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Obligatory 'I'm new to blender comment.'

I was hoping to be pointed in the right direction for tutorials, but can't seem to find something relevant.

I want to displace a face onto this object, so it wraps and maps around the surface.

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This was made with a plane and fabric mod draped over a sphere.

I'm not even sure if displacement is the right term, I'm just referring to how I might do it in photoshop.

The end goal is something like this (done in Photoshop): enter image description here

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    $\begingroup$ Hi :). Should be fairly easy, simply add the texture and move the UV to adjust the position. What have you tried so far? $\endgroup$
    – jachym michal
    Nov 8, 2021 at 21:03
  • $\begingroup$ @JachymMichal firstly I tried it with shrink wrap approach but because of the angles of fabric it didn't quite work, then I looked at stencil, but I couldn't get that to show in render and adding the base colour was messing around with the texture and translucent fabric I was looking for, UV mapping feels the best approach but it feels like a big area to learn - which doesn't mean I'm not going to - I was just wondering if there was a simpler method for a beginner such as myself $\endgroup$
    – NiceShoes
    Nov 9, 2021 at 17:25

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  1. add a plane

  2. add subdivision modifier

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  1. move it up

  2. add a sphere, scale it down in edit mode

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  1. add a cloth modifier to your plane

  2. physics: add collision to your sphere

  3. shade smooth your sphere

  4. add another subdivision surface to your plane

  5. result so far:

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  1. go back to frame 1 -> select the plane

  2. go to shading tab -> New

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  1. press CTRL-T with the principled bsdf selected (note: this needs to have the node wrangler add-on enabled)

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  1. on the image texture node open any image you want to show on your plane, choose clipped...

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  1. ...and change position and scale and rotation on the mapping node as you need it

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  1. for your "base color/texture/image/whatever" just add a color mix node like this:

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of course you can plug in a texture/other image/whatever you want in color1 value of the mix shader. I was just too lazy ;)

my lazy result: ( i am sure you can do better!! )

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  • $\begingroup$ Thanks for the detailed answer. From a process POV, does this mean it's trial and error until I can position the face in the place I want it? For example, returning to frame one, placing in the face, running animation, if the face it out of place, back to frame one to move face? $\endgroup$
    – NiceShoes
    Nov 9, 2021 at 17:21
  • $\begingroup$ Yes, but it should be pretty easy to do that. $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Nov 9, 2021 at 17:24
  • $\begingroup$ Final question, if the plane was give a translucent or transparent look - would the graphic become transparent? If so, can that be avoided? $\endgroup$
    – NiceShoes
    Nov 9, 2021 at 17:32
  • $\begingroup$ No it wouldn’t. $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Nov 9, 2021 at 18:05
  • $\begingroup$ And if you still got problems, provide your blend file and I will help you $\endgroup$
    – Chris
    Nov 9, 2021 at 18:10
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You might want to create the cutout shapes as a send object, then use a Boolean modifier on the cloth set to Difference.

Alternatively, you could use UV(U)->Project from View to get texture coordinates along the view plane, then paint your texture as you have done in photoshop.

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