Where to learn about procedural texturing / shading w/ nodes?

[CarlG]

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Procedural Textures - cycles?

You can make a lot of things with cycles nodes that are GPU compatible: [image] [image] [image] When you want to learn to create procedural textures from scratch, start basic with texture coordinates and try to make some simple things using only the coordinates, square tiles/grids etc. Use existing textures or your own to distort and manipulate coordinates used for other textures. Making your own procedurals is really fun. GPU of course makes them more worth while. Just make sure to no…

The checker generator is way too basic (also it’s “buggy”). We need outputs for random color generation, gradients generation, and 2D coordinates as well. So for a fairly basic “actual checker tile”, you need the checker for the checker pattern (only), a square producing bricks with grout, and a square producing bricks without grout. Checker can drive light and dark but that’s about it.