Preach, friend. Forests are by far my least favorite thing about making maps. I've yet to find a way to make them look even remotely decent, and on more than one occasion I've been *this* close to just leaving them out alltogether. Stupid trees... Bad trees... Y u no behave?!?!
That being said, I do like the way they are looking on your map now. Their size is pretty perfect now in my opinion, and although I do kinda see where Mouse is coming from with his balloon comment, I do think they fit the style of this map very well.