Here's a maple tree I've been working on. I'm planning on reworking the bark texture and maybe adding more color variant to the leaves. Any feedback or criticism would be greatly appreciated.

The branch textures on this tree are great! The lower branches could use a few more edge loops to avoid the sharp angles. Also Don't be afraid to push the scale of both the spread of the canopy and the individual leaves. I think at it's current state it looks more like a sapling than a full grown maple and that's mostly becuase of the leaves being too large. Overall a very nice tree though :)

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