Day 03: Basic Materials
Learning Goals
Students will be able to:
Find preset materials.
Apply materials to objects.
Adjust the tiling settings of materials.
Describe the purpose of the Color, Bump, & Specularity material channels.
Find and apply appropriate textures for the objects in their scene.
Agenda
Dailies (9:00am-9:20am)
Homework Review: Verb Animation
Q&A: Have any questions come up since our last session?
Finding and Applying Preset Materials (9:20am-9:45am)
Discuss: What is a Material?
Koontz Baloon Dogs - how does material change our perception of an object?
Technique: Loading Preset Materials
Exercise: Texture your Character Models
Theory: Material Scale
UV Scale settings in Texture Tag
XY to get the correct proportion
100% => Chimney
10% => Brick Building
1000% => Single Brick
Material Projection Modes (9:45am-10:15am)
Technique: Material Projection Modes
Exercise: Texture a Room
Creating your own Materials from Scratch (10:15am-10:45am)
Theory: Color, Bump, & Spec - The Essential Material Channels
Exercise: Recreate a Material In Reach
Homework (10:45 - 10:50)
What: Theatrical Texturing Exercise
Pick a scene from a play/movie/novel that takes place in a bedroom.
Texture the bedroom scene so that it fits into the world of the play. Try to keep the following questions in mind as you design:
Who does this room belong to?
How old are they?
What's their gender?
What are their interests?
What is the content of the scene?
What is the time of day?
Is there an emotional tone that you can accentuate?
Post a rendered image to your course projects blog with the following information:
Subject: Bedroom Texturing: Character Name from Play/Film/Book Title
Content:
Image of your scene.
A brief description (2-4 sentences) of the character & play.
An excerpt from the the scene in the play/film/novel in which this bedroom is set.
Due: Post the final result to our shared GDrive before the start of our next class session.
Recommended Reading
Intro to Texturing by Leigh Van Der Byl
PxrDisney - A Description of Pixar's PBR Shader
Additional Resources
Free Textures
Source: Top 6 Websites for FREE Textures and Materials (PBR) - YouTube
Textures.com - An excellent resource for royalty free texture images.
Poliigon - A library of materials, and HDRs for artists including free textures
IOR Table - Courtesy of VRay.info