Tree - Work In Progress

The second object to be used for my October image is nearly complete, and I've been working quite hard on this for the last couple of weeks. Since October is the start of Autumn, I have been working on an Autumn tree, which will be my main focus for said image.



To start off, I created a box from which I then started extruding, and eventually finished extruding the tree's branches. As you can see in the above render, the tree looks very blocky, so what I needed to do next was to make it look smoother by applying the meshsmooth modifier.




After applying meshsmooth, I then extruded some roots from where the original box was, and then applied meshsmooth again.



The next thing the tree needed was some more branches, as well as some leaves. So I made a new branch in a similar fashion to the tree. After that, a leaf was drawn using the line tool, and then extruded slightly. It was then cloned several times and placed on the branch, as shown in the above render.



The new branches, as well as the leaves, were cloned and placed in different places on the tree, and some more leaves were added to the original branches. So far I'm very pleased with how this is turning out, and all I need to do is finish adding the leaves, and then add a realistic texture to the tree.

On a side note, I have finished the ice hockey puck which I posted in my previous entry:



Compared to the one I posted earlier, this one is much less polygonal and is much smoother. All I did to make that improvement was change the number of sides from the default setting of 18 to 50. This puck is now final, and will be used for the October image.