In need of a resource (seamless spiraling texture for column : III

» Mon May 07, 2012 4:22 pm

Topic titles says it all. I've been searching for a seamless texture with an aslant pattern, so that it can form a spiral when used on a column-like mesh. Searched on CG Textures and Spiral Graphics, as those are the only 2 sites I know that offer free textures. Suggestion for any other ones would be very much appreciated.

» Mon May 07, 2012 8:04 pm

Topic titles says it all. I've been searching for a seamless texture with an aslant pattern, so that it can form a spiral when used on a column-like mesh. Searched on CG Textures and Spiral Graphics, as those are the only 2 sites I know that offer free textures. Suggestion for any other ones would be very much appreciated. :smile:

You can achieve that by selecting a good seamless texture then rotating the UV map by whatever gradient you want the spiral to be. Enlarging or reducing the size of the UV map on the x and/or y axis will determine the number of twists and spacing of the tilings. for bets results you will probably need to keep the UV map symmetrical.

http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i109/Slartibartfast_2006/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot100.jpg

» Tue May 08, 2012 2:56 am

You can achieve that by selecting a good seamless texture then rotating the UV map by whatever gradient you want the spiral to be. Enlarging or reducing the size of the UV map on the x and/or y axis will determine the number of twists and spacing of the tilings. for bets results you will probably need to keep the UV map symmetrical. http://s70.photobucket.com/albums/i109/Slartibartfast_2006/?action=view¤t=ScreenShot100.jpg

No idea how I didn't think of that, thanks! The only problem now is that it's not seamless anymore, but that's probably because of the texture I'm using. Thanks again :foodndrink: