This was made for the company i work for along with the lighthouse image. I made this because they liked the last one so much that they wanted to make another for next year(i know right?). Since i did the light house thing i thought i would make it more realistic with the next one to contrast the two so i could show off more realism.
This was made over the course of many weeks, chipping away at it one leaf at a time. i used no references for it and i had many iterations were it broke/looked bad/the company didn't like it. in this i used the compositing tools for the last render for the first time and i have learnt its benefits.
Edit: i have now added a dog to the image, this dog is another model i made based off of my dog buster.