Ilana Katz joined us this time to talk about the Wall of Faces material, explaining the nodes she used to create the faces and how she managed to achieve a hectic look, but without letting the faces lose shape.

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Material artist Ilana Katz explains her process for creating a procedural wall of faces material in Substance 3D Designer. She built the faces using simple geometric shapes that are warped and mirrored, working in a separate node graph to enable variations without cluttering the main graph. The challenge was stacking the faces in a disorganized way while preventing clipping. The material allows individual face tweaking, adjustable stone and plant density, and moss levels. The project took about two weeks to complete.

How to Create a Wall of Faces Material with Substance 3D