ZBrush Sculpt High Poly Model
The foliage was created with a mix of techniques. The grass, rye grass, and red clover were sculpted, baked down to lower geometry, then textured and assembled. For the other plants, I created atlases based on photos I took of real-life plants.
Foliage Wireframes
This artwork started with the monthly DiNusty Empire Challenge in April this year. I wanted to create a dragon sculpture only, but it felt like something was missing. Since I wanted to add foliage, I fell into the rabbit hole which resulted in the little green diorama I made earlier, then I got more into making photoscans for this project until I had everything I needed.
I'm quite happy with all the things I learned and all the new techniques I discovered.
I want to say thank you to the wonderful people of the DiNusty Empire. As always, you helped me so much with advice and feedback! ❤️
