You might remember some years ago, Blender Guru had a tutorial showing how to create puddles in Blender, and although this has the same title, it is completely different. A lot has changed in the years since that tutorial, and now Blender Guru’s Greg Zaal and Andrew Price shows a much simpler method.
not only is it helpful for lighting and composition, but puddles are also just visually interesting.
These puddles in Blender are physically plausible, and procedural. This means that it is a very simple process that requires no painting or UV unwrapping at all.
Andrew shows how you can make any material look wet in Blender, how to create the Puddles in Blender procedurally, and offers a bit of insights into why wet materials look the way that they do. Check out the Realistic Puddles in Blender tutorial over at Blender Guru.
