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Palmetto, Still Reference
04/06, 2008
 

A palmetto tree can grow very high. However, accroding to the observation, after its trunk grow to a certain width, it will only increase the height.

Palmetto's leaf has a very special shape. Similiar to coco, palmetto leaves are much stronger and heavier than other kinds of tree leaves.

Here are the reference photos I took in cloudy and sunny days.

One thing interesting is that after the leaves were cut out, the palmetto brenches's bottom are possible to stay on the trunk for very long unless people remove it. Later on, this become the main reason for me to seperate my pre-baked model in to three, but not one or two parts.


 

 
 
 
 
 
 
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Palmetto, Moving Reference
04/06, 2008
 

Palmetto trees have very unique movement in wind.

Here I took two reference clips, they show how palmetto trees react to the wind.

 

 
 
 
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