New Tricks

Today I was shown a nice little method in photoshop by fellow student and name stealer Jake.  It deals with the darker areas in my texture but allowing the introduction of wear and tear on the metal panels.  It is quite simple really but very effective.  Here are some renders showing the results.  I am really starting to get back into the texturing now.

I really like the richness that it brings to the textures.  I can really start to work into the panels now adding the wear at the edges and breaking up the large areas of flat colour.