Texturing for Digital Fashion

Creating textures for digital fashion means you get to define the surface feel, depth, and realism of every garment, from makeup textures to intricate embroidery and detailed lacework. In this class, I’ll show you how to create custom textures for garments and avatars using Substance Painter and Substance Designer

The way we will do this is by breaking down the technical texturing process into simple, practical steps. We’ll start by exploring the foundations of fabric creation in Substance Designer, where you’ll learn to build materials from scratch, weaving patterns, roughness, opacity, and more. Then, we’ll move into Substance Painter to apply these textures directly onto garments, adding stitching, detailing, and color variation for realism. Finally, we’ll use Substance Painter to create unique makeup looks for our metahuman avatars form Unreal engine and set it up for render in Blender.

Texturing is all about understanding surface qualities and storytelling through material and in this class, you’ll learn to make your fabrics feel as real and expressive as possible, even in a digital space.

What You’ll Learn in This Class

How to create custom fabric textures in Substance Designer
Techniques to paint and apply textures to garments in Substance Painter
How to use Substance painter to create unique makeup looks for your avatars
Understanding PBR workflows and how to export your textures for other 3D applications (CLO3D, Blender, Unreal, etc.)
Resources to find and study real-world fabric references for texture replication

Who This Class Is For

This class is perfect for digital fashion artists, 3D designers, and texture enthusiasts who want to elevate the realism of their digital garments and avatars. It’s beginner-friendly but also rich with technical details that even intermediate learners will find valuable. You’ll walk away with a strong grasp of digital fabric creation and professional-quality workflows that can be applied to fashion visualization, game design, and virtual production.

Class Requirements

A graphics card enabled laptop

3 button mouse

Substance suite subscription(Substance Painter, Sampler and Designer)

Clo3D Subscription

Digital Texturing for Fashion Course (Basic)

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