I'm pretty fond of two, but the outer part of the trunk could use improving. Needs to look more rounded, though I am unsure exactly how to explain how..
Do you mean kinda like this:
Or is it something else?
Its just a rough edit atm to see if that was what you were referring to.
I havent put the shadow under the canopy yet, However I have removed the shadow that was meant for the lowest canopy(picture 4) so hopefully this makes it look more rounded.
Here's what I suggest.
Work on the roots and face. It looks too much like an enlarged view of the smaller ALttP tree, which I'm sure it is. There's a section of brown between the middle roots and the furthest back that doesn't make any sense to me.
And I don't know how much this makes my opinion matter, but I've been trying to perfect ALttP style for over 7 years now. Your bark looks completely fine. I'm actually going to to do the same as you have to mine. I like the way your rounded it out. Bring the canopy down To a few pixels above the eyebrows, because the angle isn't working at the height it's currently at..
Try to make the bottom mouth match the bark, if possible.
Also, don't be afraid to give it more lighting on the roots. That brightest shade can do wonders, if used properly.
Also also, I like the way you shaded where the Canopy covers.
thanks yoshi, i was going to ask your personal opinion on the bark earlier because I figure youre the man who should know if it fits ALTTP style or not. I am also trying my hardest to perfect the LTTP style(about 2 years now but i guess i was trying to add a more "realistic" style to it before, which i now see as just...wrong.) I personally am most happy with the bark, more so than any other part of the tree. so now that i know you agree, im going to keep it.
im still gonna do a lot of the other things you guys suggested to see if it looks better.
i believe in trial and error. and yeah, im going to change the roots a bit and of course the face, but i was thinking i should make his nose slimmer instead of wider because at the moment its wider than his mouth. as i said before though, i WILL be trying all your suggestions.
EDIT: The area of brown between the roots is actually part of the root
It does looks very strange on my slightly "rounded" deku tree though, i have to agree.
BTW, yes, tree 5(my edit of the original ALTTP tree(not shown) and the lumberjack tree stump(tree 2) is the base of my deku tree(i just resized tree 5 and smoothed it out to get the horrible 4 pixel thick deku tree i had before(which is also the base for my new deku tree)
Do you think that making the roots and outside of the trunk 1 pixel thick instead of 2, will make it match the 1 pixel thick bark pattern and canopy? i think the face looks ok being 2 pixels thick but i will see how 1 pixel thick looks too.
i hope im making sense lol im kind of tired right now and i suck at grammar, spelling etc.