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Conker303 · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 8:59 pm Post subject: My Tree

I have made 1 tree so far and it has kind of an odd look to it. I think the tree would fit into a cartoonish game. I'm pretty much a noob so don't expect something really cool or good.

Here's a couple screen shots. Enjoy!

[img=http://img15.imageshack.us/img15/3628/treefront.th.jpg]
[img=http://img142.imageshack.us/img142/5935/treecorner.th.jpg]
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Mr.Fletcher · Posted: Thu Apr 23, 2009 9:21 pm Post subject:

Making trees is a painful process, at least for me. You could start with sticking some rotated cylinders on top of that trunk, which will probably look more or less bad. You can also edit the tree on a low poly stage and then smooth the whole thing, which will give you a nice organic look if you do it right.
For the leaves, you should create a leaf texture with an alpha layer and create three intersecting rectangles so it will be visible from all directions (kind of like this: http://www.delgine.com/software/deled/tutorials/images/modelingCandleLight/star.jpg) and then copy it all over the top of the tree.

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Grandmaster B · DeleD PRO user Joined: 03 Jul 2007 Posts: 218

Tree making is easy when you got some practice and understand how trees grow. I also use this http://ngplant.sourceforge.net/ alot, you can then generate different versions of trees in a few clicks.

However, making your own trees is a essential skill so keep going Smile

tatts · DeleD PRO user Joined: 21 Dec 2006 Posts: 94

Creating a tree really is'nt very hard to do, I think of it as a branched bolt of lightning with a bunch of transparent plains for leaves. But even then, If your not the type to want to model this type of object there are programs that create nice quality trees that are royalty free for a rather cheap price.

But in the end, it is a good idea to learn to create your own as you customize and animate them the way you want them. seeing that you can animate with deled now, it would be a good project to have fun with.

chronozphere · Posted: Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:50 pm Post subject:

That is a very simple but nice looking tree. You could definitely use that for a certoon game/scene. Smile

And please, stop editing your first post. It's better to just add a new post to a thread. It makes more sense. Wink

Conker303 · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:53 pm Post subject:

Thanks Chronozphere for the comment about my tree. I should of edited my first post to say this just for you Chronozphere. Wink

***SPOILER ALERT***
The tree was made out of three cylinders and three spheres if you couldn't figure it out on your own. Very Happy

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[K]hajit · Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject:

i think its as funny tree for a ''cartoony game'' as you said but i think its way to high poly for a tree.
you could make them lots les poly Smile

Conker303 · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 11:41 am Post subject:

Yea I checked to see how many polygons were in it and the sphere I think had 1024. Very Happy

But the cylinders are just normal there's no difference to them.
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elementrix · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 12:57 pm Post subject:

here is an example of trees I made with DeleD in the past:

here is the forest scene they are placed in:
http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/el-ementrix/agaron_forest6.jpg

and this is the wire of the tree, and one branch detached so you can see how it's made

http://i307.photobucket.com/albums/nn288/el-ementrix/Tree_wire.jpg

These trees are 164 poly's
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Conker303 · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 5:59 pm Post subject:

That's a lot better than the tree I made but if it's not too much trouble can you send me that texture you used to make the tree branches?
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elementrix · Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2009 8:47 pm Post subject:

Conker303 · Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2009 12:32 pm Post subject:

Ok I guess I'll try one of those programs tatts was talking about.
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ash · Posted: Mon May 04, 2009 8:27 pm Post subject:

elementrix: I love the way you do trees, consider I have just learned that technique from you, it is really nice. I will use it in some tree models. usually, I use a dynamic tree generator, and cut it down, but that is very eloquent, I will be experimenting with several trees that way, already a fern or palm comes to mind. thank you!
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