Chapter 2. Creating Man-made Materials

In this chapter, we will cover:

• Creating a slate roof node material that repeats but with ultimate variety

• Using a tileable texture to add complexity to a surface

• Warping a texture to disguise seams in a repeated texture

• Adding weathering by copying and reusing textures

• Combining materials using nodes

• Creating metals

• Creating a realistic copper material

• Using image maps to suggest man-made metal materials

• Using specular maps to add age and variety to man-made surface materials

• Adding oxidization weathering to our copper material

• Adding grime and artistic interest to our copper material

• Creating a road or path material that never repeats

• Repeating a tiled texture to duplicated objects

• Deforming materials and textures in Blender