Quote Originally Posted by jfrazierjr View Post
It's a shame you cant tell the distinct trees, though they look good anyway. I am almost thinking that having more than 2-3 distinct trees on a small scale print map might detract from the layout as the eyes focus on a pattern of different trees. hmm just thinking out loud. Note, this is not a critisism, but the trees remind me of the pushpins from mapping software applications to mark points of interest...heh...
While I think the forest looks good, generally, one way to change this would be to extend the base of the trunks outward just a tiny bit, like a font serif. It would imply the ground in which the tree is planted.