gardens below

Building on previous subterranean-white-background ideas, I pushed myself to make this more lush and living than things I've done before. I'm not quite 100% happy with how this turned out, I feel like it went down a not-quite-what-I-intended path at some point, but honestly it taught me a bunch about making different types of plants convincing. God knows I spent enough time trying to get them right (the lily pads were a particular pain). That being said, I'm not quite sure exactly what is wrong with this piece... maybe things are too spread out, there isn't enough larger structure to focus on, like the greenhouse. I absolutely adore greenhouses in general so expect more theming around them in the future. Hope you enjoy.
Side note, if you're interested I have a super-high-resolution copy of this, as I do for most pieces.