Makes me think of a little bonsai.

Thank you.
No, I didn't  use a reference.

Did you use a reference? It looks good. 

thanks for posting, guys.

I think too, it can be improved more than this.

Really digging the bulkiness of the crown, looks quite voluminous.

imo The ratio between the trunk and the upper part of the tree/leaves don't work out that well but the texturing is amazing!!

trunk is a bit messy but a huge fan of the leaves

There is never enough pixel trees.