You could use a bevel to simulate the roof peak and apply a pattern overlay of some kind to simulate shingles/slate whatever. Also a slight drop shadow adjusted to the appropriate angle of wherever the light is coming from.
Just a few ideas....
You could use a bevel to simulate the roof peak and apply a pattern overlay of some kind to simulate shingles/slate whatever. Also a slight drop shadow adjusted to the appropriate angle of wherever the light is coming from.
Just a few ideas....
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That's a great forest...it has this feel of rising and falling with the underlying hills (an effect with which many struggle with and you nailed it the first time out). It also has a natural feel in the clustering, which I always struggle with. Nice job!
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