The Lost Olmec Head

[j meyer]

  Thanks.And in case you wanna know it's just two surface
layers,each with a power fractal as color function,connected
to a default shader run through a reflective shader.

[Mr_Lamppost]

Mr_Lamppost - sure,but since my creative process is not necessarily
linear it developed like this and furthermore it can be more comfortable
and quicker to test different versions this way.

Just wondered if it was a workaround.

I tend to build everything procedurally into a scene then choose the best view, kind of like the real world   

That's just the way I work , no criticism of other work flows intended. 

[Harvey Birdman]

That's really nice! Terrific work. I really like the deep forest feel.

[j meyer]

No problem at all Mr_L.  
The only concrete idea i had for this one was the head,so i built
anything around it and tried out many things,but then i ended up
combining two previous versions,liked it and went on from there.
Actually the above said  is just a very short version since i don't
want to be too boring.
I'm in a hurry now,but if you like we can talk about workflows and
stuff later,just let me know.

Thank you Harvey,glad you like it.