the wrestler (WiP museum_scene)

[chalkman]

Hi Michalis, Procedural made in what application? Cheers, David

BTW a beautiful image!

[michalis]

@chalkman
thanks, in Zb of course.
Applying fibers, change parameters and applying again and again. Resulting to a lot of tools/fiber layers. Using auto masking etc. Applying noise. We can call it procedural, I think. I didn't sculpt or painted anything manually. We could write some scripts for auto generating a few different trees.

[Gutalin]

Hi michalis,
an interesting test.

After "Accept" (FiberMesh) -> "Duplicate" (SubTool) for the next use -> "HIde" (SubTool) -> "MergeVisible" (SubTool) -> tool merged_ "DinaMesh" (Geometry) -> "Append" (SubTool) "Duplicate" (SubTool) for the next use -> "Preview" (FiberMesh)

[michalis]

@Gutalin
Interesting!
IMO it's very important to apply a mask before fibers. CLoser to the tips.
And, find a way to guess correctly the new coverage value. Preview helps but after some "subdivisions" a BPR is needed.

I have the feeling that someone will construct a tree generator plugin. Sooner or later. TreeMaster

[michalis]

Another one. This one at ~ 50 K (the fibers), I'm having fun now.

[KrakenCMT]

Really impressive results you're getting!

[MealeaYing]

Oh my god these are fantastic!!!
You always make the most wonderful things!!!!

[marcus_civis]

Great stuff. Very natural-looking foliage.

[SpiritDreamer]

Excellent,..and most Beautiful...Michalis
Glenn

[michalis]

Thank you KrakenCMT, mealea, marcus_civis, SD
Nothing difficult. Just procedural foliage, trying to keep it at low poly. Testing Z.
Let's not forget to add a second SSS node on the shader - and a back sss light of course. That's all. Wax shader isn't enough.
Incredible what BPR can produce sometimes!

I also tried to have masks before activating fimermesh. On the 1/3 of the fiber near the tip area. 2/5 could be better (golden section), it happens to the plants. I'm just kidding (about the golden section I mean, the universe is full of surprises)

[The Namek]

yeah , the sss on that last one is amazing. Brilliant intensity difference at the top level and at the middle/root, it works very nicely.

[bakedbeing]

Subscribed.

[bakedbeing]

So you're using a combo of AO masking and cavity masking to select say 2/3rds of the stem and then inverting and generating Fi Rez along the tips? Hell I think even I'll be able to follow those steps, thanks for the discoveries!

Is there any chance you could expand on your use of SSS - what the second shader is doing? Thanks!

[SolidSnakexxx]

This is very good. Impressive!

[EZRA52]

I love that last one. Incredible.

Ezra