Easy Realist Low Poly Trees - Blender 3

This video looks at how to make reasonably low poly and fairly realistic looking trees for your games, renders and animations. ITs a technique most beginners will be able to achieve and gives some excellent and satisfying results.
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1:08 - Sculpt tree trunks
5:58 - Making Branches
8:47 - Decimate
9:40 - Textures
12:12 - Adding the branches
14:03 - Leaf colour
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  • @davidbennettarts2205
    @davidbennettarts22052 жыл бұрын

    This is exactly what I've been looking for!! Thank you Grant 😊 You helped me understand how to texture an object without UVs and baking, and that's extremely helpful.

  • @johnchidi4346
    @johnchidi43462 жыл бұрын

    I love this tutorial, especially the "import images as plane" part. That's the main source of the realism in the tree. Keep it up boss. Your tutorials are usually easy to understand.

  • @Double512
    @Double512 Жыл бұрын

    Having just made some low-poly trees by hand with arduous vertex dragging this is a great vid. I never would have thought to use the sculpting mode for an organic shape then the decimate modifier to make it usable, great stuff!

  • @hiankun
    @hiankun2 жыл бұрын

    New course purchased! :-D Just 2 or 3 weeks ago, I introduce your Blender 3 beginner tutorial to my 10 yo son. Your instruction was so clear that he could follow most of the steps and only need my help occasionally. He is now following your "get good @ Blender" series and getting more fun with Blender. I purchased your new course for me and also for my son. I will show him the purchased course on his upcoming 11th birthday as present. :-)

  • @pineappleparty1624

    @pineappleparty1624

    2 жыл бұрын

    He will be a king on Roblox with his newly acquired skills. =]

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    😀👍

  • @justinscarpace_photography8175

    @justinscarpace_photography8175

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grabbitt do your blender tutorials updated for blender 3? or what courses do you advise

  • @hiankun

    @hiankun

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grabbitt Hi, a minor question: Did you set some age restriction on THIS video? I was giving this video to my son but he cannot view it with his account logged in while he can watch your other videos. This video is available when he logged out or using my account, so I am wondering maybe there're some setting problems?

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@hiankun that's very strange I have no idea why that would be. Perhaps it's something to do with advertising restrictions on KZreads end. I have to tick a box as to whether it's made for children or not and I always tick no as it's not specifically.

  • @OldeDog_NewTricks
    @OldeDog_NewTricks2 жыл бұрын

    Grant, I haven't tried to outlet my creative side since I was in high school. I felt too old to play catch up, especially with the digital art space. You have really made the process easy, and ignited a long forgotten passion. Cheers

  • @b-wall7527
    @b-wall75272 жыл бұрын

    Hey Grant. Your new addition to the environment blender course is great. But I would love to see you make textures and the foliage alpha textures from scratch and then use that in the texturing process of the foliage. Your video that demonstrates how to handpaint a wagon. I would love to see this method used in the texturing process of foliage and rocks, for your environment course.

  • @pineappleparty1624
    @pineappleparty16242 жыл бұрын

    Whaaat! I was just looking for some updated realistic but lowpoly tree tutorials. I Didn't know about this new course of yours. Looks like you have modular buildings. I was trying to make some of those myself and it got messy fast. Never purchased a course so fast. Thanks so much 😁

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍😀

  • @alekjwrgnwekfgn

    @alekjwrgnwekfgn

    2 жыл бұрын

    This is an awesome tutorial, but have a look how PrimaticaDev did his trees, also a pretty good system.

  • @ffbeneno4685
    @ffbeneno4685 Жыл бұрын

    definitely diving into your videos. Thank you so much for taking the ti to teach us that are green in the field. Have a great day

  • @ClaudioFontachannel
    @ClaudioFontachannel Жыл бұрын

    You're a great teacher and your voice is so calm and relaxing.

  • @MarcoValeKaz
    @MarcoValeKaz10 ай бұрын

    really good tutorial! straight to the point, clear, addresses issues, and the result is really good!

