Top 10 Blender 3D Material and Texturing Mistakes and How to Fix Them.

Become a CG Cookie member and stream SESSIONS Macro: and get mentor feedback. Creating good materials doesn’t have to be too complicated, but it also isn’t a topic to breeze past because, if it’s done wrong, it can make a render look fake or boring. I’ve seen hundreds of exercise submissions for the Fundamentals of Materials and Shading course and many more beginner renders from my time as a teacher, and to be honest, I can sometimes copy and paste feedback because so many people miss the exact same things. So, in this video, I’ll show you what mistakes to avoid so that even if you are a beginner, you can improve your renders right away. Fundamentals of Materials and Shading: Fundamentals of Texturing: Shader Forge: Realistic Industrial Environments with EEVEE: Scattershot Add-on: Voronoi scattering technique: 00:00 - Intro 00:29 - Not Using Roughness Textures 01:20 - Not Picking Great Base Colors 02:21 - Overdoing Bump Maps 02:56 - Not Having Proper Wear and Tear 03:53 - Using Low Res Images 04:41 - Not using SSS or Translucency 05:37 - Using Obviously Tiled Textures 06:13 - Using Obviously Procedural Textures 07:05 - Incorrect Proportions 07:54 - Ignoring the Context “WHO IS CG COOKIE?“ We are real people! (OK, maybe some of us are cyborgs - we don’t ask.) CG Cookie is a small crew of Blender artists, baking fresh videos for the Blender community. 🍪 If you love what we do, consider enrolling to to stream 100’s of Blender courses with passionate Blender instructors there to answer your questions. “WHERE SHOULD I START LEARNING BLENDER?“ For Blender beginners, we have a free tutorial series “Getting Started with Blender“ “I WANT MORE CG COOKIE IN MY LIFE!“ Got it. Here’s where you can reach us! Want Blender news in your mailbox? Sign up here for spam-free newsletter #CGCookie #blendertutorial #b3d