Second version of my tree - smal branches are partycles.
Thanks for comment.
Im glad that you like may tree. Leaves are preety simple. I
ve done some photos of real leaves. Then I put in on background images of blender, and then I model one simple branch and leafes (I`ve tired to use less polygons as possible). Then I add textures (from thant photo) and populating it on tree by particle system. Tree is modeled using Sapling add-on, but after using add-on I made some litlle changes in tree by hand.
I am amazed to find the leaves look highly realistic. I've tried a tree using the Sapling Add-on and opted for rectangles as leaves - it renders well and with multiple colours but the leaves on closer impsection remain rectangles.
Your leaves look great - no matter how closely you look. Could you please explain how you created your leaves? I'd really appreciate it.