Last week I made some simple ground and grass textures. I started with the ground and went up from there. I modeled the dirt after what you would see on a hiking trail. Littered with pine needles, rocks,

I'm back!!! I recently created a base texture for a crate. I wanted to give it some narrative but wasn't sure exactly what my concept was going to be. Nevertheless, I had to get it done, so I started with

This week I created a base metal texture with a few variations. I didn't really end up using reference for it. Instead I used multiple layers of photos to add some background detail and painted the rest.

I used a lot of reference for this one, this being only one of them. Even though I opted going for a darker color wood, I thought this was a good starting point. Then I created my base texture, adding

I hand painted a seamless cathedral floor texture. It's loosely based upon this reference, but mostly my own design. Perfectly tileable. First I had to put together a base texture. I came up with this.

Just some practice. Each done with either a textured, hard, or soft brush in photoshop. Done on a Cintiq (God I wish I could afford one!). Will be posting more of the same throughout the next few months.

The concept looks great. I was raised around the beach and seeing this kind of stuff just takes me back.! BeachConcept.jpg

Some of my favorite renders from a recent project