I can’t tell you how many times I’ve been asked, "How did you make those flowers?" or "Can you tell me how to model a good plant?" This is probably for a couple reasons. First, when an image contains plants and/or flowers that are pleasing to the eye, they immediately stand out since it is still somewhat uncommon to find photorealistic greenery in images. Second, I also think that it’s still pretty daunting for a lot of people when they see tons of little leaves and all of the parts that make up a flower or a plant.
In this tutorial, I hope to demonstrate how easy it is to create detailed flowers and plants that will add a great deal to an image (assuming the image calls for them, of course). This tutorial requires a thorough awareness of the tools in Lightwave and Photoshop as well as a basic knowledge of how to use them.