Archive for Trees, grass

Oct
07

…Back to Nature (academy)

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Last night I managed to submit an image to the Nature Academy end-of-season contest. I didn’t go through all the tutorials yet as I didn’t have much time lately, but I really wanted to participate in this!

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Aug
17

Blender 2.59

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I have returned from a short internetless vacation and was happy to find:

259-splash

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Jul
26

Trees: Arbaro and Ngplant comparison

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I’m growing trees! I feel like Mother Nature 🙂

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Tree created in Ngplant

The tree week in Nature Academy is a bit different. For the rocks and grass the recipes were rather straight. But trees are more complex matter and I didn’t perceive the tutorial like a clear cut solution, more like a starting point as people try to get more realism, pruning the tree to their computer capability and looking at other tree-creation software. Fortunately my computer handles the more heavy settings and didn’t crash at all, just slows down at certain points.  I managed to follow the tutorial, but straying from its exact settings to get a personal image seems more difficult than with the first ones.

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