Darktiste Sketchbook

[darktiste]

Nice textures dude.  How're you doing these?  Using special brushes or images?

Some texture brush mostly and for this one a minimal amount of stock image that i photo bash.I almost never use photobashing so it was kinda new thing to try i was having a problem at the last minute so i tried to look for a coil image i think the thing i regret now looking back at it is how those coil should show some perspective.

Here an idea of how i approached doing metal i use a ''noise'' brush this one add what i call particule in other word this help create the surface quality to add depth to the texture i start with a mid range grey as a base i then use my noise brush in 3 pass using the dodge tool and play with the range of the tool from shadow to midtone and than finally highlight.Will i apply the noise i don't scale up or down the size of the texture because the surface is pretty uniform and as been refined to a certain degree

.After that i use a brush i call the spot brush this create spot of dirt on the surface that break the still to clean look you get if you only did use 1 brush.

For finishing touch i go around my object and hit the point where there highlight and hit spot where the object generally will get hit the material will get more in contact with other object and make sure to disturb the edge of the form to create an uneven and beaten look.

Lastly i take a brush could be a round brush with pressure sentivity for me i use a brush that i would describe as scratch.This brush is prettty straight foward it help get that metallic feeling just right.