Hello all.

If I could have a minute of your time, please.

As the title says I am teaching myself to texture and would like to bother you a little and ask if anything like this would be of interest.

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/testing.jpg

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/lastteaser.png

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/Oblivion2010-08-2221-45-18-46.jpg

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/Oblivion2010-08-2221-12-13-84.jpg

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/Oblivion2010-08-2018-34-56-28.jpg

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/Oblivion2010-08-2018-17-57-02.jpg

Weapons and Armor/Armour have been to death....So I am going in another direction entirely. Most of the textures if not all of them are original and created by my humble self.

Give it to me straight, am I wasting my time and yours; Or is there something of value here.

Buddah aka Micky

I personally, really like the "frosted glass design" you put on the glass cabinet door. I also like the lacy stuff, that has see-through holes. I think it all looks good, though. :goodjob:

Koniption

I also love the "frosted glass design" and you are not wasting anyones time, buddah :nono:

Keep up the great texture work :tops:

I love that white lace bed!

Always good to hear from you buddah!

Indeed the frosted glass design is lovely and there's never enough variety in....anything, so all is sure to be welcomed with open arms!:)

Buddah, you never fail to impress

Etched glass door armoires, lace covered beds...yeah, these are lovely. Keep going, buddah, I think these will find use. :thumbsup:

Looks brilliant buddah, keep it up I'm sure your designs will be a glee for many a modder :foodndrink:

Micky, as several have said, the lace work is quite good and the etched glass is outstanding. My confusion is in what you are asking. Are you proposing to post this and similar material as modder's resources? Or are you proposing to relate what you've learned in some texturing tutorials? I think the answer would be "yes" either way, I just hope you won't mind me asking for a bit of clarification.

wow very nice buddah! i like the green design, it looks awesome!

I will put some of the best in a texture pack and post it on the Nexus for all to enjoy.....some will be released in an upcoming mod I am working on with a planed release date of the Christmas season. Someone asked if the glass was shinny on ORE and I put up a nifskope render so you can see it..

http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/buddah%20textures/InNifskope.jpg

This one is a detailed but simple pattern used for demonstration of the effect and the varying of the etch pattern.

Yes, when I have this to a simplified process I will write a tutorial.

But the glass from vanilla bites, it is too dense and hardly transparent and quite distortive...so I created a very lightly tinted pane as a base, which I will include in the teaser pack as well....I could never see any detail in what was in the display cases, now I have beauty behind beauty. There are some scaling issues that I am trying to perfect for proper display on the case. There are some definite doo's and don'ts for this and yo have to layer tings in the proper order to highlight the effect. Smooth is easy, putting extra detailing in the etch is kind of a pain and you want to save that for something that is really special.

Buddah aka Micky

You call this "learning to texture?" I'd say you've got it down to a fine art. :goodjob: That "frosted glass" in particular is very good. Those beds look very nice, too. I, for one, would download something like this in a heartbeat.

I have been asked how I have accomplished this on the etched glass, here is a very concise explanation of how it is done:

Well you asked how I did it, here is a rather concise breakdown:

Original image

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/CelticCornersImage.png[/IMG]

Embossed and cutout to base texture:

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/CelticCornerEmbossedandCutOut.png[/IMG]

Placed in corners and opacity/fill adjusted to show detail and depth:

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/CelticCorners.png[/IMG]

Normal Map

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/CelticCornersNormalMaps.png[/IMG]

Closeup showing detail case closed:

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/NewCorner.jpg[/IMG]

Case open to show detail of the etching:

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/DetailShot.jpg[/IMG]

Final result:

[IMG]http://i922.photobucket.com/albums/ad68/buddah701/Step%20by%20Step/finalresult.jpg[/IMG]

It took a bit of time to do this, but it is to demonstrate some of what it takes to create a detailed etching.

Micky

The only thing I left out is the overlay on the glass and merging those layers into the final image that I use to create the dds file and normal map.

I am currently compiling a sample pack of some of the ones that I have shown, and well get some screenshots and will be uploading them to the Nexus later today.

I will post a link as soon as I have it uploaded.

Thanks for the positive reinforcement, it means a lot to me.

Just a couple of hours should do it, I am working between kittens being born this morning......love my kitties.

Micky

Oohh, kittehs. You'll have post pics, now.

That looks good looks like the cupboard i have at home great work there :wub: :touched:

Yes we want to see Kitties!!!!

I have the sample pack compiled and the nifskope renders done.....working on the documentation, progressing well.

Just a little more time and it will be up.

File has been released on the NEXUS:

http://tesnexus.com/downloads/file.php?id=34292

Comments and suggestions here please:

http://www.gamesas.com/index.php?/topic/1113384-buddahs-sample-pack-released/