Project 5: Pot Of Flowers
A pretty posy of flowers for Valentines's Day, or for that special gift-giving occasion.
The sizes used for this project are only suggested sizes; feel free to adjust the original prim panel to make it larger or smaller as you need. The techniques used to make this project are the same ones you would use to make any other plant, or object that you want to have the 3D effect.
Skills Used:
- Rez and re-shape prims
- Shift-Drag copies of prims
- Texture single surface of a Prim
- Link Prims
Prim 1
- Rez a Box
- General Tab: name it Flower Panel 1
- Object Tab: Size - X= 0.0.10, Y = 0.750, Z = 1.000
- Texture Tab: Texture = totally clear
- Select the Select Texture radio button from the top left hand section of the Edit Window
- Click on the front surface of the Flower Panel 1 prim to select this surface
- Texture Tab: Texture = Anemone Buds
- Click on the back surface of the Flower Panel 1 prim to select this surface
- Add the same texture to the back surface of the prim
Note: check your texture from the front and back of the panel. Are they symmetrical? Do you need to flip one texture from one side of the prim in the Horizontal direction?
Make sure you are have textured your first Flower panel correctly as the next 2 prims will copy this one; any mistakes in the first prim will be copied to the next 2 prims => 3 prims that have to be adjusted separately!
Prim 2
- Shift Drag a copy of Prim 1 upwards along the blue axis
- General Tab: name it Flower Panel 2
- Object Tab: Rotation X = 0.00, Y = 0.00, Z = 60.00
Prim 3
- Shift Drag a copy of Prim 1 upwards along the blue axis
- General Tab: name it Flower Panel 3
- Object Tab: Rotation X = 0.00, Y = 0.00, Z = 120.00
Link
- Select all 3 prims and Link using one of these methods:
- Ctrl + L
- Cmd + L (Mac)
- Menu -> Tools -> Link
- General Tab: Name linked object: Bunch of Anemone Flowers
Finishing Touches
Let's make a quick vase to put our flowers in. Feel free to adjust the texture and shape of the vase prim to suit your design flair.
- Rez a box
- General Tab: Name = Vase
- Object Tab:
- Size: X = 0.300, Y = 0.300, Z = 0.500
- Hollow = 80.0
- Taper: X = -0.20, Y = -0.20 (note the negative sign)
- Texture Tab: select any texture or colour you want to use
- Adjust Repeats Per Face to create the texture effects you want
- Position the Vase at the bottom of the linked flowers till you are happy with the results
And now you have a pretty pot of flowers that you can give to that special someone or decorate your house.
A sample of different vases that you can create by changing the Building Block Type to Cylinder and different textures
