Jul 3, 2026, 9:39 AMStill a very ugly tree that I would never put into the game. But I really enjoy that I have reached a point where I feel I have some understanding of what about a model is wrong and deliberately do something to improve it, rather than just trying more or less random things to see if anything gets better.
@yora I think it looks great!
Jul 3, 2026, 12:48 PM@Feral_3D The roots are too thin and too few. And there's not enough green on the branches.
But overall, I do like the look.
Jul 4, 2026, 4:18 PMGetting closer to somewhere, though I don't know yet where there even is.
Turns out this branch looks way too open when put on an actual tree. But since that branch is a pure geometry nodes model I can tinker more with making it fuller tomorrow.
@yora these make me think of prehistoric trees a bit. Bo idea why. Not an botanist.
Jul 4, 2026, 4:33 PM@Feral_3D It looks like ferns, and ferns and conifers were the dominant types of large plants for a very long time, until the now common leafy plants took over only relatively recently towards the end of the dinosaurs.
@yora I wouldn't call it very ugly... it has a bit of a prehistoric vibe 🦕👍
Jul 3, 2026, 1:16 PM@misjavanlaatum Yeah, that's something I want to carry forward and refine rather than fix.
Among my major influences for the overall aesthetics are not just 80s space adventure movies, but also dinosaur books.
It's a great pool of references for animals and plants that look somewhat alien but also like they could realistically exist. (Because they did.)