Materials | Ethan Lancaster's 3D Zone

▧ Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile.psd @ 33.3%

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Base Color — **Base Color**Pale ceramic tile with cool-gray grout

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Normal — **Normal**Micro texture and recessed grout relief

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Displacement — **Displacement**Rounded tile faces and deeper joints

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Roughness — **Roughness**Dry ceramic, shallow puddles, and wet highlights

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Coat Weight — **Coat Weight**Wetness mask for scattered puddles and small water beads

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile Ambient Occlusion — **Ambient Occlusion**Extra darkness in the recessed joints

I made this material while reworking my indoor pool-room render. The first version was basically just a color map, so the floor stayed flat and never really told you that it belonged beside a pool. I rebuilt the grout, strengthened the normal detail, and used a wetness mask to break the finish into dry tile, shallow puddles, and scattered drops. This study helped me see that realism is not only about adding more geometry; the recessed grout, darker wet areas, and changing roughness do a lot of the storytelling.

Wet Ceramic Pool Deck Tile rendered material study — Rendered material study showing dry tile, puddle edges, water beads, and the texture maps used to build the surface.

CERAMIC + RANDOM WETNESS • INDOOR POOLDownload Maps (.ZIP)