Potted Cactus
This is a final render of the potted cactus model.

This is a final render of the potted cactus model.

This is a before and after shot of the cactus.  On the left, the textures were painted in Photoshop.  On the right, the textures were generated in Substance Painter.

This is a before and after shot of the cactus. On the left, the textures were painted in Photoshop. On the right, the textures were generated in Substance Painter.

It's a cactus! During my first year of Ball State's animation program, my professor introduced our class to Substance Painter. This was my first exposure to this type of texturing process, and I was blown away by how powerful the program is. Prior to generating textures with Substance, I applied textures to my 3D models with Photoshop by placing images over exported UVs.