[C+C, WIP] Tileset, need your opinion and input

[SlimEddie]

Mockup number two(There is a lot of work needed for this - so this is just the base to work with):

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[eishiya]

This last one looks nice! I'd have some larger gaps in the leaves instead of just single-pixel gaps, so they look more intentional.
Your original trunk was very noisy and has no sense of form or light so I'd maybe keep its shape but not keep the colouring on it. Try to focus on the form from the start, before you add any detail.

Also, try hue-shifting your tree palette some more. The dark colours look good, but why not make the lighter colours warmer? It'll look more interesting that way. You could reuse your grass colours for some of them, and as long as the textures are different enough and as long as different colours dominate different objects, they won't blend into each other too much.

[MysteryMeat]

Looking at that foliage on the previous tree i think you had something therr. Try working on some background foliage and try to tilt it more towards the camera!
The new ones good as well,  same crit though.

[SlimEddie]

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Did some more of trunk work, I like this texture but it lacks something?!
Made some more holes in the tree, not sure how to do a tree leaf texture though (

[eishiya]

It lacks form. You're drawing details and ignoring the overall round form of it. You have some shadows near the edge of the trunk but they're too small to be noticeable. The crown also doesn't appear to cast a shadow on the tree.

You're doing a lot of dithering, or at least some sort of single-pixel texturing/shading, and at this size, it just doesn't read well. Try working with larger areas instead. Texture should be secondary to the form, but right now, texture seems like the main thing you care about.

[SlimEddie]

Understood
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did this improve it? I still kind of like that texture with smaller pixels

[eishiya]

The shading around the edges makes it look pillow-shaded. Have you thought about your light source?

[SlimEddie]

Well I kind of feel like the light source (the sun) is lighting things from top to the bottom... Do you think taking some angle or doing it from the sides, would make it better?

[eishiya]

I think it would look better that way, yes. The way you're shading now, the sun is directly in front of the tree (behind the viewer), and slightly above. That doesn't happen very often, does it? Remember to think in 3D. Moreover, this flattens the tree, and even photographers avoid this light direction for that reason. The light coming a little from the side would make the trunk look more 3D. The sun is also usually brighter than that and casts sharper shadows, unless this is an overcast day.

[SlimEddie]

What do you think about this?
I kind of love this one, maybe requires shifting few pixels here and there but I am pretty satisfied with a trunk.
Thanks for your guidance!
Now I have a bigger problem on my hands, leaves...