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megan lu · 2026-08-23T16:45:20.475Z

hello! i wanted to try guessing the values of the reference image i had to create an environment. i honestly like how everything has decent contrast, but i have no idea what im doing in regards to using color, texturing, and how to achieve higher detail. i felt like for most of this i was scribbling stuff in, but if i wanted to do more detail i would probably hyperfocus on things like individual leaves/twigs which could lose the plot how would you move towards coloring/rendering this? what are things that you observe when painting environments? also, please reccomend resources for studying like videos/reference sites/exercises you do!

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