Beach Sand - Material Breakdown - Dmytro Piatyhorets

https://gamesartist.co.uk/beach-sand/
Environment Artist, Dmytro Piatyhorets has created this sandy beach material using Metashape and Substance Designer. In this article, he talks about, goals, ref, scanning tips & tricks, building the scan mesh, textures, tiling the scan, polishing & adding details, scan shape splatter, rendering & lighting.
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