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Old Chair Full Creation Tutorial

Full creation process on how to build this sort of chair for yourself, great overview.

Environment Design as Spatial Cinegraphy

A really insightful talk about how fundamentals can influence your environments art.

Understanding Composition

BlenderGuru shares this great introduction to composition, this is a great overview

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Get to know how to bake in Marmoset Toolbag

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Your First Stylized Texture
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Stylized Station
A nice introduction for Stylized Texture creation in Substance Painter
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Blending Material Functions
by
GameTextures.com
Get deeper into the Material Editor with blending Material Functions in Unreal Engine
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Painted Wood Planks Tutorial
by
Jacob Norris - PurePolygons
Complete walkthrough on how to create painted wooden planks in Substance Designer
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Material nodes explained in 30 minutes
by
Daniel Krafft
30 material nodes in blender explaining it this quick overview
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How Do I Become A Materials Artist?
by
Alex Beddows
Learn how to become a material artists
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Full time VS Contract Position In Games
by
Harvey Newman
Differences between a full time position and contract position in the games industry
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Material Blending UE4
by
Victor A.
Blend assets with your landscape in Unreal Engine.
NEW
How to use the grid
by
Jessica Helgesson
Using the grid is crucial when making modular environments, this tutorial is a great overview
NEW
Artist Burnout - How to refuel the fire!
by
Trent Kaniuga
Avoiding Burnout and know how to start this process begins here
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Addons: Blender to UE4
by
The DiNusty Empire
Export assets quickly with this Blender Addon
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Procedural Canyon in Houdini
by
Milan De Laet
Learn how to use Houdini to create your own environments with this quick tutorial
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Becoming a AAA Environment Artist
by
Unreal Engine
Learn what to focus on and how to become an Environment Artist
NEW
PBR Bakers Comparison
by
Grzegorz Baran
Compare bakers and make your descision
NEW
Hard Surface Markings/Decals
by
harry ridgeway
Create easy engravings for all your weapons with this little tutorial
NEW
Watch Dogs Legion - Level Design Talk
by
Iuliu-Cosmin Oniscu
Level design focused breakdown on how it can help you guide you through your environments
NEW
Cloth and hardsurface Blender Addon
by
CG Thoughts
An amazing cloth creation addon for Blender
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Realistic Rocks for AAA Games
by
Fran Vergara
A blog breakdown tutorial that teaches you the workflow of rock creation
NEW
Uncharted 4 Environment Art: Part Two
by
Gnomon
Dive into the art of Uncharted with this live talk by Environment Artists on the project.
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Uncharted 4 Environment Art: Part One
by
Gnomon
Dive into the art of Uncharted with this live talk by Environment Artists on the project.
NEW
Ground Blending using Distance Fields
by
Laetitia Bertrand
Blend assets into the ground with this ground blending tutorial
NEW
Making art as a busy artist
by
Alexander Alza
A nice short overview on how to keep making art in your busy life
NEW
Variable Radius Bevel in Blender
by
Gleb Alexandrov
Creat non-destructible variable width bevels in Blender.
NEW
Your first week as a Junior Artist
by
Patrick Ziegler
Patrick Ziegler will take you through your first week in the games industry.
NEW
Escalator - Hybrid Trim PDF Tutorial
by
Hamish Ames
Looking to get into trimsheets and how to combine them in your assets? Start here
NEW
Road Carpet Material - SBSAR
by
Martin Milz
Free road carpet material, to take you back to your childhood.
NEW
Substance X Megascans materials
by
Alex Beddows
Free megascan materials by Alex Beddows
NEW
The Trap Called Artistic Perfection
by
Adam Duff LUCIDPIXUL
Perfection is the enemy of the good, don't get trapped by it.
NEW
Battling Burnout: The Side Project Ritual
by
GDC
Burning out is a fairly common phenomenom, be careful and listen to this talk on how to avoid it.
NEW
"Habits of Effective Artists" Revisited
by
Blender Guru
Effective habits can really change the way you work and live, highly recommend this talk.
NEW
Roof Tile Texture using Photoshop
by
Thiago Klafke
Learn how to make Overwatch-like textures with Thiago Klafke
NEW
Environment Design as Spatial Cinegraphy
by
GDC
A really insightful talk about how fundamentals can influence your environments art.
NEW
Star Citizen Live: Making Mountains
by
Star Citizen
Learn more about how CIG are innovating terrain layers
NEW
Blending Megascans Assets in UE4
by
Quixel
Learn about different ways of blending assets using Unreal Engine.