  • @BlenderForge
    @BlenderForge2 жыл бұрын

    Grant, I always enjoy your tutorials. That's an amazing discount. I am sure it will be worth every penny!

  • @almostepicgaming8697
    @almostepicgaming86972 ай бұрын

    After watching many many many tutorials about various blender topics, this video by far taught me the most about blender as a whole! Amazing stuff!

  • @PhilR0gers
    @PhilR0gers2 жыл бұрын

    Trees in Blender have been the bane of my life. I create projected backdrops for theatrical productions and forests feature quite often. I've always had to do a trade-off between modelled trees and "billboard" trees in the background. These low(ish) poly trees that look realistic are going to be a great help.

  • @polynormal4038
    @polynormal4038 Жыл бұрын

    This is very useful info especially if you want to make a forest of trees. The weird little things you learn sometimes, I didn't know or forgot about that statistics check box, Thanks!

  • @yonatanabergel
    @yonatanabergel Жыл бұрын

    Your voice is very Nice and Clear. Thank you so much for this! You made it much easier than trying to do it myself or following any other youtuber doing it.

  • @tarkgul5358
    @tarkgul53582 жыл бұрын

    I really enjoy these fast tutorials, way better than detailed ones.

  • @eskolinaar
    @eskolinaar2 жыл бұрын

    Your content is excellent. Just wanted to say that. Thank you for your effort and time.

  • @seasearchernft
    @seasearchernft Жыл бұрын

    Really nice tutorial with fantastic end results. Well explained and easy to follow. Also a good explanation of difference between snakehook and grab for sculpting. Will still need some practise :). Was able to import the glb straight into my hyperfy world. Thanks very much!

  • @nimentrix9287
    @nimentrix92872 жыл бұрын

    New course purchased ! Thanks for all this great stuff on your channel !

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks😀👍

  • @vinnypassmore5657
    @vinnypassmore56572 жыл бұрын

    Looks fantastic Grant, thanks for sharing.

  • @AnimeKawaiiFantasyGameMusic
    @AnimeKawaiiFantasyGameMusic3 ай бұрын

    Exactly the kind of tree I want! Not too clay like, not too realistic, I want the one in between! And that kind of tree looks more nostalgic than most low poly game trees nowadays.

  • @SlothFang
    @SlothFang2 жыл бұрын

    I recently got into game development and jumped into blender. Found Grant’s course and LOVE it! Worth every penny.

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    😀👍

  • @michaelalando
    @michaelalando Жыл бұрын

    Wow. Great that "decimate" modifier!! Thanks Grant!

  • @abanobblackbox
    @abanobblackbox2 ай бұрын

    thank you very much i searched over weeks to this type or sculpting technique , i want to ask to keep going with this king of videos in this video you explain 4 types of sculting brushes in easy ways please keep going to make explain other brushes in projects like this , thank you

  • @Alina-ve1mc
    @Alina-ve1mc2 жыл бұрын

    I've always searched good blender instructions and failed frequently for years... Then I nearly accidentally found you on udemy, purchased the low poly landscape-cottage course and I must say I've fallen in love with your instuctions! Thanks for keeping it simple and speaking so clear! I've never made it until the end of a udemy course but yours (always lost interest or just failed anywhen. You described it just so well that no irreversible failures occure). ^~^ keep on the great work and thank you so very much!

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Good to hear

  • @ranahussen5483
    @ranahussen5483 Жыл бұрын

    Thank you for explaining this thoroughly!

  • @alekjwrgnwekfgn
    @alekjwrgnwekfgn2 жыл бұрын

    I would have bought this- but logged in and I already own it! GameDevTV is the gift that keeps giving! I would love to see this workflow carried through into UE4/5 and Unity. I just came at cross Conrad Slawinski and his tutorials going from Blender to Unreal was fantastic.

