Lesson 4, the palmt

1. The palmtree

2. The palmtree
This is the third mesh we are going to make.
A palmtree.

3. The palmtree
Box modeling and plane modeling
UVW unwrap
Photoshop, creating the texture: a diffuse
and an alpha version for transparency

4. The palmtree
A render of a few palmtrees

5. The palmtree
The difference between a lot of poly’s and a few

6. The palmtree
The base form for our leaves, a plane

7. The palmtree
Poly modeling on vertex level to create our shape

8. The palmtree
Poly modeling on vertex level is shaping the
basic plane to the form we want.
We can drag the vertices around, I like to
use the top, left and front view for
modeling. The perspective view is for
checking if it looks alright.

9. The palmtree
Unwrapping one of the leaves

10. The palmtree
Shaping the unwrap to our texture

11. The palmtree
The rest of our leaves for some variation

12. The palmtree
Don’t you miss something? Time for some transparency

13. The palmtree
A complex form without modeling created with a transparent texture

14. The palmtree

15. The palmtree

16. The palmtree
Now it is up to you. But first, think about
your palmtree.
What is it going to be, how will it appear?
Take a moment before you start modeling
and draw some sketches of your palmtree.