Week 5- FMP

So this week felt pretty unproductive for me but I spent time doing things i had been putting off.

The main thing I did was create the leaves for the tree. I did this by taking a photo (not mine unfortunately as it is winter here and therefore impossible to find an silver maple leaf) and then I adjusted it in photoshop and made some variations of it and then placed it onto a branch I had modelled and baked down. This was the outcome: 

The branch is a solid colour right now as I want to apply my own bark texture to it when it is completed. I also want to add some leaves to the branch on the right in the future.

 

Also this week I gave the plinth some shape and applied my grass texture to it, textured the trim for the house, created the second smaller platform for the side and thinned out the tree to make it look more realistic and less blobby as recommended by Mike Pickton. All this can be seen below:

One major problem I have encountered is that the lighting in my scene is not working and so I desperately need to overhaul it and possibly adjust the skybox too to fit it more.