Framestore got a handful of sequences for this show. All of the space shots went to London, but they needed a shot to have a whole forest or jungle set extended. On set there were only a couple of plants. I was responsible for filling out all of the foliage with CG that matched the footage. I did the layout and lookdev process in Houdini. I set up a foliage painting system with a lot of natural randomness. I also had ways to art direct it on top of the randomness. I did the rough lighting and slap comp once I got the shot working with all of the assets.
https://www.framestore.com/work/cowboy-bebop-0?language=en
Credits: CG Supervisor: Andy Zazzera