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Rapunzel's Tower - Tangled | Substance Designer

Hi,
As I've started to get to grips with Substance Designer lately I wanted to challange myself by making materials for a specific model , in this case I picked Rapunzel's Tower from the animated movie "Tangled".
I aimed for a cartoonish look to capture that animated style, and the idea was to then apply most of the materials using Substance Painter. That way I could have full controll over all the details and adjustments. This was the first time I worked with my own Designer materials in Painter so that was a new experience, and I would say it worked well. For the vines though I just used multiple planes that I wrapped around the tower.
In hindsight I wish I would have spent more time on the modeling considering how much time I spent on the rest. Currently the model looks a bit to lowpoly. But overall I'm very pleased with how this turned out and I'm glad I kept pushing through those final 20%.
Hope you like it! 

I made the roof material into a circular pattern to try and get rid of the uv seams along the roof. I tried multiple different methods before landing on doing it this way.

I made the roof material into a circular pattern to try and get rid of the uv seams along the roof. I tried multiple different methods before landing on doing it this way.

Ivy material created as an atlas, giving me a few different variations to pick from.

Ivy material created as an atlas, giving me a few different variations to pick from.

Some iterations. Notice how I tried to get rid of the initial UV seams on the roof.

Some iterations. Notice how I tried to get rid of the initial UV seams on the roof.

Model with and without planes for the vines.

Model with and without planes for the vines.

Reference Board.

Reference Board.