Substance Designer Course

This is the first year that we have taught a course on Substance Designer. It was nice to see students adapt to a procedural non-destructive workflow so handily. Rebecca Hutto created it for her final project. Enjoy her work using two materials that are blended between a darker and lighter bone texture using a UV layer set.

Here is a breakdown of the skeleton textures created in Designer.

"Growth From Decay" is a digital sculpture representing the duel nature of life and death, with one always leading to the other in an endless cycle. The fox, while a clever creature, can never escape its fate. The amanita mushroom, while deadly itself, is a fresh sign of life starting anew. The ruby, though uncut and in its natural state, has long been seen as a symbol of protection, and so, this balance of nature must be protected.

All of the models were sculpted in Blender, and the materials were created in Substance 3D Designer using fully procedural design techniques. Special thanks to Poly Haven for providing the background HDRI.

Mushroom stalk textures:

Mushroom cap textures:

Ground Textures: