Psychedelic Mushroom
This was supposed to be a 'nodevember' art (psychedelic alley), but I think I missed the 'alley' part here. The first goal of the idea was to create a simple mushroom scattered on the ground. The mesh is very subdivided there so the Displacement could work fine on both parts (stem and cap). At this distance (from the camera) and with this lighting, part of the details are hidden. I chose the colors to create this 'psychedelic' vibe under the lights with very little SSS on the stem. Compositing was made with bright/contrast correction and glare to give the final touch.
I think this was a simple, but very interesting work to learn proceduralism.
Final render + comp
Final Render
Mushroom node tree (part of it is disabled but it doesn't influence the mesh)
Scattering mushrooms and Point Lights. I used a curve to set an average distance to place them
Mushroom cap shader
Mushroom stem shader
Compositing still with Nishita sky texture on the background.
Color tests. Shader here is a bit different with some very low SSS
Color tests. Shader here is a bit different with some very low SSS