Creating the buttercup leaves

The next step is to create the buttercup flower leaves. Based on this reference, we can see the shape of a buttercup’s leaves:

Figure 11.30 – Image reference of buttercup flower leaves

You can download this leaf image reference from this link: https://github.com/PacktPublishing/3D-Environment-Design-with-Blender/blob/main/chapter-11/Leaf-Texture.jpg.

Let’s go ahead and create the buttercup flower leaves.

Applying textures with Alpha transparency

To create the flower leaves using the Alpha transparency trick, let’s follow these steps:

1. Create a plane.
2. Assign a new material called Leaf to the plane.
3. Drop the leaf image you have downloaded into Shader Editor and connect it to Base Color:

Figure 11.31 – Texturing the buttercup flower leaves

4. Insert a couple of edge loops and change the shape of the plane to this:

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