Forum: Bryce


Subject: April-May Challenge Entry: Boy vs. Ant

johnpenn opened this issue on May 02, 2002 ยท 10 posts


johnpenn posted Fri, 03 May 2002 at 1:06 PM

humorix, I debated doing just that. The reason I didn't put it in is because techinically, the dirt isn't burning, so there is no smoke. I don't think hiding behind realism is necessarily a good excuse though, because if this were realism, there would be fewer segments in the ant's legs (which are posable, btw). I did tinker around with a wisp of smoke, like on your draco, but I couldn't pull it off without photoshopping the texture, and it felt like cheating to me. Perhaps there is a better way, but I don't know how to do it, and I had a dozen other ideas too. I ended up just saying "done." I didn't want to end up over working it. Actually, I didn't want to upload it yet, but I knew that if I hadn't, I would have re-worked it. For reference, anyone know how to pull off a small wisp of smoke in Bryce alone?