Reply To: Improving Wood Finish/Colors Textures – How to Avoid Visible Tiling and Seams

May 21, 2025 at 8:05 pm #440846
Ariana Thompson
Participant

I second Elaine’s suggestion to keep the scale large – but it’s important you’re not stretching a small sample.  You’ll see it.  I love the free textures here:

https://www.sketchuptextureclub.com/

For tile, if your tile has a large amount of variation – make a large sample so the repeat is less obvious. You’ll always see it, but if it’s a decent sized sample with no “main character” tiles – you won’t see it as much.  If you’re going to have a tile that half on one side of the sample and the other half is on the other side of the sample, have it be the SAME tile – so it blends seamlessly.

I make my samples in MS Paint (yes!) so it’s more than possible!

Ariana

 

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