another doodle (added another ;p)

[The Namek]

I just keep on doodling today :p
After reading the thread about the bamboo , I got inspired.
the butterflies are a bit low on detail , but I wanted to start on something else :)
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1037722759oca.jpg

<font color="#949494" size="1"> November 20, 2002 Message edited by: The Namek </font>

[MrBraun]

Well done The Namek!! ;)
I like the colours used !!! :tu: :tu:

[Ron Harris]

very pretty and nicely executed. I like your choice of colors on this one. I like the direction you are going with this piece. :cool: :cool: :cool:

[Stargo]

Very nice image :tu: :tu: :tu:

stargo

[The Namek]

I made another one , messed around with material settings and light this time.
Hope you like it.
http://www2.zbrushcentral.com/zbc_uploads/user_image-1037804364ygl.jpg

[TVeyes]

Ooooooh, very pretty. Excellent stuff. :tu:

[Jaycephus]

cool texturing and fiber brushing :tu: :)

[DeeVee]

Very nice work indeed!

[Karasuando]

Wow!, I really like the second one. Especially the branches are awesome.

[Mr Z]

you cant be serious, is that really a Zbrush made 3d image?

wow man, its like a damn photo!

Excellent work...truly Excellent! :tu: :tu: :tu:

P.S. any chance for a Tut on this ?
:D

<font color="#949494" size="1"> November 20, 2002 Message edited by: Mr Z </font>

[The Namek]

I didnt really do anything special.
-The branches are made with Zsphere's Adaptive skinning.
-Then I divided and smoothed them a couple of times.
Loaded a weird looking texture , changed the texture mode for the branch to frontal.
-Made an alpha from the texture
-Applied the alpha onto the branch and Inflated the branch a bit , a little smoothing too.
-Applied the basic material to it. Changed the diffusion curve a bit, specularity to 100
-I created 3 of the same branches in the canvas , rotated and resized them a bit.
-Started adding the flowers and leaves
(the flower were made by making a white-black flower image , loading it into zbrush and making it a 3d tool , then applying some gravity to it.)
-Then I painted a simple background as first layer , made all the other layers invisible and baked the background , made all other layers visible again. This was to make sure the branches wouldnt drop a shadow on the background.
-Then I baked the entire image with a best render and used the fibre brush a bit together with the StarTool (cant remember the name at the moment but you can use it to import Obj) which I smoothes 3 times so it looked like a little flower and then I painted a few of these little flowers with the Spray Stroke.
-Changed the lighting a bit and made the Shadow intensity for 3 Sun type lights 100.
-Best render again.
finishes

[BigMike]

Very Cool Images.... :tu: :tu: :tu:

I´m happy to see so much wunderfull nature pictures here :)

bm

[havran]

wow, that second one especially is wonderful

as Mr Z said, looks like a photo

and I learned some things from your walk-through, too

thank you

[Ron Harris]

yeppers..I have agree with mr z and havran..the 2nd is tops...very close to photo realism...thanx for the updated doodleage... :tu: :tu: :tu: :tu:

[Mr Z]

Thanks for the walkthrough buddy, I myself learned a bit from it ;)

one more thing though, when you say *made it 3d* how did you do that?

thnx again for the Walkthrough :D

[The Namek]

Mr. Z , I imported a a black white image as an alpha and used the Make3D option that makes a 3d image from you alpha with the given resolution and depth. Similar process to unified skinning I think.