Do you work with brick, pavers, or paving patterns often seen in Dutch and Belgian landscape or urban design projects? Then you probably know this struggle: standard textures are often too generic, low-resolution, or simply not the right vibe or color.

A handy solution I use regularly is the Texture Generator by @Vandersanden: https://www.vandersanden.com/en/texture-generator.

Here you can create your own texture based on their brick collection. You select bond pattern, joint color, and size, then download a ZIP file with:

✔️ Diffuse / Albedo / Alpha map

✔️ Normal map

✔️ Ambient occlusion map

Is it a full PBR material? Maybe not… But for a free tool, it takes you surprisingly far.

To download, you just need to enter your name, company, and email. I use it often myself and never had any spam, so in my opinion: go for it.

➝ De linkerafbeelding laat een voorbeeld zien van zo’n textuur in een van mijn recente projecten. Voor de kenners: dit keperverband heeft een mix van de Roussillon, Limousin en Armilla klinkers, in het formaat 206x67 mm.