Aerial View / Birds Eye view trees

[ZFact]

Hi;

I have a few housing development aerial view illustrations to get knocked out over the next few days. I always find 3D trees to be quite sparse looking in terms of the foliage. The development in question has quite dense trees and I am considering photoshoping these in post works instead of creating a really heavy 3D model.

 

So... can anyone

1. point me in the direction of a nice 2D birds eye view texture library

2. advise on how I would achieve dense trees using vb trees / cinema 4d and final render 2.

 

Thanks for any help

[foxlee]

This is what I would do, find some suitable types ,configurations. Cut it out ,readjust colour contrast etc.

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