Everything I learnt about Environment Art – Part 2- Materials & Shaders

This is the second part of an all-encompassing tutorial for beginners and intermediate-level users. It covers different topics in Environment Art and is intended to share some of my lessons and advice I have learnt along the way. It is split into a chapter-based format. Version 2 includes chapters 3 and 4, available to purchase separately or as part of a reduced bundle. 

Chapter 3 – Tiling Materials – Breakdown below – Total run time: 5h 17 mins

• What is a tiling material – 5 mins
• How to create tiling materials – 22 mins
• How to approach tiling materials and variations – 4 mins

Practical examples 

• Reference gathering – 13 mins
• Breaking down the reference – 13 mins 
• Soil height, base colour and roughness in Substance Designer – 2h 36 mins
• Sculpted workflows (Sculpting leaf atlas, sculpting rock atlas, sculpting tiling rock base material – 1h 16 mins
• Finishing the variation on the soil – 27 mins

Chapter 4 – Shaders – Breakdown below – Total run time: 4h

• What is a Shader – 4 mins
• How to create Shaders – 16 mins
• Shader examples in an environment – 13 mins

Practical examples 

• Unreal Intro – 15 mins
• Material Functions and Master/Uber Shader – 50 mins 
• Vertex Blend Shader – 40 mins 
• Material Layering – 38 mins
• Landscape basics – 10 mins 
• Decal & Foliage Shaders – 27 mins 
• Adding Grunge and Extra Shader features – 24 mins