After deciding on a technique for going about the buildings and vines , I put the two together and I feel as if these techniques have been quite successful. With my last 3 images I started to in cooperate Long`s ribbon like and swirl like traits into the trees to try and convey her style into the buildings more. However, I feel as if with the final buildings I may make the vines more simpler because the vines seem to distract away from the overall building design.
Hi Sarah - very organic! You might want to take a leaf or two out of Deanna's book in terms of further preparing your 'hero' buildings for Maya, by using Illustrator to rationalise your structures a little more so:
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When first starting out in Maya, it can be very tricky to a achieve the naturalistic level of organicism implied by these drawings - all those vines etc - so you might want to think too about rationalising the vines into more structural elements which have the quality of being organic, but but which also feel 'buildable' - you might want to look at Art Nouveau in general terms to see how organic forms were 'mass produced': for example:
http://ancientpoint.com/imgs/a/e/y/j/s/bradley__hubbard_art_nouveau_metal_candle_stands_lamp_base_1_lgw.jpg
https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/e9/74/b0/e974b0db135848810f100d7fb3ac36d3.jpg
https://designergirlee.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/the-michael-thonet-rocking-chair.jpg
http://www.thecultureconcept.com/circle/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Thonet-Rocking-Chair.jpg