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Originally Posted by Josiah VE
I drew a roundish group of 5 or 6 trees first. First outlines and shades and then on a separate layer the color. I merged those into one layer. Then I just copied that group and pasted it a couple of times to build up forests. After that I have solid chunks with a repetitive pattern. I just grabbed a couple trees with the lasso tool and moved them around to break the pattern and give the idea that the forests is spreading out and getting less dense. Hope that helps!
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