Creating the plants and leaves

Let’s look at how to do this:

1. To create plants, first we need to download the leaves reference, which is available at https://github.com/PacktPublishing/3D-Environment-Design-with-Blender/blob/main/chapter-4/Resource-4.1-Leaf-Texture.jpg, and drop it in the 3D Viewport. It will be dropped as an image plane.
2. Press N to get the Transform panel on the right side.
3. Set the Location and Rotation of X, Y, and Z axes to 0 to have the plane laid down on the Blender grid.

Figure 4.5 – Leaves reference

Creating a green leaf

Now, let’s create the green leaf:

1. Press 7 on the numpad to switch to the top view.
2. Create a plane and place it on top of the leaf.

Figure 4.6– Adding a plane and putting it on top of the leaves reference

3. Select the plane, jump into Edit mode, and insert five edge loops using Ctrl + R.

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