Creating low poly trees

“But Samuel, I already made a tree!”

Yes, but the one in Chapter 3 was just to get you started.

The ones we’ll build here are way better. Not more realistic—these are still stylized, low-poly trees. But still, they’re a step up from what you made earlier.

This means they’ll be harder to make, too. So buckle up!

We’re going to make two different kinds of trees: a tall, pointy type of tree, and a wider, branching tree.

Both of these trees will use the same tree trunk, based on a cylinder. This means that you’ll only have to make the trunk once—less work! Let’s begin.

Creating the trunk

Making the trunk is simple. It all starts with a cylinder:

1. Add a cylinder.
2. In the Operator menu, change the vertex number to 8.
3. Press Tab to go into Edit Mode.
4. Press A to select everything, then S to scale it down pretty small, like this:

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