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Me I look at other bonsai. Not so much for inspiration but as a starting point. I see what others have done and try to improve upon it.
I am also lucky enough to have several of those old southern plantations near me. Some of them have been around since colonial times. Nothing like those old trees in their gardens to inspire one. Those trees have after all been maintained for several hundred years.
My best inspiration however comes from an unlikely place. Old Walt Disney movies. His animators could draw some trees. Especially in the Jungle Book and Sleepy Hollow. Those in Lion King were pretty good also.
Sorry, I am a bit weird. Mom must have dropped me more than once . Drain Bamage I recon.

5-May-2004	#3
RonMartin(deceased) Bonsai nare-do-well Join Date: Jan-2003 Location: Summerville SC Country: USA USDA Zone: 8A AHS Heat Zone: 8 Posts: 4,653	Me I look at other bonsai. Not so much for inspiration but as a starting point. I see what others have done and try to improve upon it. I am also lucky enough to have several of those old southern plantations near me. Some of them have been around since colonial times. Nothing like those old trees in their gardens to inspire one. Those trees have after all been maintained for several hundred years. My best inspiration however comes from an unlikely place. Old Walt Disney movies. His animators could draw some trees. Especially in the Jungle Book and Sleepy Hollow. Those in Lion King were pretty good also. Sorry, I am a bit weird. Mom must have dropped me more than once . Drain Bamage I recon.