0907803 - Grass

The grass is simply a plane that I created with 10 vertices in both width and length. Then with the soft select tool applied I moved these vertices up and down to create a slight bumpy and hilly ground. Then it simply had a grass texture applied along with the bump tool to give it the look of a grassy plane. Much like with the sky, when the snow starts to fall, the texture of the grass needed to change to match the scene. This was achieved my creating a duplicate of the plane slightly on top of the original. This new plane was given a snowed on grass texture and then hidden from view completely with the slice tool. Then when the timing was right the slice tool was pulled down and the plane was reviled much like the sky. This created a nice and smooth looking transition between the two planes.