tutorials - GFXartist.com] Lots of tutorials and break downs of paintings. [http://www.pioroberson.com/extras.php pior oberson character artist] its Pior foo, pay attention. [http://www.leighvanderbyl.com/tutorials.html leigh van der byl] Good to know general tips and tricks. [http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Honorible Death's Hard Light Tutorial] Slime on a sphincter. [http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107217 Digital Painting In PS #2 - ConceptArt.org Forums] Read it, at least twice. [http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/tag/how-to-draw-caricatures/ How To Draw Caricatures] [http://www.tutorialman.com/abstract_airbrushing_tutorial_tutorial.html Abstract Airbrushing Tutorial On TutorialMan.com] '''Watch Them Paint''' [http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/tutorial.html Illustration Concept Art Tutorials - Carlos Cabrera] [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65614 Painting Tutorials polycount] A collection of videos [http://media.massiveblack.com/ Massive Black DVD] [http://sclipo.com/videos/view/transport-design-aerodeslizadores Transport Design: Aerodeslizadores - Video - Sclipo] Concepts a transport ship. [http://www.eatpoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=176 A list of artists and their sites from the EatPoo forums]

===Normal Maps===

Normal Maps and How Not to Do Them

[[Image:Normalmapminitutrf7.jpg | 100px | normalMapMiniTut.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x4096 pixels)]]

[http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=485335 Hand Made Normal Maps] '''Seams''' [http://www.twisted-strand.com/ut_tutorials/text_tut/index2.html Texturing Tutorial, by SweetnutZ]

== More Information ==
* [[:Category:TextureTechnique]] = Texturing techniques commonly used in game development.
* [[Concept Fundamentals]] = The basics of concept drawing and painting.
* [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65614 Painting Tutorials] thread on the Polycount forum = Links to more painting tutorials.
* [[CharacterSculpting]] and [[EnvironmentSculpting]] = Information and tutorials about 3D sculpting.
* [[Reference]] = Reference imagery: photos, concept art, texture sites, etc.

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[[Category:Texturing]] [[Category:TextureTechnique]] [[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Character]] [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Props]]

TexturingTutorials

2015-11-30T13:02:02Z

Jellybit: /* Painting Stylistic Textures */

Tutorials for creating game textures.

== Painting Realistic Textures ==

* [[Image:EllieTut_big.jpg|120px]] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sGN7Wby2thk&feature=share&list=UUKlNB0dpR1BK0y-JRh6Ju7Q Character texturing overview and tutorial] by ''[http://www.mariempepin.com/ Marie-Michelle "Tits" Pepin]''

* [[Image:TheOutsider.PNG|120px]] [http://youtu.be/0s0XLuzQHJ0 Next-Gen character texturing Timeplapse] by ''[http://www.gavimage.com/ Gavin "Gav" Goulden]''

* [[Image:Racer445Texturing.jpg|120px]] [http://oesterkilde.dk/racer445.html Texturing Metal Surfaces] by ''[http://racer445.com/ Evan 'racer445' Herbert]''

* [[Image:TrackerKnife.PNG|120px]] [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=118043 Tracker Knife - NextGen asset tutorial series] by ''[http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=41301 Joe Harford]'' 

* [[Image:HardSurfaceTextures.jpg|120px]] [http://www.free3dtutorials.com/hard-surface-textures.php Hard Surface Texture Painting (2006)] by ''[http://stefan-morrell.cgsociety.org/gallery/ Stefan Morrell]'' ([http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=46&t=373024 original CGSociety thread])

See also [[EnvironmentSculpting]]

== Painting Stylistic Textures ==

* [[Image:MatthewHeyman_WOODTUTORIAL.jpg|120px]] [http://polycount.com/discussion/comment/1259024/#Comment_1259024 Hand Painted Wood Tutorial] from the Polycount Forum, by [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=28047 Matthew 'skayne' Heyman]

* [[Image:Handpaint_softlight-saiainoshi.gif|120px]] [[Media:handpaint_softlight-saiainoshi.gif|Adding Highlights and Using SoftLight]] (paintover on [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=30229 'snow']s textures from [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1202503#post1202503 Stylized textures - need help]) - by ''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/terriedenman Terrie 'Saiainoshi' Denman]''

* [[Image:Handpaint_more-color-saiainoshi.jpg|120px]] [[Media:handpaint_more-color-saiainoshi.jpg|Adding More Color To a Texture]] (paintover on [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=30229 'snow']s texture from [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1201383#post1201383 Stylized textures - need help]) - by ''[http://www.linkedin.com/in/terriedenman Terrie 'Saiainoshi' Denman]''

* [[Image:Smooth-blending-thoughts_linda-bergkvist.jpg|120px]] [[Media:smooth-blending-thoughts_linda-bergkvist.jpg|Some Thoughts on Smooth Blending]] - by ''[http://www.furiae.com/ Linda 'Enayla' Bergkvist]''

* [[Image:Handpaintingtut.jpg|120px]] [[Media:handpaintingtut.jpg|'Hand Painted' Step by step thing of some sort]] - by ''[http://www.artpanda.co.uk/ John "JFletcher" Fletcher]''. [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=71942 Polycount forum thread].

