In this final phase I tried adding particles in different ways, initially the idea was to help create a more magical environment, I brought the particles closer to the camera, placed them as if they were coming out of the cloud, but nothing felt right. This process was very important, it made me realise that i already loved what i had, adding more random stuff didnt help the final result.
I’m using geometry-based grass and foliage with opacity maps, RVTs shaders for the grass to create color variation and wind systems which makes them more random and natural, we can't tell they are all copies. Using Photoshop, I made a noise texture for the wind lines in the grass material. The noise texture, combined with RVTs, creates a very subtle color variation in the landscape.
To achieve the stylized look I aim for, I modeled both the grass and flowers using mesh planes. After finishing the objects, I duplicated them and flipped the normals on one set, effectively creating a two-sided material. I used Blender for modeling and Illustrator for creating the flower texture. To make this flowers more special to me, i modeled and texture them using flowers from my garden as a reference.
