Create realistic tileable triple-A materials

From high-poly sculpting to baking and texturing, learn how to re-create this realistic tileable brick material for next-gen videogames

“Damage and wear and tear tell a story about the entire time that those bricks have been there” With videogames hitting high levels of photorealism, next-gen graphics will therefore mostly involve lighting, rendering and materials. Consider also that around 70 to 80 per cent of the screen space in a videogame is the environment where you walk around, and this is made out of props, modules and tileable materials. So, why shouldn’t it be as important to re-create believable environments (and the textures and materials that impacts the process) as it is for interesting characters? Every pixel tells a story about the world you are in. In this tutorial we are going to learn how to create one of the materials that could be in any triple-A videogame. AYI SÁNCHEZ…

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