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Animate Leaves Growing in Blender Geo Nodes

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Arthemis Crimson 29 tutorials here
Gardening

Yo yo, First I want to thank you all for 10,000 Subscribers!

Free Project File : https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/goxsokht713xezf16o21m/Growing-Leaf-Free-File-from-Cheuqs.blend?rlkey=ty0tt2sg4ibcml9zo6y3zuuku&dl=0

Leaf Texture CC0: https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fi/x2nt88v4qq18dmhgpl7to/strawberry-leaf.png?rlkey=f6eawzr06px5rk4rv7wf4iy1d&dl=0

This tutorial explains how to make unfolding/unrolling leaves with geometry nodes. You could achieve this with just using a curve guide or simple deform but I find geometry nodes to be more custom

If you want a more detailed breakdown on the curl node setup checkout Cartesian Caramel’s livestream that inspired me to make this
https://www.youtube.com/live/e4zRoKo-gqk?si=3Innfhmg2b2orSU4