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HomeCONTENTSENSES & EXPRESSIONTEXTURE & MATERIALPRIMARY TEXTURESBLACK TEXTURE

BLACK TEXTURE

RELATED MATERIALS/TEXTURES

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PARAMETERS

  • irregular, cold
  • rough, macro particles, hard
  • filled, rich, glossy, specular

MATERIALS/TEXTURES

bumpy
carbon
cokes
dirty (not clean)
graphite
hull
impure (stained)
invisible
overgrown
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stem
stick (cane)
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black synaesthetics

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LOG 01/01/2023
Integration of personality colour test. Try it out via the Explore Personality Preferences button in the Dashboard.

LOG 30/07/2022
Identifying 64 emotion groups. Adding 64 animated facial expressions (experimental implementation).

LOG 14/05/2022
Entered more than 70 materials/textures, together with 7 material parameters.

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