[ART] This is driving me nuts

[Traggey]

Alright first off, FILTERS.

NO, NO NO NO. NO no.

No.

Filters are crap, don't ever touch them.

Also, mudbox.

NO, no no no. NO.

If you want 3d Painting software, what you're going to want to use is either MARI, or the cheaper alternative 3D COAT.

My golden rule to getting textures to look right, is to not worry about the textures, worry about how your diffuse/specular/gloss/normals work together to create a MATERIAL DEFINITION.

You can have something that has the texture of skin for example, but really looks like metal.

And just, practise. There's not magical trick.