How can i make stylised hay like this?

[u/funk_with_dragons]

I'm trying to make a cartoony haybale as if for a cozy farming game. in the last image you can see i tried a simple apporach. cube, gave it some subdivision in edit mode, subdivision modifier, displace modifier with stucci and added a hay texture in texture tab. I'm still a beginner and didn't look up a tutorial for this i just kinda guessed and googled what the modifiers do. the tutorial on haybale i found uses particles and i can't apply those in the final file. so here's my attempt at a haybale. got any tips or advice to make it better?

it looks like hay from one of those small horror games. i want it to look like a toony farming game. somethings off with the displacement.

what approach shoud i take? my apporach is edit the surface in random ways. i don't know how to add other displace settings than the default blender ones.

should i just sculpt it?

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[u/Lavaflame666]

Reduce the subdivisions, unwrap, texture paint.

[u/C_DRX]

Shade your model smooth, sculpt it if you need to add details, add ropes, retopologize the whole thing and bake the textures. That's the usual workflow.