as i said, im working on two different sets.., the beach one is first but pretty tedious (plants and repetitive boring work) . BUT, fyi, the size of the scene is important .., this is why the the three ground planes.., and the large scene size.., the reason is paralex. there will be a volcano in the far distance.., the far ground plane, constructed from a displacement map and converted into geometry. panning from the beach the palms tree will move some .., the volcano less.., this is paralex and it is what sells a 3D scene. scale is all important.., in a space outer space scene some guys are using maya at 100,000 feet (though it is not recommended past 20, 000 risking a crash) to get the correct paralex.., even then it has to be cheated with a slight camera pan. (photogrammetry can cheat it better but thats another story)

ill get this island up here soon.