"Dimensional" Trees

One of the things I love about CC is what I call "Creativity through constraint". Not being an artist, nor particularly handy with drawing/photo applications, encourages me to try new techniques with CC and see how far I can push the app. While working on my newest floor plan using the Mike Schley symbols I noticed that some of the large trees show a cross section of the trunk (like the tree was cut at 15 feet (5 meters) high).

This got me to thinking: "Can I build custom trees using sheets and symbols?". I used 'bushes' and 'natural debris' to create the tree. The 3 examples below show my progress... I have the trees layered across 4 sheets:

Symbols Tree, Low

Symbols Tree, Medium

Symbols Tree, High

Symbols Tree, Crown

The directional shadow cast is progressively longer the 'higher' the tree grows (5 feet (1.5 meters) for low, 7 feet (2 meters) for medium, 10 feet (3.5 meters) for high, and 15 feet (5 meters) for crown).


As always, comments and criticisms welcome!


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