EnvironmentSculpting

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Environment Sculpting

Environment sculpting is the process of creating a high-resolution 3D model with a series of painting strokes, using. Usually the details from these models are baked into a NormalMap for a lower-resolution in-game model.


Sculpting Tiled Maps

Sculpting techniques for creating tilable normal maps and displacement maps.

Tiled Bricks and Stones

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ZBrush Tiling Sculpts - Zbrush methods to tile directly on a tool using brushes. One uses a double-size sculpt, the other uses WrapMode.


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Creating Tiled Textures and Displacement in Mudbox 2009 - byWayne Robson Painting in Mudbox on the middle of a 3x3 grid where each quad has the same overlapped UVs. (video is about halfway down the page)


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Pixologic - ZBrush - ZClassroom Digital Sculpting - Environments With Tate Mosesian Video tutorial from Pixologic about using Zbrush to create tiled textures, by the Lead Environment Artist atNaughty Dog.


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Pixologic Release - Learning Series: Tileable Textures Video tutorial from Pixologic about using Zbrush to create tiled textures. Includes a free ZScript called Layer Shift that will enable you to shift all layers on your canvas half the width or height of your canvas (similar to the Offset Photoshop filter).


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Tiling Rock Wall Tutorial - byHugo 'bugo' Beyer


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Tileable textures with Zbrush ($) - byRyan James Smith ($) 3dmotive tutorial about creating tiled pavers with 3ds Max, Zbrush, and Photoshop.


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Using Decals for Destroyed Structures - from theCryENGINE Art Asset Creation Guide Using alpha blended decals for broken concrete edges.


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Broken concrete for CE3 (Tutorial) - byValdemar 'sltrOlsson' Nyhlén Video tutorials using Zbrush and Maya to generate tiled maps for broken concrete edges.


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(Tutorial) Tileable Textures - bySean 'Oniram' Marino Video tutorials using 3ds Max, Zbrush, Xnormal, and UDK to generate tiled stone textures.


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Gravel Texture with Maya Dynamics - byValdemar 'sltrOlsson' Nyhlén Using Maya Dynamics to drop stones into a container and create a tiling gravel texture.


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Floor Baking Tutorial - byMathias 'MrFrags' Cadyck Designing, modeling, baking, and texturing a stone floor texture, using Maya, Zbrush, Xnormal, and Photoshop.


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Modular brick wall tiling - byGlynn Smith Tips and screenshots for sculpting modular brick walls.


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Gears of War 2 modular modeling - byKevin Johnstone+ more info+ even more info Tips and screenshots of using the grid for modular work.


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Generic wall tutorial - byBram 'Peris' Eulaers Using 3ds Max and Mudbox to sculpt tilable for a stone wall.


Tiled Cliffs and Grounds

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Solutions for sculpting tileable textures (other than bricks) in zbrush 4 - Zbrush method to tile using an imported mesh and brushes with WrapMode.


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The Last of Us Art dump / Rogelio Olguin - byRogelio 'rogelio' Olguin, a Naughty Dog artist working on The Last of Us. See also TheLastOfUsTerrain.


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Rock sculpting videos (silent timelapse) - byBehrooz 'rooz3d' Roozbeh, a Naughty Dog artist working on Uncharted 2.


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Temple Interior tiling texture process - byNicole 'Khalamea' Tan


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Creating Perfectly Tiling Meshes in Zbrush for use in Videogame Environments - byOwen 'SHEPEIRO' Shepherd Using ZBrush's 2.5D canvas to tile stamped meshes, then using Maya to model tilable geometry.


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Tileable Stone in Mudbox - bySascha Henrichs Sculpting in Mudbox, loading the displacement map in Photoshop for the offset filter, then fixing the seams with more sculpting in Mudbox.


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Tiling Rock Tutorial in Zbrush - byStephen Jameson Sculpting in Zbrush, loading the normal map in Photoshop for the offset filter, then fixing the seams in Photoshop.


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Tiling Rock Wall in Zbrush and Crazybump - byBobby 'crazyeyes' Rice Creating displacement map in Crazybump, then sculpting in Zbrush.

Sculpting Individual Objects

Sculpting techniques for creating individual non-tiling meshes.

Bricks and Tiles

Metal

Rock and Stone

Wood

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