Modeling : leafbranches

[Marcel]

Somebody made a really good tree with Shag fur using the following technique. Since I didn't have Shag Fur I used Scatter
I made some tests once, I didn't finsh it but it did look promising. What I did was this:

I had a branch object with medium to small sized branches, I made this with subdivision modelling.

On that object I used the 'compound objects->scatter function' to selectively distribute tiny branches. These branches are mainly there to give the tree some 'volume' and get the leaves away from the tree.

On these tiny branches I distrubuted the leaves with a particle system (Parray). For the look I made these these smaller branches invisible.

I didn't experiment more, so this images is with a crappy texture and no lighting. I think it could definetely turn into something good with more tweaking.

Here is a tutorial from somebody who did something similar:
http://www.3dluvr.com/content/article/90

[Marcel]

And the main branch:

[Marcel]

Tiny branches scattered over the main branch:

[Marcel]

And the particle systems:

[chrom]

this maybe usefull for you;)


http://www.3dluvr.com/chrom/tutorials.htm

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