About the black background. I think if someone is missing the silhouette on a black background that person is failing to back/rim light their object properly. I agree that black can rob and white can wash out. With any kind of art you need to take into account surrounding colors, values, the silhouette, the pose, the…
This is looking cool so far! The trees in the concept look closer to saplings, whereas the ones in your environment look more like fully grown versions. The scale difference in these two mean that your hard surface info is looking massive in comparison to the concept, where the piece is probably about the size of a full…