Useful Links for Artists

Here are some bookmarks for general useful links for artists.

Background Reading

PBR

• The PBR Guide: https://academy.substance3d.com/courses/the-pbr-guide-part-1   and   https://academy.substance3d.com/courses/the-pbr-guide-part-2
• PBR in Remember Me; https://www.fxguide.com/fxfeatured/game-environments-parta-remember-me-rendering/
• Readings on PBR: https://interplayoflight.wordpress.com/2013/12/30/readings-on-physically-based-rendering/

Technical

• Blending Methods: https://blog.selfshadow.com/publications/blending-in-detail/
• IOR List: https://forums.cgsociety.org/t/a-complete-ior-list/1070401
• Ultimate Trim Methods: https://gdcvault.com/play/1022324/The-Ultimate-Trim-Texturing-Techniques
• Reproducing Real World Light: http://planetpixelemporium.com/tutorialpages/light.html
• HDR Lighting: https://www.slideshare.net/ozlael/hable-john-uncharted2-hdr-lighting

Hints, Tips and Learning General

• https://simonschreibt.de/game-art-tricks/
• http://wiki.polycount.com/wiki/Polycount
• http://fragmentbuffer.com/gpu-performance-for-game-artists/

Conferences and papers

• Games Developers Conference Archive: https://www.gdcvault.com/free

• The Journal of Computer Graphics Techniques:  http://jcgt.org/

• Collection of links to many of the computer graphics conferences and papers: http://kesen.realtimerendering.com/

Applications

3ds Max

• http://www.scriptspot.com/3ds-max
• https://www.itoosoft.com
• http://www.neilblevins.com/cg_tools/scripts/3dsmax/soulburnscripts.htm
• http://www.eddybrown.co.uk/blog/baking-ambient-occlusion/
• https://www.itoosoft.com/tutorials?page=1

Substance (General)

• https://academy.substance3d.com

Substance Painter

• Substance Painter: Texturing an asset from start to finish (legacy)
• Blade Tutorial - Part 2 - Baking & PBR Texturing - Substance Painter 2

Social

Discord Channels

• Substance: https://discord.gg/6dPPXzb
• RealTimeVFX: https://discord.gg/yuNeEGA

Blogs

• https://environmentart.wordpress.com

News

• https://80.lv/
• https://www.gamesindustry.biz/
• https://www.gamasutra.com/

Forums

• https://polycount.com/forum
• https://forum.substance3d.com/index.php

General Useful Libraries / Utilities

Utilities

• Pythagoras Calculator: https://jumk.de/pythagoras/pythagoras.shtml
• Panorama Converter: http://gonchar.me/panorama/

Data

• https://earthexplorer.usgs.gov
• https://terrain.party

Material\Texture Libraries

• https://cc0textures.com
• https://www.textures.com
• https://share.substance3d.com
• https://source.substance3d.com
• http://www.scanslibrary.com
• https://www.sharetextures.com/
• https://texture.ninja/
• http://texturify.com
• https://beta.scanslibrary.com/

HDRI Textures

• https://hdrihaven.com/