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Check out packs with materials made in Substance Designer available on Gumroad. The compilation includes a ceramic tiles generator, 6 basic PBR materials, and a complex ornamental substance.

Angel Fernandes did a breakdown of his UE4 scene Gothic Temple: modeling workflow in ZBrush and 3ds Max, approach to texturing in Substance Designer, shaders, and rendering in UE4. 

Check out 7 packs with materials and tools for texturing in Substance Painter and other software.

Levelup Digital released a new tutorial by Phil Liu on modeling intricate and decorative shapes.

Jonathan Johnson talked about the production of his 3D environment inspired by Chateau Guillard and Paris maps from Overwatch: use of trim sheets, texturing in Substance Designer, modeling in Maya, and final setup in UE4.

Matthias Schmidt shared a bunch of techniques discovered during his search for a perfect procedural workflow for sci-fi hard-surface projects in Substance Designer.

Kalyson shared a procedural approach to creating game textures using Substance Designer.

Xavi Anguita shared the process of creating his Eye Generator, a procedural tool that allows you to control multiple parameters including the Iris, Pupil, and Sclera veins, and also mentioned several talented artists who helped him learn SD. The Eye Generator is available for purchase here.

Sacha Veyrier did a detailed breakdown to his UE4 scene Bird Palace and shared the insights into his modeling workflow in Blender and texturing approach using Substance tools.