If it's a photoreal centre piece, bite the bullet and give it topologically aligned thickness. You will pay through the nose later if you don't. Translucency/SSS alone will make or break a membrane in 90% of the lighting scenarios, and you simply won't get that one right without thickness.
On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 11:17 PM, Byron Nash <[email protected]> wrote: > The creature will be the focal point of one shot and reasonably large in > frame. The biggest pain against the single sided membrane I'm working > against it getting it surfaced cleanly. The front of the wing has volume > and it was modeled with T intersections as it loops back on itself. I just > see it being a case where one side or another not being able to hide the > seam. I'm most of the way finished adding the other side in and stitching > it back around. > >