  • @krissosful
    @krissosful Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! I was looking how to create this kind of trees for my architectural projects:) Thank you:)

  • @ckiimyirhnski1056
    @ckiimyirhnski10562 жыл бұрын

    I know people say this kind of comment a lot, but I genuinely was thinking about making some foliage assets. You're a psychic Mr Abbitt

  • @NikkiBudders
    @NikkiBudders8 ай бұрын

    I really liked this tutorial. I ended up needing something even *more* low-poly* but the tree shape I made from this video was excellent reference

  • @cozyrainforsleep
    @cozyrainforsleep Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much! This was an amazing tutorial that made quite a few things click with me!

  • @jeffullman8027
    @jeffullman8027 Жыл бұрын

    Easily one of the best (stealth?) intro sculpting tutorials! Thanks very much!

  • @ThisIsDownstate
    @ThisIsDownstate2 жыл бұрын

    thank you for this brilliant tutorial. i would say im still a beginner and it was easy to follow for me, me tree came out wicked. thanks !

  • @anaximander9215
    @anaximander9215 Жыл бұрын

    Absolutely phenomenal!

  • @gattmolson
    @gattmolson Жыл бұрын

    Fantastic tutorial, lots o learning packed in. Thanks!!!!

  • @elisimecka4528
    @elisimecka45282 жыл бұрын

    hey grant, i have been learning a lot with your videos both on youtube and on your awesome paid courses. Thank you so much for all the great content, you make it possible to digest the giant meal of learning blender possible for a newbie like me. I was wondering if you could show us how to make the tree's leaves vary in color/shade procedurally so when you duplicate the trees with geo nodes in a scene they add more realism to the scene. I did this once following a low poly tree tutorial a few months ago but cant remember what video i followed and i dont remember how to do it. thanks again!

  • @haraldgundersen7303
    @haraldgundersen7303 Жыл бұрын

    Got the course. Always hard to find the balance between good looking and efficiency. This being the best effort I've seen so far...

  • @JakeshandleYT
    @JakeshandleYT Жыл бұрын

    You can use the grab brush if you hit remesh after. Works well for me so far. Ill def try snake hook aswell tho

  • @tejobhiru1092
    @tejobhiru10922 жыл бұрын

    thank you so much for these tutorials man.. you are just amazing

  • @thehamburgergod5543
    @thehamburgergod55438 ай бұрын

    Best tutorial, thank you!

  • @intoxicz
    @intoxicz Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much this is going to look great in my game!

  • @RealGaryGibson
    @RealGaryGibson2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome tree tutorial!

  • @baileydavis7863
    @baileydavis78632 жыл бұрын

    sweet i bought a humble bundle a while back looks like i got this course 2 because of that so sweet definitely gonna give it a run through

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍🙂

  • @Deathend
    @Deathend2 жыл бұрын

    I don't think I'll ever have your eye for this stuff. That being said, this is the first time I've followed along with a tutorial and button mashed hotkeys like a pro. +1

  • @anthonymitchell4216
    @anthonymitchell42162 жыл бұрын

    I will definetly refer back to this guide when I get ready to do the trees on the outside of my apartment building scene

  • @Spartan_9
    @Spartan_92 жыл бұрын

    Dude u r the best I swear I learn so many things from u thank you 💓

  • @dev.ashesh
    @dev.ashesh Жыл бұрын

    i was looking for trees for my mobile game in unity, havent found anything low poly but looks very nice, then i told myself what if ill create my own, then i started and was frustrating without knowledge, watch videos for few days now and then i encountered this video.. This is really amazing!! I hope i can copy your tutorial easily.. also SUBBED!!

  • @dev.ashesh

    @dev.ashesh

    Жыл бұрын

    how many verts does that tree on the video you made have?

  • @Xeranxies
    @Xeranxies Жыл бұрын

    This helped me overcome my fear of modeling trees. Very useful tips here. Though I did use snapping with face projection for the branches aligning the rotation to the trunk. ✌😁

  • @indulameegoda
    @indulameegoda5 ай бұрын

    Very helpful tutorial Grant, Thank you!!!

  • @mikedaartist
    @mikedaartist Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for sharing, helped me sooooo much! Your my blender go to. Again thank you for sharing . . .