NEW
How Level Design Can Tell a Story
by
Game Maker's Toolkit
Level design helps you focus your direction and shows you the stories that are important.
NEW
Creating Stylized 3D Environments in UE4
by
Stylized Station
A full workflow overview when it comes to making stylized environments in Unreal Engine 4
NEW
Old Metal Ornaments in Substance Designer
by
80 Level
Create a detailed texture within Substance Designer and see how Stan Brown builds up all the layers
NEW
Modelling in Houdini for Beginners
by
Hugo Beyer
A nice introduction for beginners getting into Houdini by Hugo Beyer.
NEW
Blender Vertex height blend material
by
Simon Fuchs
Setup your own Blender Vertex height blend material with this tutorial.
NEW
Creative Fundamentals Vol. 2
by
Devin Korwin
Never underestimate the important of art fundamentals to impact your Environment Art.
NEW
Tile Pattern Basics | Substance Designer
by
NVIDIA
Explore basics of tile patterns in Substance Designer. Perfect if your new to Substance Designer.
NEW
Substance Painter Alpha's - Ayi Sanchez
by
Ayi Sanchez
This set of grime, dirt and leakage alpha's are great for any project.
NEW
NVIDIA's Marbles RTX Texture Breakdown
by
NVIDIA
Recreate super realistic textures with blogpost detailing how
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Damaged Tarp Vertex Paint Material
by
Artstation
A free tarp material for Unreal Engine, with built in Vertex paint for damage.
NEW
Environment Storytelling in Video Games
by
Gnomon
Listen to top Environment Artists talk about award winning environment art.
NEW
Story Environments in A Plague Tale
by
MrHammers
A nice little overview of how this game does it's Environmental Storytelling.
NEW
Solitude & Hope, Scene Breakdown
by
80 Level
Learn how to plan and creat your own stylised diorama with this great breakdown.
NEW
Cobblestone Series
by
Get Learnt
Create your own Cobblestone texture in Substance Designer with this easy and elaborate overview.
NEW
Free 80's Refrigerator model
by
Jonjo Hemmens
A nice 80's Refrigerator asset that can be used for your scenes.
NEW
Substance Painter: Channel Packing
by
Dinusty
Channel packing textures is a must know technique for optimising Materials and Textures
NEW
Star citizen Inspired - Drake Kraken
by
Games Artist
This breakthrough takes you through the different stages of a hard surface ship interior.
NEW
Old Chair Full Creation Tutorial
by
Andrew Averkin
Full creation process on how to build this sort of chair for yourself, great overview.
NEW
The Toolbag Baking Tutorial | Marmoset
by
Marmoset Toolbag
Get to know how to bake in Marmoset Toolbag
NEW
Normal Edge Decal
by
Leonardo Lezzi
Leonardo Iezzi goes through how to apply normal edge decals in this nice comprehensive tutorial.
NEW
Cable Script for Maya
by
Romain Chauliac
A really handy cable script by Romain Chauliac
NEW
Sculpted wood in ZBRUSH
by
Damian Kijowski
Damian Kijowski takes you through some zbrush wood sculpting tips!
NEW
Simon Schreibt
by
Simon Schreibt
Simon has an amazing archive of breakdowns of different game effects, well worth checking out!
NEW
Handpainting a Stylized Dagger like a Pro
by
Ancelmo Toledo
A 30-minute tutorial walkthrough to demonstrate how to create this Handpainted Dagger.
NEW
Blender 2.8 Beginner Tutorial
by
Blender Guru
Blender tutorial for beginners, made by Andrew Price, this is a great introduction to Blender.
NEW
Making an Office Environment in Unreal 4
by
Thiago Klafke
Thiago Klafke in an unbroken series on how to create a full environment from scratch.
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What normal maps are and how they work.
by
Carlos Lemos
In this tutorial Carlos Lemos will talk about normals and normal maps.
NEW
What makes a good texture?
by
Ayi Sanchez
Ayi Sanchez breaks down what makes a good texture.
NEW
Essential Rock Creation Techniques
by
Daniel Castillo
Sculpting workflow and brushes in ZBrush, followed by low poly, UVs, and map baking.
NEW
ACES LUT For Substance Painter
by
bleleux
Match Substance Painter's rendering to Unreal Engine's.
NEW
Creating Modular Environments in Unreal Engine 4
by
Tim Simpson
This video breaks down how to flesh out modular environments in unreal engine 4.
NEW
Designing historical open world RPG
by
Digital Dragons
Dan Vavra speaks storytelling in open world, how the historical accuracy and realism.
