Tree plantations, usually created as rows of a single species destined for harvest for timber or pulp, "have a bad reputation," Alain Paquette says.

But Paquette and Messier report that planting fast-growing hybrid poplar as nursemaid species to shelter slower-growing trees shows promising early results.

In this second volume of computer Graphics for Artists the author, Andrew Paquette, guides the reader through the creation of realistic computer-generated backgrounds and characters.