Fabric Material Design - PBR Textures

Fabric Material Design - PBR Textures

Welcome! For this entry I am showcasing a selection of fabric materials created in Substance Designer. I wanted to design unique patterns and textures using various techniques and different workflows. The fabrics were rendered in Unreal Engine 5 on cloth simulations created in Blender 3D. All material textures are 8K.

Sequin Pattern Fabric

This fabric features a sequin pattern made using paths and spline nodes in Substance Designer. Various color combinations for the fabric and pattern were included in the material's design.

Using splines to build the pattern for the sequins.

Sequin Fabric Material

For this fabric, I first created the individual sequin texture itself. While tiling the sequin to create the fabric pattern, I made careful adjustments to the normal map to create a realistic looking glitter effect.

Creating a texture for an individual sequin before working on the final fabric material. Special attention was given in particular to the normal map. 

Balloon Pattern Cotton Fabric

The pattern for this fabric was created using a photo. The image was rendered in Substance Stager, then converted to an alpha in GIMP for use in Substance Designer.

Photo used for pattern. Models were created in Blender 3D, textured in Substance Painter, and rendered in Substance Stager.

Jacquard Fabric

The pattern for this fabric was based on photos I took myself. Two photos I took of hummingbirds resting on tree branches were converted into alphas in GIMP, then combined in Substance Designer to create the floral inspired pattern.

Photos used to create the pattern are on the left, while the seamless alpha textures are displayed on the right.

Lace Material

This fabric uses splines and a procedural pattern for the lace texture. I designed the stitching in Substance Designer to follow the pattern in a natural direction. 

Lace stitching uses splines and a procedural pattern.

Geometric Knit Fabric

The final fabric is a geometric patterned knit fabric. I designed the pattern myself inside Substance Designer instead of using a strictly procedural workflow. 

Designing the geometric pattern in Substance Designer.

Thank you to The Rookies for giving self-taught artists like myself the opportunity to showcase my work. And thank you for visiting my entry!