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A Step-by-Step Guide on Recreating Venice City View in UE5

Florian Wagner provided a detailed breakdown of recreating Venice street view in Unreal Engine 5 and shared some useful texturing and composition tips to achieve a desired look with rich and natural layering.

Florian Wagner

Oct 10, 2024

Breakdown: Stylized Clover Material In Substance 3D Designer

Celine Dameron shared how she utilized the Quantize Color node and the Kuwahara filter to craft a stylized material.

Amber Rutherford

Oct 10, 2024

Learn How to Create Character with Oil Painting Texture in This Course

You will learn how to visualize high-precision Chinese-style embroidery pattern and realistic animal fur in XGen, along with tips for using various types of lighting in Maya, ZBrush, Marvelous Designer, and Substance 3D.

Emma Collins

Oct 08, 2024

Viking Dragon Hunter's Mountain Retreat Imagined in 3D With UE5

Nichapat Thanasuan showcased a stunning environment set up using hand-made assets.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 08, 2024

Warm UE5-Made 3D Environment Inspired by Assassin's Creed Odyssey

Antonella Pelaia showcased a cozy digital scene set up with hand-made assets.

Theodore McKenzie

Oct 01, 2024

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How to Create Glass Blocks with Realistic Cracks

Veronika Shirochenkova provided a comprehensive guide on creating the glass blocks material with a fresh and cold feel and realistic cracks. The material was textured in Substance 3D Designer and then rendered in Marmoset Toolbag 4.

Veronika Shirochenkova

Sep 30, 2024

Stunning 3D Recreation Of Biblical Myth With Substance 3D

See how Louise Melin sculpted Saint Luke as the ox in VR, drawing inspiration from Jacobello Alberegno's Vision of Saint John from Polyptych of the Apocalypse.

Amber Rutherford

Sep 27, 2024

Crafting Realistic Dwarven Forge With Blender, Substance 3D & UE5

Louis-Philippe Ross Boivin walked us through the Dwarven Forge project, explaining how a blacksmith shop with real medieval machinery reimagined in dwarven style was brought to life with Blender, Substance 3D Painter, and Unreal Engine 5.

Louis-Philippe Ross Boivin

Sep 26, 2024

See How to Texture Cozy Stylized Street of Italian Town

Alexander Agredo told us how he used a combination of modern and traditional workflows to make the La Piazzetta project, discussed the texturing workflow in detail, and explained why adding movement is important for a scene.

Alexander Agredo

Sep 24, 2024

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