Two days of grass

Ive spent the last two days making the grass for the exterior environment where the three girls enter the ride. It has been a fun experiment with the grass but it has taken along time. It wasn't too bad at the start, but where Ive been layering up the grass to add extra detail each time I render a shot it has been taking about 5mins to complete. So every tweak and adjustment that I do Ive got to wait around 5mins to see the effect that the changes has made, and if that's not rite then try again!

The grass is made from the paint effects and fur. I done it in this way because with the fur grass in Maya you can really customise where you would like the grass to be. So if I want a path I can takeaway grass in that area or adjust the length of it, this will give it more of a natural feel to it.

Here the tutorial that I skim read to remember what I had to do from my test that I achieved earlier on in the year.

http://www.triston-cg.890m.com/tutorials/paintingfurtutorial.pdf

With the added paint affects grass to fill out the rest of the area which does look nicer then the fur grass and added weeds and flowers really does give the feel of a over grown place which hasn't been looked after for awhile.

Ive now got to the stage where am quite happy with the grass in all the camera shots.

Below is some of the many render shots that Ive taken showing the changes that I have taken.