Ok ok ok, I've so restarted it again, the other scene just wasn't working the way i wanted it to so I decided to filp the view back to the house again, lighting is always a priority and it was falling flat as hard as i tried on the other one

Also this is my one hundrenth post - im gonna buy TWO pasties tommorow, treat myself

garden update 2

Starting to think about the lighting, at this stage im thinking the silohuettes of assets are more important than any textural detail

garden update

Quick update, was away over the weekend so I've got 2 days to catch up - thinking more about the general mood of the piece, realised I had been completely honed in on one piece while putting off the larger details, so it was good to take a step back.

Been heavily influenced tree-wise by Left 4 dead which has the best alpha'd foliage I've ever seen - gonna post a few shots when i can