My workline consists of iterations. At first I roughly do everything necesssary for my view – materials, rough detailing, envirenment, some initial sketching. Then I improve details, materials and other aspects according to importance and I decide on what to leave for Postproduction stage. This saves me whole lot of time.. So now it is my second iteration.
We have the flexibility of adjusting environment, so after I decided on my composition and angle, I started to look for ways to shape the landscape to enhance my composition. I took reference from facade, it reminded me of train rails with its modularity and linear elements. I wanted to add a light surrealism to my work, so I came up with the idea of railway path leading to the entrance and people balancing on rails while going to museum.
What is done: I tried several techniques from scattering to displacement, I describe it in attached images. I enhanced facade material, added random dirt, tested its behavior and decided that I am happy with it. Also I made a draft with sketching, to check how people interact with the view, how to set them up. I added several casual details, such as roof mechanics, to add variations to silhouette.
Next is adjusting landscape plants, creaing trees, adding details to interior and final retouch for materials, lighting and camera angle, before rendering THE final image.