Towel or Terrycloth material

[jason1025]

Does anyone know how to create a Towel or Terrycloth material? Is this something that should be done with Hair? below is an example of the model just a test. but it has a burlap bag look to it instead of a towel. Any suggestions or donated materials much appreciated. I am not getting paid for this just helping out a friend and will donate all models and projects to the community when finished.

Pocketowel_test.mov

Pocketowel_test.mov

[jimd]

see if a decal will work

http://www.marcchehab.org/frozenmist/index.php?dir=tissue

[Fuchur]

see if a decal will work

http://www.marcchehab.org/frozenmist/index.php?dir=tissue

 

You could try the velvet shader too... that might help with that sort of thing.

 

*Fuchur*

[Gerry]

Nice looking test so far! Good luck with the material.

[robcat2075]

I've been wondering about this ever since I saw "Lotso Huggin Bear"

 

untested possibilities:

 

-fairly short, wide, tapered hair with some kinkiness and and a direction map to make it look like different areas have been smushed in different directions

 

-as above but with an image map on the emitter that resembles a tiny tuft of threads

 

 

 

One problem you'll have with hair is getting it to grow on both sides of your towel.

 

A cleverly contrived bump or normal map might serve the purpose.

 

Someone showed a living room shot with a shag carpet that was just a bump map and it looked great.

[photoman]

I would try a velvet shader in combination with a bump/displacement map, and also place a few kleigs in the scene that just cast specular highlights and orient those to higlight the edges of the bumps to increase detail.

 

Photoman

[johnl3d]

http://textures.z7server.com/nTextures.php?id=164

[jason1025]

thanks folks