Materials -> where to start?

[spikeyxxx]

The main thing is to not use Bump Only in the Material Settings:

I also used Adaptive Subdivision (Cycles Experimental!), but as long as you have enough Geometry, this should work.

[spikeyxxx]

would you give me a hint on where to start?

Like  said before, Lance Phan has some great beginner’ videos, for instance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CoCDbCbeiAk&list=RDCMUC6JnHy5VqJ4fQ_PfrgsRnWg&index=23

But you might want to start with some simpler videos he made.

[Vue Thao]

😆 That’s the first thing I ever hear people say about him. 

Okay besides Andrew Price…

Please check out this guy too. Probably his method may pint your interest in materials for gaming.
https://youtu.be/5EKnEIo8rHc

Here’s a video he talks about displacement. Make sure you follow along with his tutorial. 
https://youtu.be/yrMee2gcS20

[Kent Trammell]

I’ve got some good news and bad (less good?) news. In the portrait course I’m recording I teach procedural clothing / fabric creation in detail:

 There’s only one caveat: The procedural weave pattern I created myself and will be part of the course source files as a node group. BUT I…well…still don’t understand the math that goes into generating the pattern 😅 I was able to piece it together well enough based on Simon Thommes’ course and this video from Erindale. However I regrettably don’t understand the math enough to teach it myself. This is the weave pattern node network ONLY 😳 :

With that said, I teach everything else about the material in-depth: Coloration, soft effect via fresnel, adding fuzz particle system.

Maybe this part of the course will be perfect for you!

[Adrian Bellworthy]

This is truly epic @theluthier , the clothing looks almost human also. 

You even managed to keep the nodes organised.

[Kent Trammell]

You even managed to keep the nodes organised.

Thanks for noticing! I finally committed to keeping my materials organized for this (and future) courses. It’s about time, right? 😬

[tobles]

@theluthier,

that’s real good news. I’m always looking for clothing stuff done with blender and I’m glad it’s in this course too.
Till now I was waiting for this course very impatient, but now I’m like:

Greetings,
tobles

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