Hey!
I have recently finished the environments course and wanted to repeat some of those techniques, for practicing. Also tried some methods which were new to me, like particle systems or mists. I came up with these enchanted woods. Feedback is highly appreciated!
I like it, but I’m missing the fact that leaves are a bit transparent (subsurface) to direct sunlight. Still a great project!
Thanks, @FedPete ! Good point, I completely missed working on the material for the leaves. I found some hints here and tried to adopt parts of it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r_yTaSNtAE8
Does this make sense?
The new image is here:
To play with light more, you could manipulate the individual node (alpha, subsurface) differently.
So many things to fiddle with. Enjoy!
Very nice project! IMO a bit too dark. Also, I agree with FedPete about SSS.
I agree about it being a bit too dark, though it does seem to be a bit lighter / brighter than the original render.
Overall nicely done.
The tree leaves look a little ‘flat’ you might be able to make the image planes more distorted? The grass is far too sparce though. Which helps make it look like a render.
Problem is ground tier of woodland is full of all sorts and not that much grass on the whole. That is why grasslands are open and largely treeless in a woodland sense!
But these are critiques as suggestions to improve a generally very good result.
Thanks for all the feedback. I’ll go tinkering with those hints in mind 
