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What is this materiel??

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Hi all,

wondering if anyone could tell me what this greyish, stone like material is? wood? wallpaper?

Thanks for any tips

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JAN MOYER
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Looks like a plain gray porcelain tile to me.
Jilly
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Behance is a site to share digital image portfolios (among other creative projects); this is not a real room. You’d have to ask the artist what they were imagining. :)

The CG artist/project: https://www.behance.net/gallery/100049555/P-44-ORANGE-ACCENT

She lists the tools she used to create this at the bottom of the page.
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JAN MOYER
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Whoa!! Didn't notice that. Thought it was Instagram.

But it brings up a great issue........

Believe half of what you SEE online. Why don't you instead tell us what you're trying to do and where?
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BeverlyFLADeziner
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https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T7846QG/ref=twister_B01F7TQ764?_encoding=UTF8&th=1

panels

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B099KPTR6H/ref=twister_B08ZP12S8Y?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
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If you care to answer here maybe we can help. I agree this is not real. But I agree a very large format porcelain tile might give you this look.
thinkdesignlive
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Sheet laminate
Lorraine Leroux
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They look like acoustical panels to me used in offices and a lot of public main entrances OR they could also be solid surface panels that you often use in showers. These just happen to look like cement. OR of course procelein tile that has already been mentioned.
beesneeds
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They look drawn on to me. Especially looking at the behance site. Some of the lines are well drawn in, but they aren't there or fade out when it's not a head on shot. There's spots where the lines do not have the correct lighting in some of the pics. On wallpaper- there's repeats in the pattern of the stippling.

There's other small errors in the mirror reflections and blending in some lines on items. The artist did a pretty good job overall though.

I think the OP could do this with canvas panels or other panels. Or plaster up depth and surface texture like panels and paint from there for the stipple and line effects. Or keep it flat and wallpaper or paint, then paint in the lines. Or use strips that can be applied after painting- they could also be flat as tape, or raised up like trim.
Jilly
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They are all digital images, yes. Not real rooms.
palimpsest
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One thing you will not get out of large format porcelain or laminate sheet or whatever this is representing is that the pattern is matched across all three tiles.

Virtual imaging is problematic because it represents a reality that either can't be realized or is misleading.

I see virtually staged rooms in real estate where the furniture has been scaled down slightly to make the rooms look larger. And I have been in some of these actual listings, empty, so I know they are doing that.

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nickel_kg
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To me it looks like gray moleskin fabric mounted on three long narrow boards. Or cement panels. An interesting effect, whatever it (virtually) is!
bry911
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Given that this supposed to be an office... I strongly suspect that they are meant to be acoustic panels. Likely felt or one of the woodweave composites.

Look at Acoufelt... They have a printed acoustic panels in various designs, which will give a similar feel.

Here is a sample acoustic felt wall from them...

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