* [[Image:2dtut_texturepaintingtips.png]] [http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting Tips] - by ''[http://www.michaeldashow.com Michael Dashow]''

* [[Image:2dtut_singhsoilchild.png]] [http://joycg.blog.me/130079891399 SoilChild Texture Tutorial] by ''[http://www.joshsingh.net/ Josh Singh]''. [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=47912 Polycount forum thread].

* [[Image:woodtut.jpg|120px]] [[Media:woodtut.jpg|Wood tutorial]] by ''[http://www.tmhunt.com Tracy Marvin "Rhinokey" Hunt]''

* [[Image:2dtut_sallenbachhardlight.png]] [http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Painting in Hard Light Mode] - by ''[http://www.horribledeath.com Jason "HorribleDeath" Sallenbach]''

* [[Image:2dtut_tsugumopixelart.png]] [http://mirror.motherhamster.org/tsugumo/default.html So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?] - by ''Tsugumo''

* [[Image:2dtut_parrott.jpg]] [http://vimeo.com/38844355 Hand painted tiling grass texture walkthrough] by [http://www.environmentartist.com/ Jeff Parrott]How to paint a custom grass texture in Photoshop that is tiled.

* [[Image:2dtut_chadwick.gif]] [http://ericchadwick.com/img/ericchadwick_wood_timelapse.gif Hand painted wood] by [http://ericchadwick.com Eric Chadwick]Animated gif of the painting process for a painterly wood plank texture. Finished texture [http://ericchadwick.com/img/ericchadwick_wood.jpg here].

== Vig's Collection of Bookmarked Tutorials ==
[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1139754&postcount=2 Vig's Collection of Bookmarked Tutorials] Polycount Forum thread

'''Metal and Hard Surface'''
[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=373024 Hard Surface Materials (metal scratches and wear)]

[http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_education/vertex_map_wear/vertex_map_wear.htm Neil Belvins Procedural Paint Chips] Check out Neils other materials too, even tho its 3D he breaks them down in a way that makes sense for 2D.

[http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/ How to Hand Paint Convincing Metal Textures]

[http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/tutorials/shiphull.html Creating metal Greeble from scratch]

'''Flesh, Faces and Fur'''

[http://www.anticz.com/heads.htm Drawing Heads, some general guides] [http://www.2dvalley.com/tutorials/painting-face.shtml Painting a realistic face tutorial by George Patsouras] [http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery Furiae's Painting tutorials, Eyes, Lips, Hair, Noses, Skin Tone] [http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=45074 Enayla Painting an eye] [http://www.creativemac.com/2003/08_aug/tutorials/pshair030825.htm Hair and Fur Photoshop Bursh] ''' Grass''' [http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1461878&postcount=32 Hand painted grass tutorial] ''' Painterly''' [http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting - Michael Dashow] and its that easy... [[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=68799&page=6|[WIP] - Old Fishing Bait Shop - Page 6 - polycount]] '''Pixel Art''' [http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/ So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?]Oh you think pixel art is easy? [http://www.gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/handmade_antialiasing.php Handmade anti-aliasing Pixelart Tutorials] A long forgotten tool. ''' ''' ''' Tips and Tricks''' [http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials Tutorials - GFXartist.com] Lots of tutorials and break downs of paintings. [http://www.pioroberson.com/extras.php pior oberson character artist] its Pior foo, pay attention. [http://www.leighvanderbyl.com/tutorials.html leigh van der byl] Good to know general tips and tricks. [http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Honorible Death's Hard Light Tutorial] Slime on a sphincter. [http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107217 Digital Painting In PS #2 - ConceptArt.org Forums] Read it, at least twice. [http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/tag/how-to-draw-caricatures/ How To Draw Caricatures] [http://www.tutorialman.com/abstract_airbrushing_tutorial_tutorial.html Abstract Airbrushing Tutorial On TutorialMan.com] '''Watch Them Paint''' [http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/tutorial.html Illustration Concept Art Tutorials - Carlos Cabrera] [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65614 Painting Tutorials polycount] A collection of videos [http://media.massiveblack.com/ Massive Black DVD] [http://sclipo.com/videos/view/transport-design-aerodeslizadores Transport Design: Aerodeslizadores - Video - Sclipo] Concepts a transport ship. [http://www.eatpoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=176 A list of artists and their sites from the EatPoo forums]

===Normal Maps===

Normal Maps and How Not to Do Them

[[Image:Normalmapminitutrf7.jpg | 100px | normalMapMiniTut.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x4096 pixels)]]

[http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=485335 Hand Made Normal Maps] '''Seams''' [http://www.twisted-strand.com/ut_tutorials/text_tut/index2.html Texturing Tutorial, by SweetnutZ]

== More Information ==
* [[:Category:TextureTechnique]] = Texturing techniques commonly used in game development.
* [[Concept Fundamentals]] = The basics of concept drawing and painting.
* [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65614 Painting Tutorials] thread on the Polycount forum = Links to more painting tutorials.
* [[CharacterSculpting]] and [[EnvironmentSculpting]] = Information and tutorials about 3D sculpting.
* [[Reference]] = Reference imagery: photos, concept art, texture sites, etc.

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[[Category:Texturing]] [[Category:TextureTechnique]] [[Category:Tutorials]] [[Category:Character]] [[Category:Environment]] [[Category:Props]]