Texturing & Materials Courses and Certifications

New Plastic

Cinema 4D Tutorial - The Ultimate Skin Tutorial - Octane

Create realistic skin in Cinema 4D with Octane using mixed and universal materials, subsurface scattering, lighting, and composited render passes.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Unreal Engine

Texturing with Quixel Mixer

Learn Quixel Mixer 2021 by creating surfaces and smart materials, weathering assets, and exporting texture workflows to Unreal Engine.

• YouTube
• 2 hours
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CG Cookie

What is Vector Displacement in Blender? - Get Ready for Nodevember

Learn to use vector displacement in Blender to turn a plane into an animated ocean wave with a single shader.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Blender Made Easy

Blender Tutorial - Procedural Cracked Earth Effect

Create a procedural cracked-earth effect in Blender using node-based materials, noise textures, displacement, bump mapping, and color bleed.

• YouTube
• 17 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Curtis Holt

New Procedural Material Nodes for Blender 3.2

Explore Blender procedural material nodes through volumetric effects, randomized scattering, Voronoi patterns, tiles, and animated rain.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

School of Motion

How 3D Artists Can Use Procreate

Paint 3D models in Procreate on iPad, then export the textures back to Cinema 4D.

• YouTube
• 44 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SouthernShotty

Blender 3D - Character Skin Tutorial

Learn to create a character skin material in Blender with skin texturing and subsurface scattering.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dikko

Texturing Stylized Characters - Adding Details with Non-Destructive Texturing

Build adaptable stylized-character textures by mixing materials in Blender’s node editor, adding details through a non-destructive procedural workflow.

• YouTube
• 32 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

Dikko

Still Life Part 2 - Creating a Tasty Velvet Material in Blender

Build a tasty velvet material in Blender by creating a bump map texture and velvet pattern.

• YouTube
• 51 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SouthernShotty

How PROS Texture: 3 Easy Methods in Blender 3D

Compare procedural, image-based, and hand-painted methods for texturing 3D models in Blender.

• YouTube
• 16 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SouthernShotty

The Secret to Disney Textures in Blender 3D - Material Deep Dive

Create Blender materials inspired by Disney animation, exploring the shader techniques behind their distinctive look.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SouthernShotty

Blender 3D - Creating Believable Textures

Create believable textures in Blender 3D.

• YouTube
• 13 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

SouthernShotty

Blender 3D Materials Explained - Beginner to Pro

A breakdown of Blender 3D materials followed by advanced techniques.

• YouTube
• 26 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

CG Cookie

Texturing Techniques for Starship Interiors and Exteriors

Explore advanced texturing techniques for sci-fi starship designs, from sleek metallic surfaces to intricate control panels, enhancing visual storytelling in film and games.

• YouTube
• 45 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video

New Plastic

Texturing from Substance Painter to Octane with UDIMs - Martian Gun Tutorial

Learn to texture a Martian gun model using Substance Painter and import the textures into Octane renderer, with a focus on creating ID materials and utilizing UDIM workflows.

• YouTube
• 28 minutes
• Self-Paced
• Free Video