Dark Gritty Coastal Sand PBR Material Set

This dark, gritty coastal sand PBR material set provides a 2K tileable surface with realistic footprints for outdoor environments. Captured from a coastal site, this PBR material represents a dark, gritty sand surface marked by irregular footprints and granular texture. The visual character is rugged and natural, featuring deep, irregular impressions and fine grain patterns that suggest a damp, compacted beach environment. The set includes a comprehensive suite of maps, including albedo, ambient occlusion, displacement, roughness, and both DirectX and OpenGL normal maps, ensuring precise light interaction. With a coverage area of 2.14 by 2.14 metres, the texture is designed to repeat seamlessly across large ground planes in exterior architectural visualisations.

The download is a 79.3 MB compressed archive with the texture set at 2K with colour, normal, roughness, ambient occlusion and displacement maps, ready for any metal/roughness PBR workflow in Blender, 3ds Max, SketchUp, Unreal Engine or D5.

Users can implement this material by applying the provided maps to a standard PBR shader node in their chosen software. The displacement map is essential for capturing the depth of the footprints, while the roughness and normal maps define the granular surface quality. The included.blend and.gltf files offer a ready-to-use setup for immediate application. For optimal results in large-scale scenes, ensure the UV mapping matches the 2.14-metre real-world scale to maintain the integrity of the footprint patterns.