I created this scene in Blender and performed some post processing (color corection, resizing, noise) in Adobe Photoshop Elements.
This scene, once declared "finished" a few weeks ago, was revisited several times afterwards. Involved here are many things, from rigs to particle systems, to ray tracing, uvmapping, and ambient occlusion -- one of those projects where you literally get to "do it all," which actually made it quite enjoyable and educational
As always, any feedback is encouraged and appreciated. Thank you very much for looking,
RobertT