Hand Painted Textures

Hi all,

So I'm not great at updating this Blog! As I have a new computer now, I should be able to do lots more work - and lots more uploads :)

I have just started to learn hand painted textures. I thought it best to record my findings and thoughts on different textures here. I'm starting with some basic material studies done in grey scale. Once I get the hang of it more I'll add colour and scratches, dirt etc (all those things that bring textures to life!)

Rock

My texture:

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Rock is made up of lots of different layered tones. To create my texture I used a round brush, with scatter, angle jitter and roundness. This was my first experiment with custom brushes. I think my texture for this feels too soft. I also feel it's looking a bit too painted.

Brick

My texture:

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For the brick I used a thick heavy brush to create texture. I think the brick still needs more tone variation and a stronger sense of texture. I'm not spending too long on each as I'm still just experimenting with brushes. The idea is to re do these textures once I have learnt how to create the best custom brushes for each texture.

Carpet

My texture:

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I think this is the closest I've come so far to copying a texture. I have used a custom brush with 80 percent roundness. I screened my brush strokes over a texture I created by rendering fibres and distorting them with the ocean ripple. I then used the eraser to create more dark areas in the texture.