Leaves and Lighting

Another full week of work hasn't left me with much time for this unfortunately. I would have liked to get some vines done, but I would also like to get to bed at a reasonable hour. I'm nearing completion, so that will likely be next week's job. This week was the arranging of last weeks wall leaves (I don't know what else to call them. I think they are vines with leaves on them, but I'll be making more viney vines next week so I've reserved the name for those).

I had to be careful not to go overboard with these things, or it could look lame. I hope I've struck an acceptable balance here but I'm afraid I won't know until I look back from the future with judgmental and more experienced eyes.

I like this part. It was tough to get the flat textures turn the corners but I think I was able to make it look acceptable. It was more tough to make the rectangular shapes to blend in and not look like a few rectangles next to each other.

Here are a couple of shots of the front of the house. In the second image, behind that tree, is where I first started adding in these leaves. I can't tell if its a tad sloppy or if there are just too many in one area.

I don't have a before and after shot, but this is the new lighting I set up. Before the shadows extended too far behind the house and off the edge of the platform. Now the fences have their own shadows and aren't shrouded in darkness. It is a little too dark in those shadows though. I had to brighten up a couple of these images in Photoshop slightly before uploading them here. Of course I plan to rectify that before the end.

Farewell!