Do you usually make and paint your own leaf sculpts for your foliage, or do you take photos from either your neighborhood or the internet?
I like the idea of making all my leaves since I have complete control over how it looks and everything, though its obviously not the most practical or efficient thing to do when you have to populate an entire environment. Photography i think will always look best if you want to go photorealistic.
I hand-paint 100% of my textures but obviously that depends on how much time you have and what style you're going for.
In my case its usually helpful to hand-paint foliage because I can exaggerate detail in a way you don't get in a photorealistic style that reads better as leaves.
i don't think making your own leaf is possible.
its just one of those things
>>567413
what do you mean? i've seen handpainted leaves and they look quite good in games