Bringing Life to the Enviroment - Mock Sprite Decisions

The idea of using a forest setting brings with it some peculiar hang ups. A forest is never still. Despite using mock sprites and nothing being finalised yet, the use of static images to represent a forest full of life negates the point. This brings the question, how do you show movement of the trees, without sacrificing time? The answer arose while experimenting with the leaves on a mock sprite. By redrawing just the leaves with only minor differences, the allusion is given that they are in fact moving. The initial experiment and mock sprite uses only two frames as a proof of concept, though final sprites should utilise three or four for a greater emphesis of movement.