Individual leraning project

So it's the end of the year and I've completed my independent learning project. I decided to look into the process of creating a 3d environment. For my subject I chose Pripyat near Chernobyl. I did not finish the project to the qaulity I wanted it how ever I am pleased to say I have learnt new ways to create environments, assets and also textures. From doing this project I am now a lot more comfortable with creating environments and I now have a better understanding of my skills and weaknesses. In future I will focus on planning ahead and within scope as well as spending more time on certain details and programs so that I can fully bring my work to life. I do not beleive this project was a failure because I learnt how not to make an environment. With more research and more time to tune my skills I will be able to create the environments I see and bring a certain amount of realism to them. Originally I wanted to create my environment through unreal engine 4 but because we weren't able to obtain our licenses from uni I had to create through 3ds max 15. All in all, everyone has to start somewhere with their chosen field and I started in 3ds Max 15 and by the end of next trimester I will have put most of 3ds max aside and started creating environments with Unreal Engine and Nuke.