Dave Matthews wrote:

> 
> 
> Bill Hails wrote:
> 
> Other than that it's all my own
>> macros, textures and csg, uses Radiosity_OutdoorLQ and no
>> conventional lighting.
>> 
>> I'm not perfectly happy with it but I'm losing objectivity
>> so please feel free to criticize.
>> 
> 
> Absolutely gorgeous.  I agree with everything said about the smoothness
> of the CSG.  Also, the front leaves.  They are your own macro?  I love
> their look.  It's perfect for this image.
> 
> Dave Matthews

For the leaves I used the gimp to make 3 variant toned
png transparencies of a photo of a leaf and an edge-detect
on the same photo to create a bump-map. Then I used rotated
copies of those to texture a simple mesh2.

I've attached jpg thumbnails to illustrate.
-- 
Bill Hails

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