Sapling art improvements

[Montandalar]

A lot of the saplings still use placeholder images that are copies of something from Minetest Game, or copies of another sapling in the mod. Most if not all saplings should be made to look unique and recognisable to what they look like in-game and in real life. The balance of real life and game is up to the artist.

[W3RQ01]

If you want i can try to improve this.

[Montandalar]

Sure, pull requests are welcome. You can identify some trees you might like to draw by yourself, or I could get you a list of what needs doing. You can make a pull request with any new art.

[W3RQ01]

it might help if you could give me the list of the saplings that needs improvements

[Montandalar]

It's best to make the texture look like a proper young tree rather than a full grown if it's possible to do that, but any good representation will do. Here is a full review of the sapling textures according to priority.

Top priority: Sapling textures that are just a copy of default Acacia tree texture.

• Eucalyptus diversicolor: Karri
• Corymbia Calophylla: Marri
• Eucalyptus Marginata: Jarrah
• Eucalyptus globulus: Blue Gum
• Eucalyptus Coolabah: Coolabah
• Eucalyptus pauciflora: Snow Gum
• Eucalyptus largiflorens: Black Box
• Eucalyptus cladocalyx: Sugar Gum
• Eucalyptus regnans: Swamp Gum
• Eucalyptus albens: White Box
• Eucalyptus haemastoma: Scribbly Gum
• Eucalyptus leucophylla: Cloncurry Box
• Eucalyptus camaldulensis: River Red Gum
• Corymbia ptychocarpa: Swamp Bloodwood
• Eucalyptus citriodora: Lemon Eucalyptus
• Eucalyptus miniata: Darwin Woollybutt

Second priority: Sapling textures that are original/not in default but duplicated with each other.

1. Wattles, Oaks, Acacias and Wirewood:
   • Acacia aneura: Mulga
   • Acacia coriacea: Wirewood
   • Casuarina cunninghamiana: River Oak
   • Allocasuarina decaisneana: Desert Oak
   • Acacia melanoxylon: Black Wattle
   • Acacia pycnantha: Golden Wattle
   • Acacia stenophylla: Shoestring Acacia
2. Australian Cherry & Lilly Pilly (edibles):
   • Exocarpos cupressiformis: Australian Cherry
   • Syzygium smithii: Lilly Pilly
3. Melaleucas:
   • Melaleuca alternifolia: Tea Tree (ti-tree)
   • Melaleuca quinquenervia: Paper Bark (paperbark)
   • Melaleuca citrina: Red Bottlebrush
   • Melaleuca rhaphiohylla: Swamp Paperbark
4. Pines & Sassafras:
   • Lagarostrobos franklinii: Huon Pine
   • Phyllocladus aspleniifolius: Celery-top Pine
   • Atherosperma moschatum: Southern Sassafras
   • Callitris preissii: Rottnest Island Pine
5. Banksias:
   • Banksia grandis: Bull Banksia
   • Banksia integrifolia: Coast Banksia
6. Myrtles:
   • Backhousia citriodora: Lemon Myrtle
   • Lophozonia cunninghamii: Tasmanian Myrtle
7. Mangroves:
   • Avicennia marina: Grey Mangrove
   • Rhizophora stylosa: Stilted Mangrove

Least priority:Sapling textures that are unique. Only some might need rework, others are quite good.

• Adansonia gregorii: Boab: Good and representative of its species.

• Intsia bijuga: Merbau: Totally wrong foliage colour and direction, no real trunk texture.

• Licuala ramsayi: Australian Fan Palm: Excellent and representative of its species. Just maybe some moss.

• Santalum acuminatum: Desert Quandong: Missing a trunk, foliage kind looks like a palm tree and probably slightly wrong shade of green.

• Macadamia tetraphylla: Prickly Macadamia: Good, though maybe foliage slightly too upwards-pointing and it's missing a pixel from its trunk.

• Sonneratia caseolaris: Mangrove Apple. Good and unique.

• Brachychiton acerifolius: Illawarra Flame. Well-recognisable but looks a bit too much like a mature tree and is rather splodgy like an impressionist painting.

• Ficus macrophylla: Moreton Bay Fig. Decently recognisable but rather plain.

• Dicksonia Antarctica: Tree Fern & Giant Tree Fern (2 saplings): Good representations and recognisability.