How to Make a Low Poly Tree in Blender

CG Geek shows how to make a low poly tree with plenty of tricks quickly.

Trees initially seem like complex objects to build. After all, there are lots of branches and thousands of leaves to consider. While there are lots of tools that allow you to grow a tree in 3D, you can quickly build one in Blender. Check out this latest tutorial from CG Geek that looks at creating a low-polygon tree in Blender.

The tutorial covers modeling the trunk and branches from a simple cube and then using a few tricks to place down the leaves. The magic comes when lighting and shaders that make the tree look fantastic – particularly the translucent effects for the leaves.