Handpainting Skin Textures in Substance Painter

In this Substance Painter tutorial, you’ll learn everything you need in order to paint realistic human skin from scratch. We use very easy techniques which everyone can use. The series starts off by laying down a quick base with only a few colors, which are then refined as we progress. We’ll also cover how to paint roughness and bump maps, to greatly increase realism.

COLOR THEORY FOR SKIN
We cover the fundamentals of color theory when it comes to skin. Once you understand how to use a few simple colors to paint stunning skin textures, you can paint any kind of organic textures, from humans to killer aliens! We believe in simplicity and we keep everything nice and clear for all skill levels.

USED BY THE PROFESSIONALS
The techniques taught have been used by your instructors to paint detailed texture maps for Hollywood movies, such as Pacific Rim 2 and Batman V Superman. Not only are the techniques easy to use, they are also incredibly powerful. You can use what you learn on anything from personal projects to giant blockbusters!

CONTAINS
9 video tutorial files
Starting point spp-file
Final result spp-file
Color swatch
CHAPTER LIST
01 – Introduction and Setup
02 – Painting the Base Color Map
03 – Refining the Color Map
04 – Additional Painting
05 – Adding Splotches and Pimples
06 – Painting the Eyes
07 – Painting the Roughness
08 – Additional Skin Painting
09 – Adding pores

SKILL LEVEL
Suitable for 3d artists who has a basic understanding of how Subtance Painter works. The concepts we cover are really powerful and easy to use.