Just for fun - here's a little shinpaku that I have had for about 3 yrs. I couldn't really decide what to do with it, so it's just been getting a pinch here and there when it gets too ugly.
Well, maybe if you thinned it out and did some wiring you could have something there. As is, there's not much to comment upon -- except that the pot is 4X too large.
Yeah, it needs thinning. It's been sitting pretty much untouched since midsummer. The pot - well you know, when you have it in the smallest pot that you own....