Discuss your process for creating an interesting realistic scene, selecting elements, materials, etc.

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I began by thinking up a place in my mind where I could have a significant amount of terrain, rocks, and plants (the cactus), yet also support an animal. The first place that came to mind was an island, but I changed that idea into a desert.

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Discuss adding your 2-D animal.  Is it visible and does it create an interesting focal point to your scene?

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Adding my 2-D animal took a little bit of setting up, but once everything was cut out of the background, the lion went into the image very well and I angled it in a way so that the sun would illuminate it and it casts a shadow.

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Discuss what you did to give this scene depth.

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I added a "mist" feature to the background to add a sense of depth. As well as the shadows being cast on to ground or other terrains, such as the mountain shadows casting on other mountains.

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Discuss an area that could be improved.

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I think I definitely could've added a little more to the background instead of just the "mist" which covers the everlasting flat ground beyond the mountains.