
Full foliage – prior version

reduced foliage in edit mode with hidden planes
I guess you’re right. Focusing on the asset isolated from the other assetsof the scene I may have given it too much geometry for fear it might look to whimsical. However, when I reduced the number of cards too strongly, the fact that they are made of alpha planes stood out quite a bit. But I liked the effect of randomly reducing the number of cards to have a more uneven distribution. In the lower version the ivy tapers in the middle section, which reduces the initial pillar-shape. For the lower version I hid some planes in edit mode. When overlays are deactivated it is possible to use tab for switching between the two versions in object and edit mode. I think it will much depend on how this works with all the assets in place.