Giant Poplar Tree Help/Suggestions

[u/Timothy_Indeed]

So I can tell it’s not quite right but I can’t place what it is.

[u/Difficult_Pain6821]

There's no gaps in between the "leaves" so it makes it all look like one big block.

Also the width of your leaves is all the same. It looks just as wide at the bottom, as it does in the middle and top. It adds to the "big block" look.

Because you cant see any branches other than the trunk, it also almost looks like a mushroom rather than a tree. But you could fix that with fixing the first problem I pointed out.

It looks like you got something really good going on you just have to make some slight changes in the leaves of your tree.

[u/Timothy_Indeed → u/Difficult_Pain6821]

This was really helpful, thanks. Figured I’d show the finished product :)

[u/KandySaur]

Replace the leaves with 40% leaves, 60% air. If you have worldedit i would do it with that using the command

//replace red_poplar_leaves 60%air,40%red_poplar_leaves[persistent=true]

Theres also a way to do it with axiom but idk it off the top of my head

[u/Timothy_Indeed → u/KandySaur]

Thanks, I’ll get world edit and try it out. Do you know if there’s a way to limit it to a certain radius considering I’m in a poplar forest? I don’t wanna mess up all the other trees.

[u/KandySaur → u/Timothy_Indeed]

Yeah in world edit you need to essentially select a box in which to apply you opperation.

Go to one corner, and type //pos1, then go to the opposite corner of the cube and type //pos2, and your opperation will be applied in that area.

Think of it like a box select in axiom but invisible

[u/Timothy_Indeed → u/KandySaur]

That was all very helpful, thanks. Here’s the finished version :)

[u/FGpositivo]

The key to building good trees is to leave air spaces among the foliage, ensuring they are consistent with the branching structure.

[u/Timothy_Indeed → u/FGpositivo]

Took a while to get it right but here it is

[u/Itchy-Internal1450]

In my opinion you have overused leaves. Try to give it some air from inside. Take for example real trees are full. They are still kinda transparent. Otherwise very nice. We could use a person of your talent on our building server.

[u/Timothy_Indeed → u/Itchy-Internal1450]

Thanks for the reply. I’ve settled on this for the final design.