NEW
Creating modular environments
by
Thiago Klafke
Made for UDK, but it still serves on how to create a modular environment
NEW
A short explanation about custom vertex normals
by
Polycount
In this short explanation about Custom Vertex Normals over on polycount
NEW
Baking A Weapon in Marmoset Toolbag
by
Marmoset Toolbag
How to build your Highpoly meshes and add some interesting looking detail before baking in Marmoset
NEW
No more wrong Normal Maps! Leonardo Iezzi
by
Leonardo Lezzi
Looking for some additional help for these Normal maps? This is the collection you need
NEW
Understanding Color
by
Blender Guru
Color is so important, Saturation and Value and six Color Harmonies that work...
NEW
The PBR Guide - Part 1
by
Substance
This first part of the PBR guide serves as a great little introduction to the topic of PBR rendering
NEW
Attention To Detail: A Texturing Story
by
Substance
Get inspired by Aaron's work as he delves into his texturing process with Substance.
NEW
Unreal 4 Lighting Academy
by
Tilmann Milde
A great little introduction to lighting in Unreal Engine by Tilmann Milde
NEW
Technical Tips for Environment Artists
by
Harry Gray
Harry Gray delves into the process of making White Noise I was in charge of creating a Junkyard.
NEW
Fixing Normal Map Distortion
by
Arrimus 3D
How to prevent your normal map from distorting in 3D Studio Max.
NEW
Making sense of Skewed normal map details.
by
Polycount
An extensive tutorial that covers this topic and many other common baking issues.
NEW
Environment and material creation of CONTROL
by
Substance
Take a look into the environment and material creation workflows of the award-winning game Control.
NEW
Texel Density : What It Means & How To Use It
by
Warren Marshal
Texel density creates consistency between all assets in your scene
NEW
How to Create 3D Terrain with Google Maps and Blender
by
CG Geek
Learn How to Create 3D Terrain Maps Free using Google Maps in this Blender Tutorial
NEW
Sculpting Wood in ZBrush in 3 Easy Steps
by
Polygon Academy
In this video Polygon Academy will show how he sculpts wood in Zbrush for his ArtStation challenge
NEW
Trim Sheet Tutorial
by
Shawnell Priester
A tutorial that focuses solely on this topic to provide clear ideas and how this can be approached.
NEW
Levelup Digital | Tutorials that Inspire
by
Levelup Digital
Fully Narrated, Step-by-Step Tutorials, a really good source for tutorials.
NEW
How to Become an Environment Artist and what programs you use?
by
Henry Kelly
The Do's and Dont's about becoming a professional Environment Artist.
NEW
Understanding Composition
by
Blender Guru
BlenderGuru shares this great introduction to composition, this is a great overview
NEW
Interactive Tools for Blender
by
Maxi Vazquez
These tools offer a big improvement upon the standard tools that Blender offers.
NEW
The Importance of Level Design
by
Exclusively Games
Level design, giving Environment Artists a good look into the design that goes into environments.
NEW
The Fastest Way to Learn 3D - YouTube
by
Flipped Normals
Flippednormals talking about how they have over the years learnt a bunch of 3D software.
NEW
Make Neon Signs in Blender
by
Ian Hubbert
Make Neon Signs in Blender with this lazy Tutorial, for lazy people by lazy people. By Ian Hubbert.
NEW
Job-Winning Environment Art of 2019
by
Kieran Goodson
compilation of job-winning environment art from 2019 by Kieran Goodson
NEW
Foliage Tutorial - Karen Stanley
by
Karen Stanley
Dive into some foliage creation techniques with Karen Stanley
NEW
UE4 Environment Tutorial - Thiago Klafke
by
Thiago Klafke
Thiago Klafke gave advice on building awesome environments in Unreal Engine 4.

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Your First Stylized Texture
A nice introduction for Stylized Texture creation in Substance Painter
Blending Material Functions
Get deeper into the Material Editor with blending Material Functions in Unreal Engine
Painted Wood Planks Tutorial
Complete walkthrough on how to create painted wooden planks in Substance Designer
Material nodes explained in 30 minutes
30 material nodes in blender explaining it this quick overview
How Do I Become A Materials Artist?
Learn how to become a material artists
Full time VS Contract Position In Games
Differences between a full time position and contract position in the games industry
Material Blending UE4
Blend assets with your landscape in Unreal Engine.
How to use the grid
Using the grid is crucial when making modular environments, this tutorial is a great overview
Artist Burnout - How to refuel the fire!
