After being frustrated with Mentalray for a few weeks, I’ve decided to start experimenting with VRay. VRay is… pretty amazing.

I’ve been continuing my tree experiments using VRay. VRay’s Sun&Sky system is much nicer than Mentalray’s system and VRay has this crazy useful two-sided material for flat two dimensional planes… such as leaves. Here’s what I managed to cook up over the weekend:

I’m still working out some kinks in my new tree workflow. I’ll post a full breakdown in a few days.