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= Texturing Tutorials =
Tutorials for creating game textures.



== Painting Realistic Textures ==
<<BR>>[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]''<<BR>><<BR>>

<<BR>>[http://youtu.be/0s0XLuzQHJ0 Next-Gen texturing Timeplapse] by ''[http://www.gavimage.com/ Gavin "Gav" Goulden]''<<BR>><<BR>>

* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_racer445sword.png]] <<BR>>[http://www.nextgenhardsurface.com/showthread.php?6-Texturing-Texturing-Metal-Surfaces-by-Racer-Video Texturing Metal Surfaces] (registration required) by ''[http://racer445.com/ Evan 'racer445' Herbert]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Media:TrackerKnifeTut.jpg||width=140}}|<<BR>>[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]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_hardsurfacetexturepainting.png]] <<BR>>[http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?f=46&t=373024 Hard Surface Texture Painting] by ''[http://stefan-morrell.cgsociety.org/gallery/ Stefan Morrell]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_quake4painting.png]] <<BR>>[http://www.iddevnet.com/quake4/ArtReference_CreatingModels#head-4152af2ebdcdf51e21eaf84fd7ea3f511a7a1fab Painting Your Diffuse, Specular, and Height Maps (for Quake 4)] by ''[http://www.ravensoft.com/ Raven Software]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Media:2dtut_zbrush_3dstonewall.jpg||height=85}}|<<BR>>[http:$$$$www.polycount.com$$forum$showpost.php?p=1528364&postcount=1 Tileable Texture in 3dMax & Zbrush]] by ''[http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=18970 Sean Marino]''<<BR>><<BR>>

== Painting Stylistic Textures ==

* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_heyman.jpg]] <<BR>>[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?p=1259024#post1259024 Hand Painted Wood Tutorial] from the Polycount Forum, by [http://www.polycount.com/forum/member.php?u=28047 Matthew 'skayne' Heyman]<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_softlight.png]] <<BR>>[[attachment: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]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_more-color.png]] <<BR>>[[attachment: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]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_smoothblending.png]] <<BR>>[[attachment:smooth-blending-thoughts_linda-bergkvist.jpg|Some Thoughts on Smooth Blending]] - by ''[http://www.furiae.com/ Linda 'Enayla' Bergkvist]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_paintfletcher.png]] <<BR>>[http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/7334/painttut.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].<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_texturepaintingtips.png]] <<BR>>[http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting Tips] - by ''[http://www.michaeldashow.com Michael Dashow]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_singhsoilchild.png]] <<BR>>[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]. <<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_tmhuntwoodtute.png]] <<BR>>[http://www.tmhunt.com/pics/wood_tute.jpg Wood Tute] by ''[http://www.tmhunt.com Tracy Marvin "Rhinokey" Hunt]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_sallenbachhardlight.png]] <<BR>>[http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Painting in Hard Light Mode] - by ''[http://www.horribledeath.com Jason "HorribleDeath" Sallenbach]''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_tsugumopixelart.png]] <<BR>>[http://mirror.motherhamster.org/tsugumo/default.html So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?] - by ''Tsugumo''<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_parrott.jpg]] <<BR>> [http://vimeo.com/38844355 Hand painted tiling grass texture walkthrough] by [http://www.environmentartist.com/ Jeff Parrott]<<BR>>How to paint a custom grass texture in Photoshop that is tiled.<<BR>><<BR>>
* [[Image:TexturingTutorials$2dtut_chadwick.gif]] <<BR>> [http://ericchadwick.com/img/ericchadwick_wood_timelapse.gif Hand painted wood] by [http://ericchadwick.com Eric Chadwick]<<BR>>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