Avoiding Burnout and know how to start this process begins here
Addons: Blender to UE4
Export assets quickly with this Blender Addon
Procedural Canyon in Houdini
Learn how to use Houdini to create your own environments with this quick tutorial
Becoming a AAA Environment Artist
Learn what to focus on and how to become an Environment Artist
PBR Bakers Comparison
Compare bakers and make your descision
Hard Surface Markings/Decals
Create easy engravings for all your weapons with this little tutorial
Watch Dogs Legion - Level Design Talk
Level design focused breakdown on how it can help you guide you through your environments
Cloth and hardsurface Blender Addon
An amazing cloth creation addon for Blender
Realistic Rocks for AAA Games
A blog breakdown tutorial that teaches you the workflow of rock creation
Uncharted 4 Environment Art: Part Two
Dive into the art of Uncharted with this live talk by Environment Artists on the project.
Uncharted 4 Environment Art: Part One
Dive into the art of Uncharted with this live talk by Environment Artists on the project.
Ground Blending using Distance Fields
Blend assets into the ground with this ground blending tutorial
Making art as a busy artist
A nice short overview on how to keep making art in your busy life
Variable Radius Bevel in Blender
Creat non-destructible variable width bevels in Blender.
Your first week as a Junior Artist
Patrick Ziegler will take you through your first week in the games industry.
Escalator - Hybrid Trim PDF Tutorial
Looking to get into trimsheets and how to combine them in your assets? Start here
Road Carpet Material - SBSAR
Free road carpet material, to take you back to your childhood.
Substance X Megascans materials
Free megascan materials by Alex Beddows
The Trap Called Artistic Perfection
Perfection is the enemy of the good, don't get trapped by it.
Battling Burnout: The Side Project Ritual
Burning out is a fairly common phenomenom, be careful and listen to this talk on how to avoid it.
"Habits of Effective Artists" Revisited
Effective habits can really change the way you work and live, highly recommend this talk.
Roof Tile Texture using Photoshop
Learn how to make Overwatch-like textures with Thiago Klafke
Environment Design as Spatial Cinegraphy
A really insightful talk about how fundamentals can influence your environments art.
Star Citizen Live: Making Mountains
Learn more about how CIG are innovating terrain layers
Blending Megascans Assets in UE4
Learn about different ways of blending assets using Unreal Engine.
How Level Design Can Tell a Story
Level design helps you focus your direction and shows you the stories that are important.
Creating Stylized 3D Environments in UE4
A full workflow overview when it comes to making stylized environments in Unreal Engine 4
Old Metal Ornaments in Substance Designer
Create a detailed texture within Substance Designer and see how Stan Brown builds up all the layers
Modelling in Houdini for Beginners
A nice introduction for beginners getting into Houdini by Hugo Beyer.
Blender Vertex height blend material
Setup your own Blender Vertex height blend material with this tutorial.
Creative Fundamentals Vol. 2
Never underestimate the important of art fundamentals to impact your Environment Art.
Tile Pattern Basics | Substance Designer
Explore basics of tile patterns in Substance Designer. Perfect if your new to Substance Designer.
Substance Painter Alpha's - Ayi Sanchez
This set of grime, dirt and leakage alpha's are great for any project.
NVIDIA's Marbles RTX Texture Breakdown
Recreate super realistic textures with blogpost detailing how
Damaged Tarp Vertex Paint Material
A free tarp material for Unreal Engine, with built in Vertex paint for damage.
Environment Storytelling in Video Games
Listen to top Environment Artists talk about award winning environment art.
Story Environments in A Plague Tale
A nice little overview of how this game does it's Environmental Storytelling.
Solitude & Hope, Scene Breakdown
Learn how to plan and creat your own stylised diorama with this great breakdown.
Cobblestone Series
Create your own Cobblestone texture in Substance Designer with this easy and elaborate overview.
Free 80's Refrigerator model
A nice 80's Refrigerator asset that can be used for your scenes.
Substance Painter: Channel Packing
Channel packing textures is a must know technique for optimising Materials and Textures
Star citizen Inspired - Drake Kraken
This breakthrough takes you through the different stages of a hard surface ship interior.
Video
Old Chair Full Creation Tutorial
Full creation process on how to build this sort of chair for yourself, great overview.
Marmoset
The Toolbag Baking Tutorial | Marmoset
Get to know how to bake in Marmoset Toolbag
Normal Edge Decal
Leonardo Iezzi goes through how to apply normal edge decals in this nice comprehensive tutorial.
