Is AI Killing Substance Designer? The State of Material Art
AI is not killing procedural art, as its much more flexible rather then AI, but AI could give a good research/reference base for future art development.
# The Procedural Advantage
AI is not killing procedural art, as its much more flexible rather then AI. Substance Designer allows for infinite variations, non-destructive iteration, and precise technical control that generative AI currently cannot match. In a production pipeline, being able to change the "seed" of a noise pattern while keeping the art direction intact is crucial.
# AI as a Research Tool
However, AI could give a good research/reference base for future art development. It excels at rapid ideation and generating reference surfaces that can then be recreated procedurally. Instead of spending hours searching for the perfect reference image of "cracked alien lava rock," you can generate it in seconds and use it as a target for your procedural graph.
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