Stylized Forest Environment Scene

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  Fabi_G veteran polycounter

  Mar 19 2025

  Hey, cool project
  
  Some aspects I think you could improve: 
  

  • man-made structures could be grounded more in the environment by adding some weathering and (dirt) gradients.
  • spiraling trunks look too artificial. You can counter this by introducing more irregularity and more stretch.
  • Tree trunks colors is currently a bit uniform, could use some variance/ detail/ gradients too.
    Perhaps some green/ moss growing up from the ground.
  • leaves/treetops are too noisy in my opinion.
    Could investigate approaches to get larger, less broken up shapes: https://simonschreibt.de/gat/airborn-trees/.
  • ferns and leaves texture look a bit flat in that render, could add some subtle gradients/ variance here as well. The fern plants mesh shape is a bit pressed flat.

  A rough overpaint, attempting to illustrate my points:
  
  
  Side notes:
  

  • Would consider a different title, as tree density is too sparse to be read as a forest.
  • Putting more images in the post is nice. When Artstation links are outdated/ break, context is missing. Use jpgs for small size.

  
  Keep it up!

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  2met7cen triangle

  Mar 20 2025

  Fabi_G said:

  Hey, cool project
  
  Some aspects I think you could improve: 
  

  • man-made structures could be grounded more in the environment by adding some weathering and (dirt) gradients.
  • spiraling trunks look too artificial. You can counter this by introducing more irregularity and more stretch.
  • Tree trunks colors is currently a bit uniform, could use some variance/ detail/ gradients too.
    Perhaps some green/ moss growing up from the ground.
  • leaves/treetops are too noisy in my opinion.
    Could investigate approaches to get larger, less broken up shapes: https://simonschreibt.de/gat/airborn-trees/.
  • ferns and leaves texture look a bit flat in that render, could add some subtle gradients/ variance here as well. The fern plants mesh shape is a bit pressed flat.

  A rough overpaint, attempting to illustrate my points:
  
  
  Side notes:
  

  • Would consider a different title, as tree density is too sparse to be read as a forest.
  • Putting more images in the post is nice. When Artstation links are outdated/ break, context is missing. Use jpgs for small size.

  
  Keep it up!

  Thank you for your feedback! I appreciate your detailed comments and I'll definitely take them into account to improve my work.

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