Cable Script for Maya
A really handy cable script by Romain Chauliac
Sculpted wood in ZBRUSH
Damian Kijowski takes you through some zbrush wood sculpting tips!
Resource Websites
Simon Schreibt
Simon has an amazing archive of breakdowns of different game effects, well worth checking out!
Baking
Handpainting a Stylized Dagger like a Pro
A 30-minute tutorial walkthrough to demonstrate how to create this Handpainted Dagger.
Blender 2.8 Beginner Tutorial
Blender tutorial for beginners, made by Andrew Price, this is a great introduction to Blender.
Making an Office Environment in Unreal 4
Thiago Klafke in an unbroken series on how to create a full environment from scratch.
Baking
What normal maps are and how they work.
In this tutorial Carlos Lemos will talk about normals and normal maps.
Texturing
What makes a good texture?
Ayi Sanchez breaks down what makes a good texture.
Sculpting
Essential Rock Creation Techniques
Sculpting workflow and brushes in ZBrush, followed by low poly, UVs, and map baking.
Addons/Tools
ACES LUT For Substance Painter
Match Substance Painter's rendering to Unreal Engine's.
World Building
Creating Modular Environments in Unreal Engine 4
This video breaks down how to flesh out modular environments in unreal engine 4.
World Building
Designing historical open world RPG
Dan Vavra speaks storytelling in open world, how the historical accuracy and realism.
World Building
Creating modular environments
Made for UDK, but it still serves on how to create a modular environment
Baking
A short explanation about custom vertex normals
In this short explanation about Custom Vertex Normals over on polycount
Baking
Baking A Weapon in Marmoset Toolbag
How to build your Highpoly meshes and add some interesting looking detail before baking in Marmoset
Baking
No more wrong Normal Maps! Leonardo Iezzi
Looking for some additional help for these Normal maps? This is the collection you need
Environment Art Fundamentals
Understanding Color
Color is so important, Saturation and Value and six Color Harmonies that work...
Texturing
The PBR Guide - Part 1
This first part of the PBR guide serves as a great little introduction to the topic of PBR rendering
Texturing
Attention To Detail: A Texturing Story
Get inspired by Aaron's work as he delves into his texturing process with Substance.
Lighting
Unreal 4 Lighting Academy
A great little introduction to lighting in Unreal Engine by Tilmann Milde
Texturing
Technical Tips for Environment Artists
Harry Gray delves into the process of making White Noise I was in charge of creating a Junkyard.
Baking
Fixing Normal Map Distortion
How to prevent your normal map from distorting in 3D Studio Max.
Baking
Making sense of Skewed normal map details.
An extensive tutorial that covers this topic and many other common baking issues.
Texturing
Environment and material creation of CONTROL
Take a look into the environment and material creation workflows of the award-winning game Control.
Texturing
Texel Density : What It Means & How To Use It
Texel density creates consistency between all assets in your scene
Terrain
How to Create 3D Terrain with Google Maps and Blender
Learn How to Create 3D Terrain Maps Free using Google Maps in this Blender Tutorial
Sculpting
Sculpting Wood in ZBrush in 3 Easy Steps
In this video Polygon Academy will show how he sculpts wood in Zbrush for his ArtStation challenge
Modelling
Trim Sheet Tutorial
A tutorial that focuses solely on this topic to provide clear ideas and how this can be approached.
Resource Websites
Levelup Digital | Tutorials that Inspire
Fully Narrated, Step-by-Step Tutorials, a really good source for tutorials.
How to Become an Environment Artist and what programs you use?
The Do's and Dont's about becoming a professional Environment Artist.
Environment Art Fundamentals
Understanding Composition
BlenderGuru shares this great introduction to composition, this is a great overview
Addons/Tools
Interactive Tools for Blender
These tools offer a big improvement upon the standard tools that Blender offers.
The Importance of Level Design
Level design, giving Environment Artists a good look into the design that goes into environments.
Personal Development
The Fastest Way to Learn 3D - YouTube
Flippednormals talking about how they have over the years learnt a bunch of 3D software.
Modelling
Make Neon Signs in Blender
Make Neon Signs in Blender with this lazy Tutorial, for lazy people by lazy people. By Ian Hubbert.
Job Hunting
Job-Winning Environment Art of 2019
compilation of job-winning environment art from 2019 by Kieran Goodson
Texturing
Foliage Tutorial - Karen Stanley
Dive into some foliage creation techniques with Karen Stanley
World Building
UE4 Environment Tutorial - Thiago Klafke
Thiago Klafke gave advice on building awesome environments in Unreal Engine 4.