Opening in 3D!

So today i've started working on the start of my animation-  

These are 2 stills from my house made in 3D on Maya.

First I had to decide on how I was going to do the process of the beginning, I WAS going to just roto the house in Photoshop. But I thought against that because getting the textures to look the same would be insane.

So, I started to texture the house in PS then apply them into Maya, for then to after roto the outlines in PS.

Textures for the house front

Roof texture

Then using 2D planes in Maya, I started making the trees for around the house, and the flooring/background.

Arranging them like this gives a sense of distance.

Then I thought about adding a toon shader on the house itself. This would save me a hell of alot of time going over the outlines in PS.

Without Toon Shader

With Toon Shader 

So to my original quick sketch, I'm pretty happy with it!

Opening in Maya - Playblast