  • @benja7286
    @benja72862 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your content. I just picked up your new course - Even if I feel confident enough to create environments, I'm sure I'll learn a few tricks along the way and for 10$, it would be a mistake not to take it. Hopefully my game will look even better thanks to you :)

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍🙂

  • @frezeryilma5735
    @frezeryilma57352 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful, Mate. Thanks!

  • @charmawow
    @charmawow2 жыл бұрын

    As soon as I saw the image I just knew I had to buy this course......my first ever!

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    😀👍

  • @kreight007
    @kreight007 Жыл бұрын

    I love your Udemy Courses, thank you for all you do!!!

  • @Mightydoggo
    @Mightydoggo Жыл бұрын

    Thanks, loved this. Especially all the little shortcuts and tricks. Also remember to save guys, I crashed my laptop like 3x trying to rotate stuff around. I really should upgrade from my mobile potato time.

  • @crackjoe3047
    @crackjoe30472 жыл бұрын

    your so amazing bro , i always watch your tutorial ,i learned a lot .thanks bro

  • @franzmarley
    @franzmarley2 жыл бұрын

    I don't know why really but I really liked the vibe of those houses and it looked very approchable. I bought the course instantly

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍🙂

  • @whengamersrise4846
    @whengamersrise48462 жыл бұрын

    great tutorial , as always

  • @andrewray6413
    @andrewray64132 жыл бұрын

    Hey Grant, when will your Geometry node tutorials come. I'm really waiting for yours. Cuz again: you explained the material nodes so well, so I'm still hoping you'll do the same with the geometry nodes. 👍

  • @3dev449
    @3dev449 Жыл бұрын

    As always, fairly simple but great looking! -Saqib Ali

  • @torcheditz
    @torcheditz2 жыл бұрын

    really good vid. really useful!

  • @erikaknop6089
    @erikaknop6089 Жыл бұрын

    This really helped thanks a lot!

  • @hyv4nx
    @hyv4nx Жыл бұрын

    This so interesting, thanks for make this tutorial 😊

  • @snakemasterthorno
    @snakemasterthorno2 жыл бұрын

    The best part for me is that you work with the default cube. 👍👍👍

  • @tanvirhasan32
    @tanvirhasan322 жыл бұрын

    Great job. I am your big fan.

  • @costojankucostosned6254
    @costojankucostosned62542 жыл бұрын

    Thanks a lot for the new course. I was just going to buy it but fortunately (for me :D) I realized that your Udemy Blender Environment course (which I already own) has been updated with this content. So thanks again!

  • @sankaragaddafigoita5847
    @sankaragaddafigoita58472 жыл бұрын

    Always great tuto

  • @lalbtubebtube4393
    @lalbtubebtube4393 Жыл бұрын

    thank you brother it helps me a lot. Big Love from Ethiopia

  • @AhmedFromMS
    @AhmedFromMS Жыл бұрын

    Man I been a lil bit confused while watching tutorials made by people from UK!, but once I just found your channel I fall in love with UK people Kudos to you!. 😍😍

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    Жыл бұрын

    👍🙂

  • @CaffeineInjected
    @CaffeineInjected2 жыл бұрын

    Awesome video.

  • @abdelrahmanqe-5538
    @abdelrahmanqe-553811 ай бұрын

    Thank u for this nice and easy tutorial >

  • @mjrbproductions
    @mjrbproductions2 жыл бұрын

    Tried my best to follow along. looks okay to me. Posted the render in 3D on the discord. Thanks you! bought the dragon course too gunna find time to do it.

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    🙂👍

  • @buddhasinger
    @buddhasinger2 жыл бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @orpheuscreativeco9236
    @orpheuscreativeco9236 Жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial! Subbed ✌️

  • @tensideERROR
    @tensideERROR Жыл бұрын

    Pretty nice,thank you soooo much

  • @ehaviv
    @ehaviv2 жыл бұрын

    Love it!

  • @famitory
    @famitory Жыл бұрын

    for very low polycounts (less than 100 for the whole tree) you can take the same idea but use the whole branch texture as multiple branches with a three-sided stem intersecting halfway through it.

  • @todd-tl9tr
    @todd-tl9tr Жыл бұрын

    This dudes an absolute genius.

