tag: Visually-Similar

Overlaying multiple textures in Blender

In 2019 I made an internet artwork for Fermynwood’s programme Toggler.

Overlaying multiple textures in Blender

For this work I decided to use a similar aesthetic and process to Visually Similar. I talked a little bit about the process behind Visually Similar in a June’s Development Update. The node tree to overlay each of the transparent textures looked a bit like this.

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When trying to do the same with the Toggler artwork I came across something weird that meant some textures just weren’t showing. So I decided to ask on Stack Exchange and Reddit why this might be the case.