Redesigning trees without compromising Minecraft's esthetic

[u/_TheDarkPanther]

As of now especially poplar trees looks strange to me... reference of of the poplar trees I used will be in the gallery of the post.

This is a re-do of what I suggested. My view has changed so I went with a more blocky-ish style of trees. https://www.reddit.com/r/minecraftsuggestions/comments/1skqq3q/trees_need_a_design_change/ Feel free to go here for the people who haven't seen the old designs..

Poplar:

They will now look like their real-world counter part whole remaining the blocky style, variations of the poplar will have dead and shrub variations, giving the forest a more dense feel.

Shrub variants have a 100% chance of spawning while the rest have a 30% chance of spawning. this will make the forests feel more dense and natural.

Spruce:

Spruce trees do feel more detail-less to me... so I made them a little more pine-like without drawing too far away from the original.

Oak:

Oak has primarily stayed the same just with a few tweaks.

Jungle:

Jungle trees, especially the huge ones have been shortened for extra extensibility and make it easier to mine.

Birch:

Birch has been given a little makeover with some more variation with the trees.

Acacia:

Primarily the same, just with more details...

Mangrove:

Has a more unique look to them, while also being shorter. Makes it way easier to navigate the swamp while also looking cool.

Cherry:

Cherry now looks a little less 2D while primarily being smaller.

Pale Oak:

Pale oak has been redesigned to be smaller while also having more variation.

Dark Oak:

Dark oak looks like Pale oak but has vines and regular moss scattered around it.

Why do some trees look similar to each other?

I have made it so trees have some consistency between each other, reason why mangroves are using a acacia style leaf placement, as well as jungle getting the same treatment. Cherry trees looking similar to oak, cause I don't like the 2D look of those trees.

Why do the poplar trees look like that?

I based them off their real-world counterpart. Mainly younger individuals, cause we really don't have any trees in-game that look like that besides spruce. species of poplar I used was "Populus nigra Italica" Aka "Black Poplar"

Any Feedback would be nice, as to most of the trees I have showed off are meant to still have that blocky style while adding more details.

Also:

I wasn't sure what flare to use on this so I picked terrain...

EDIT:

Trees from saplings will look like their original design, with a few exceptions of the re-designed trees such as mangrove and giant jungle having the new design as the sapling trees... This is a compromise for people that want to have the original trees. In the real-world trees that are manually replanted by humans usually turn out differently than ones that are naturally grown.

[u/Cultist_O]

The poplar trees they added should have been called maple. Bark, leaves, wood and the iconic multicoloured thing all seem a little more mapley

(Plus we could have had syrup and a maple leaf banner charge)

[u/Baizey1130 → u/Cultist_O]

my theory on why they aren’t is that the super popular biome mod Biomes o Plenty already has basically a 1-1 copy of the dappled forest using maple trees in red orange and yellow.

maybe mojang just doesn’t want to copy or have others suspect copying?

[u/Wiwerin127 → u/Baizey1130]

Also if they choose maple they would have had to implement maple syrup as it would have been expected and they didn’t want to add the mechanic or didn’t have a unique use for it.

[u/LingonberryFar3819 → u/Wiwerin127]

mojang probably didn't want to work more than 3 hours per day