I'm looking at the pic of your tree, and reading Will's post, I find fault, or rather an addition to only one of his comments about Andy's windswept elm being so ramified, in time yours to will be so ramified. I think as far as the 'intsa-bonsai' part, you did what you could with the stock you had, it doesn't look bad for all that it is, there just isn't much there. maybe in time you will get some back budding and have some new branches to work with to get some finer detail in there. I think with those missing detail branches, you might have something there. Maybe if in the future you chose three 'key points of movement,' that being the trunk move ment as one, then two branches that mesh with that as well, both on the right of course, the first being shorter than the top, then with those new branches we are looking for add the details to bring the three 'key points of movement' together as one peice......maybe a sketch would help.
Also, to add to the ramification point, looking at your design as a whole, right now it looks somewhat balanced, no side is really to heavy, i think of the jin the same as Will, but that aside, all is well so far. Where do you see this in 5 years as far as future growth? I think that if your tree gains the 'ramification to pull it off,' at that point your trunk will not be enough to support the design visually, it will not have enough weight to look balanced carrying the ramification. At least not in that pot right??
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that was a thousand words right
