How realistic does this look? Go ahead, give me your best shot!
Anyone have a good technique for making plants look fragile?
it doesn’t look realistic at all… sorry to say that…
water is too blue, plants are too colorful, and it needs lighting.
to make leaves to look more fragile, I would say they would need to be thinner. also, some parts could even be semitransparent… texture could be more detailed too.
remember, very, very thin 
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It looks like a painting, but for that it’s really good, I like it, leave it as it is:)
I think, besides the problem, that your colors are way off and that the textures on the leaves look strange, your water doesn’t have enough details. Where the leaves touch the water something has to happen. Ripples, adhesive effects, so on…
But it’s a great beginning. Work on. Especially on the composition. Right now everything is to random!
its not that realistic but i sure do like it!
Make the ripples more circular, and darken the color of the water, not so blue. The leaves need to be damaged a little and more pronounced detail within them. Excellent start though just need some small changes.
lol, I know those leaves look like they could be used to hammer nails. I’ll give it another try.