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James Braley

@stylizedsculpts.bsky.social

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Sr. Environment Artist @ Bladework Games - Prev: Hidden Leaf, Manticore, Vicarious Visions, Spiderling Studios - He/Him - https://www.artstation.com/jamesbraley

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 31

That's a wrap on yet another year of #Mayterials!

Huge thanks to everyone who checked out the materials, left comments gave their support along the way.

I'll hopefully have all of the final renders up on my portfolio soon™!

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 31

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 31

#Mayterials 15 - Tactical

A simple little camo net material to wrap up the challenge.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

Just need to export out the height map and optional id map from ZBrush (or any other source) and drag them right into Designer. For this one I had captured a handful of different height maps from different angles and used that to populate the tray in Designer.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

I did something right then! 😁

James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks!

James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

Thanks! To be fair though, ZBrush did a good portion of the heavy lifting here.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 28

#Mayterials 14 - Crumbling

Did Oreos last year so I did Chips Ahoy this year! Started with a 3D Scan as a base. Clean up / stylization pass in ZBrush along with broken versions. Arranged some by hand in ZBrush and filled the rest in Designer.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 26

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 26

#Mayterials 13 - Sturdy

Not much to say about this one. Made some metal panels because I found an interesting design while looking up refs. I added some grunge & rust to make it a bit more interesting. 🤷‍♂️

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 24

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 24

#Mayterials 12 - Filigree

I know TECHNICALLY Filigree is ornamentation made with fine wire but wikipedia says it's often used to describe more general ornamental designs and that's good enough for me!

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 22

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 22

#Mayterials 11 - Weathered

Nothing too crazy today. Put together this old plaster wall and leveraged some earlier work to add in some exposed brick.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 20

Thanks! Getting it all to meld together well was harder than I expected it to be when I started on it.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 20

Glad you like it! This one turned out to be bit trickier than I thought it would be.

James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 20

I'm so sorry! How dare I mention a dog and not show pictures.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 20

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 20

#Mayterials 10 - Alchemy

Long has man sought a method to transmute lead to gold. Seek no longer, as it has been done.

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 18

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 18

#Mayterials 09 - Brushed

Here's some painterly fur inspired by our Australian Shepard, Finn!

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 16

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James Braley @stylizedsculpts.bsky.social · May 16

#Mayterials 08 - Gloom

I've been excited for this prompt since day one. This one is HEAVILY inspired by the Gloom from #wayfinder and @svvat3dart.bsky.social's take on the material he had shared last month.

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