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Old 17th April 2008, 06:31   #6 (permalink)
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I'm glad you liked it, really nothing fancy regarding the gradients I'm afraid. Just a simple planar uv projection from the side and a gradient laid over it in PS.

I've redone the rear legs to be more accurate with the show with the middle section being full of pollen with a hex pattern. For that I unwrapped using a cylinder projection and used a gradient for the color and a hex pattern on another layer with an gradient opacity map controlling it's visibility. I've attached both versions for you to see. It's not the prettiest map by the fingers but I don't need it to be for a gradient.

Also an update, started adding the hair and put in some eye sockets to help frame the eyes.
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