Garden Lovers

There are only two basic objects in this image, the figure and a daylily. I used a function to place leaf elements onto the surface of the figure. There are controls to set ranges for each leaf's rotation, color and size. I could have easily used a skull instead of leaves. Since I am in denial about my own mortality, I thought leaves would be better.

I played games with functions which deal with fog or atmosphere. I used different spotlights for the figures and other ones for the flowers. It took a long time to get the feeling of people made of leaves and keep it poetic and interesting. I made the sun more transparent so that it would blend with the background.