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The separate strings of bark can’t be done in DarkTree; they would have to be modeled separately. The main trunk is a nice challenge however.
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In this part of New Mexico (Arizona too), we have been in the midst of a long-standing drought, even though we are in the mountains. Because of a lack of sufficient water, our pinons have become vulnerable to bark beetles. We had a massive die-off of pinon last summer with more to come this summer, I’m afraid. We have been told that the big ponderosa pines may be the next to fall. I sincerely hope not! Nothing seems to faze the junipers though.
I strolled around the area and took snapshots of three types of bark from trees that are common here. They are each quite distinctive, and I hope to see some really nice DarkTrees come out of this. I hope many of you will have the time to participate this month. I always find people’s ideas of how to create each effect really interesting.
Note: Due to space considerations, I have had to delete the large jpg files from this page!
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“Patrick L. submitted all three bark types, and very nice they are too. This one in his ponderosa DarkTree. Click on the small picture to open a larger image.” Leslie
Patrick’s comments: “Even if my ponderosa version is different from the original by a large margin - I still find it a nice bark, with the dark part sort of scaling of the stem.”
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Patrick Lichtenecker
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Patrick’s ponderosa .dsts file
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“This is Patrick’s pinon bark, complete with lichens.”
Leslie
Patrick’s comments: “The pinon (including small specs of lichen) and juniper are closer to the originals.”
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Patrick Lichtenecker
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Patrick’s pinon .dsts file
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“And finally, this is Patrick’s juniper bark, which I especially like.” Leslie
Patrick’s comments: “The juniper is interesting because it uses a negative scratch-component as part of the bump channel - which makes it an interesting fake :-)"
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Patrick Lichtenecker
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Patrick’s juniper .dsts file
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“Here’s my entry for this month. It’s pinon bark. It looks better in the larger size, and since Patrick kindly sent his C4d scene, I’ve used it to render my texture too. I really wanted to create a juniper DarkTree too, but --- fat chance.” Leslie
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Grimalkin
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Grimalkin’s pinon .dsts file
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“This is Alain Bertrand’s tree bark DarkTree. He says he isn’t at all happy with it, but it looks pretty good to me, espcially the larger rendering. Have a look. He didn’t say which bark it is. But I think it looks like the pinon.” Leslie
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Alain Bertrand
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Alain’s tree bark .dsts file
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“Here’s Skyler’s entry for this month. He chose the ponderosa, which, to me, is the hardest one. It came out very well, I think. Check out the larger render.
I wanted to recreate those wavy vertical stripes in my offering, but wasn’t successful.” Leslie
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Sky Swanson
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Sky’s ponderosa .dsts file
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Here is the final render of our bark textures. The tree model is courtesy of Patrick Lichtenecker - thanks Patrick. The white balls were supposed to be fireflies, but sorta look like something more mysterious. Let’s say that they’re fairy lights. Thanks to those who participated this month.
Leslie
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