  • @Dingle.Donger
    @Dingle.Donger2 жыл бұрын

    I love this channel.

  • @enisykin1299
    @enisykin12992 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sir!!

  • @jawadchaudhary3528
    @jawadchaudhary3528 Жыл бұрын

    Amazing advice wow

  • @MohammedAli-rp1po
    @MohammedAli-rp1po2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks mate!

  • @zasd94
    @zasd942 жыл бұрын

    It wasn't in my plans to buy an online course today but hey... Modular "ready game" assets and environments for a fantastic price? Count on me! Greetings from Spain!

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍😀

  • @01usdcity89
    @01usdcity89 Жыл бұрын

    good job male, thanks!

  • @jorgesierrasomoza9640
    @jorgesierrasomoza9640 Жыл бұрын

    thx work

  • @SaeedPrez
    @SaeedPrez2 жыл бұрын

    Grant, thanks for awesome content. I love your work! I have 5 of your tutorials on Udemy already 🥰👌

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    👍🙂

  • @nathanchaput8470
    @nathanchaput8470 Жыл бұрын

    Ty I’m getting a computer soon and I’m gonna use

  • @shagithyansathishkumar6283
    @shagithyansathishkumar62832 жыл бұрын

    cool love it tree

  • @Mazz-Fission
    @Mazz-Fission Жыл бұрын

    Hi, sir. I really appreciate your help, this is a wonderful video. Nonetheless, I have a problem with which I don't know how to solve. When I export the tree, as .fbx or a .gltf file, the textures are saved in a wrong way. The mapping is absolutely ignored, as well as all my other changes in the nodes, and no matter what I do, this always happens. I have tried to embed the textures, but that does not work at all. By a chance, you know what is the problem and what can I do to achieve my purpose?

  • @odinniereece4096
    @odinniereece40962 жыл бұрын

    changing the leaf color is as easy as using a mix rgb node then setting the blend mode to color.. you should try that out.. The HSV node has less control and is more difficult to use

  • @learnhere761
    @learnhere7612 жыл бұрын

    GREAT!

  • @kenzietownsend6644
    @kenzietownsend6644 Жыл бұрын

    When I changed the Bark texture Nodes from Flat to sphere it popped more visually. I guess it depends on the texture you import for this part. I tried all the options until I settled on sphere.

  • @joekraphel5113
    @joekraphel5113 Жыл бұрын

    How does one bake the leaf texture (with its alpha) to a game engine?

  • @garybrashier3796
    @garybrashier3796 Жыл бұрын

    Fab!!

  • @seviemin7709
    @seviemin7709 Жыл бұрын

    When i add texture to the tree its flat, i changed the settings like its in the video but it doesn't work. What do i do??

  • @mehrdad2685
    @mehrdad26852 жыл бұрын

    hi grant , could you please do more hard surface more complex practices like before too?

  • @ghazi1832
    @ghazi1832 Жыл бұрын

    +Rep PRO player Grant ABBITTTTTTT

  • @funnyanimalworld7579
    @funnyanimalworld75792 жыл бұрын

    Hello i wanted to ask if you got any blender 3d car to game engine workflow tutorials? I like making cars in blender but i dont really have expierience making them run in game engine, i am familiar with unity.I have questions about animating car wheels,interior dashboard and other stuff to make a game car

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Not yet no

  • @abenezerethiopiawi
    @abenezerethiopiawi2 жыл бұрын

    15 min video but me pausing it took 2 hours

  • @GifCoDigital
    @GifCoDigital2 жыл бұрын

    Great tut!! Any thoughts on how you would deal with texturing the trunk if this was more of a hero asset? The bark texture looks great on the main trunk but then the grain direction stays vertical even on the horizontal branches. Is there any way to deal with this other than UV unwrapping?

  • @grabbitt

    @grabbitt

    2 жыл бұрын

    Texture painting

  • @GifCoDigital

    @GifCoDigital

    2 жыл бұрын

    @@grabbitt thanks, got your new course, so ill check that section out! :)