If you haven’t been following along, I recommend starting with part 1 and working through the parts. We’re going to pick up where we left off with the last post, and really take this wood up a level. Part 1 is here: Procedural Wood Shaders in Cycles, the Beginning Before we start, disconnect the Displacement…
Month: May 2016
A Slight Diversion: Cleanup
It occurred to me that as our shader gets more complicated, we haven’t really been doing anything to make it neater. I’d like to take a few moments to clean it up a bit before we go any farther. As you make your own shaders this is a good habit, especially if you want to…
Procedural Wood Shaders in Cycles, Part 4: Rays
If you haven’t read parts 1, 2, and 3, you ought to read them to get context on where we are on the wood journey! Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Last time we changed the grain pattern to match the little holes that run through the length of the wood. This time we’re going…
Procedural Wood Shaders In Cycles, Part 3
Ok, if you’ve followed the last two posts, we have a start on a wood shader, but it’s not there yet. Check out the first two parts if you haven’t yet: Procedural Wood Shaders in Cycles, the Beginning. Procedural Wood Shaders in Cycles, part 2 To make it better, we have to look at some…