* '''Metal and Hard Surface'''<<BR>> [http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=373024 Hard Surface Materials (metal scratches and wear)] <<BR>>[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.<<BR>> [http://cg.tutsplus.com/tutorials/3d-art/how-to-hand-paint-convincing-metal-textures/ How to Hand Paint Convincing Metal Textures] <<BR>>[http://www.psionic3d.co.uk/tutorials/shiphull.html Creating metal Greeble from scratch] <<BR>><<BR>>'''Flesh, Faces and Fur'''<<BR>> [http://www.anticz.com/heads.htm Drawing Heads,  some general guides]<<BR>>[http://www.2dvalley.com/tutorials/painting-face.shtml Painting a realistic face tutorial by George Patsouras]<<BR>> [http://www.furiae.com/index.php?view=gallery Furiae's Painting tutorials, Eyes, Lips, Hair, Noses, Skin Tone]<<BR>>[http://forums.cgsociety.org/member.php?u=45074 Enayla Painting an eye]<<BR>>[http://www.creativemac.com/2003/08_aug/tutorials/pshair030825.htm Hair and Fur Photoshop Bursh] <<BR>>  <<BR>>''' Grass''' <<BR>>[http://www.polycount.com/forum/showpost.php?p=1461878&postcount=32 Hand painted grass tutorial] <<BR>> <<BR>>   '''  Painterly'''<<BR>> [http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=47912#Post205019 SoilChild Texture Tutorial] Josh Singh, nuff said.<<BR>> [http://www.michaeldashow.com/tips_texturepainting.html Texture Painting - Michael Dashow] and its that easy...<<BR>>  [[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=68799&page=6|[WIP] - Old Fishing Bait Shop - Page 6 - polycount]]<<BR>><<BR>> '''Pixel Art'''<<BR>> [http://www.petesqbsite.com/sections/tutorials/tuts/tsugumo/ So You Want To Be A Pixel Artist?]Oh you think pixel art is easy?<<BR>> [http://www.gas13.ru/v3/tutorials/handmade_antialiasing.php Handmade anti-aliasing Pixelart  Tutorials] A long forgotten tool. '''<<BR>>'''<<BR>>''' Tips and Tricks'''<<BR>> [http://www.gfxartist.com/features/tutorials Tutorials - GFXartist.com] Lots of tutorials and break downs of paintings. <<BR>>[http://www.pioroberson.com/extras.php pior  oberson character artist]  its Pior foo, pay attention. <<BR>>[http://www.leighvanderbyl.com/tutorials.html leigh van der byl]  Good to know general tips and tricks.<<BR>> [http://www.horribledeath.com/tut-hardlight.htm Honorible Death's Hard Light Tutorial] Slime on a sphincter.<<BR>> [http://conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=107217 Digital Painting In PS #2 - ConceptArt.org Forums] Read it, at least twice.<<BR>> [http://www.tomrichmond.com/blog/tag/how-to-draw-caricatures/ How To Draw Caricatures]<<BR>> [http://www.tutorialman.com/abstract_airbrushing_tutorial_tutorial.html Abstract Airbrushing Tutorial On TutorialMan.com]<<BR>><<BR>> '''Watch Them Paint'''<<BR>> [http://www.carloscabrera.com.ar/tutorial.html Illustration Concept Art Tutorials - Carlos Cabrera] <<BR>>[http://boards.polycount.net/showthread.php?t=65614 Painting Tutorials polycount]  A collection of videos<<BR>> [http://media.massiveblack.com/ Massive Black  DVD]<<BR>> [http://sclipo.com/videos/view/transport-design-aerodeslizadores Transport Design: Aerodeslizadores - Video - Sclipo]  Concepts a transport ship.<<BR>> [http://www.eatpoo.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=23&t=176 A list of artists and their sites from the EatPoo forums] '''<<BR>>'''<<BR>>''' Normal Maps'''<<BR>> [http://www.hull-breach.com/Talon/temp/normalMapMiniTut.jpg normalMapMiniTut.jpg (JPEG Image, 1280x4096 pixels)]<<BR>> [http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=485335 Hand Made Normal Maps]<<BR>><<BR>> '''Seams'''<<BR>>[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.
* [[Category:ConceptFundamentals]] = 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.
* [[Category:Reference]] = Reference imagery: photos, concept art, texture sites, etc.

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