Granite

[~Void~]

Do you think this is a good granite texture? I'm trying to find new techniques to make my rocks look more realistic, because right now they don't at all.

Note that it isn't really shaded at all so it looks rather 2D at the moment.
Also note that this uses my soon-to-be-famous Metaltexturing brush :]

 

[LiOneSS]

Ah voidy, try doing something with brushing only, man, filters look like poop.

 

[~Void~]

I think a well-placed filter does wonders. The only one I used here was "Crystallize".

Furthermore, people are always trying to tell me that I should just use a simple brush and paint it. I dunno though, I hate how it looks when you do that. You can see all the brush strokes, and although that is good in real life painting, on photoshop it looks terrible to me.

 

[LiOneSS]

"Blending" is your friend

 

[~Void~]

I know it is. Can't you see it in my tutorial? There's loads of blending in that...

 

[LiOneSS]

+loads of effects and shit

 

[~Void~]

Nope. It was all brushes. (tutorial, that is)

 

[Volvox]

I can't think of any granite with that exact color mixture hmm. Maybe you should try different colors like soft red or green(both mixed with gray ofc). Also, crystallize ruined the 3D impression if there was any(because it divides according to a 2D grid so you lose the depth). If you really can't stand brush strokes, work in 4000x4000 and downsize it so everything you messed up turns into lovely sharp details(cheap trick for lazy people).

 

[~Void~]

Haha, only downside is that would take 10 times longer. I usually work in 512 or 256.

 

[Volvox]

Huh. Got a tablet? If not, i get you, else give it a try.

 

[~Void~]

I don't.