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[@singpizza8547]

The smooth voice, The happy trees, Is it Bob Ross?

[@andarted]

[1:15] - Merge Shortcut has changed. It isn't _Alt_ + _M_ anymore. Now it's just _M._ [Today: 13.08.2020]

[@charancherricherri7571]

thanks

[@ardev4524]

god

[@imjessdandy]

I need to remember to check the comments first when I'm having a problem. Thank you :)

[@phantasy8139]

THANK YOU !!!!

[@SaskiaLinsey]

Thank you!!

[@sporospor]

Stop here: best Blender tutorial on this channel. Master Grabbit, as always, stands out from the crowd.

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@ihave200ksubscriber6]

Agree with you 💯

[@IanSRutter]

If anyone is watching in 2020 the Merge to Center is not ALT M it is now just M. Great video. I forgot to add this - If you are going to have small, medium and large sized trees. Create 3 different models with the appropriate number of polygons for the objects size and importance. I found out that if you are halving the size, halve subdivision as well. This creates cohesion. If you don't and you just duplicate trees or rocks and re-scale them, it can turn out your images could be a messy.

[@StereotypicalLotion]

Hello from 2 years in the future! I had to figure that one out myself xD

[@IanSRutter]

@@StereotypicalLotion Awesome stuff. Blender rules.

[@Bronzie_]

not working

[@IanSRutter]

@@Bronzie_ Not working. What is not working?

[@Bronzie_]

@@IanSRutter it worked ty for help

[@wojciechw7239]

Bob Ross of Blender?

[@hussainharoun]

Am a beginner and you are always doing it for we the beginners THANK YOU VERY MUCH MR GRANT ABBIT Still praying to meet personally one day

[@HammadATTARI]

me too a beginner. do not have a suitable computer to run Blender but still learning.

[@GinoZump]

me beginner too, will make tree. much thank

[@oskars_l]

Well all of us are beginners, we should call this a Beginers Age!, rather than some Millinials or Gen Z or or Gen X generation ;). Every pro learns himself all the time.

[@sir_justinius]

@@oskars_l hmh hmh Beginners. together, strong.

[@burgerfanman]

Note: [1:52] If you scaled down your cube before merging the vertices, the skin will look EXTREMELY lumpy. To fix this, select all vertices in edit mode, and scale it up until it looks normal. Then, in OBJECT MODE, scale it back down to the size you want.

[@necro9352]

thanks dude saved me a lot of time

[@kayanpracidelli6468]

Thanks!. Saved me a lot of trouble!

[@kavani5013]

Thank you so much brother 😍😍

[@reyeskarlstepheng.926]

Yooooooo this is the most reliable, very-simple tutorial I've ever been through. Thanks man, keep up the good work!

[@karstenz.8754]

This tutorial shows in a nice way that you do not need to create your desired object out of only one base object. Using more objects and combining them afterwards can give quicker results and also be easier to do, especially if you are not that experienced in modeling. Thank you for that

[@lamarkness]

Hey thanks for the tutorial. That way of shaping the tree I’ve never seen before and it’s a really cool trick.

[@_Iam777_]

You're my favorite Artist. Very well explained and pro tips. Thanks a lot.

[@danjirinnn]

Fantastic! I was JUST looking at low poly tree videos yesterday. Thank you!

[@grabbitt]

nice :)

[@contrahorizon2192]

It is amazing how all popular blender channels on youtube are working together

[@mynameisearlb]

man this video was awesome! I love how to the point you are and I especially loved that you threw little tips in there like the create a new instance thing. hadn't heard that before so thanks!

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@CaffeineInjected]

I love this channel and thank you Grant for what you do this is very helpful to myself as I start my journey down the wonderful path of game development, open world design, and blender.

[@grabbitt]

Thanks

[@lmowni6760]

I just realize using your technique to sketch is much easier for me to animate, thank you so much

[@JL-mf4qx]

This is the first ever blender model I tried as a fresher it took solid 3 hours for me to model this and I'm happy that it came out really well Thanks for the great tutorial keep up the great work.😇

[@aroojmaqbool1784]

i really want to ask that where r you standing now after 3 years because im also a fresher so that i also can figured it out that how it become also easy for me one day...

[@bassemb]

Beautiful methods! I added some Bevel modifiers here and there to soften certain shapes like the ico spheres

[@zikpin]

Very good (perhaps one of the best ) tree modeling tutorial. 👍👍

[@dancing4self]

Thank you! I love your tutorial and...your voice! Tender and calm. Thank you :)

[@Carlos-kr4nz]

Hi. Thanks for your video. A good way to fill the notches in the tree is using the option Faces / Fill Grill. If you have any gap in your mesh you can use this tool and with the option Offset change the way Blender fill the gap until you are happy with the position of the faces. If the gap is big, you can save a lot of time. I´m sure you knew that but can be very useful for the rest.

[@lorddarthvader6289]

This is so much better than manually making a tree. really saves time and even makes a better looking one

[@Synapticsnap]

I guess I messed up on the Pine tree and made the needles parts all in the wrong mode so when I was in Object mode I could only select the whole tree not the individual parts. So I remembered from an earlier Tutorial of Grants' that in Edit mode I could "separate by parts" under the "Mesh -Separate" tabs and voila it worked :P Great teacher!

[@tt128556]

Cool little trick I learned from one of Imphenzia's (another great Blender master for beginners) videos: if you change the Snap With to "Active", you can just Shift + RMB to change the location of 3D cursor to top of another branch, Shift +D to duplicate the icosphere and Ctrl + point at the top of the branch to snap the duplicated icosphere to the new location.

[@tomobrien4182]

Such a high quality video and very informative, thanks!

[@BramvanVliet]

Great video as always Grant! I really like the idea on creating awernes for this topic this way. 🌲

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :) Your models are looking better with each post (twitter) as well. nice work :)

[@Strunzi219]

Awww, I was really excited so see you render a forest at the end. Still a great video nonetheless

[@grabbitt]

i did think about that :)

[@Trilogytunes]

An absolutely amazing tutorial for complete Noobs for me, you my friend got a new sub!

[@viniciusps01]

You're really good. Thank you! I would love to watch more low poly videos!

[@678crazydave]

Awesome and easy tutorial. Thank you for this!

[@lonelylama5222]

I really like the low poly style it’s pretty easy and it looks cool :)

[@tante4dante]

This is so great! I was thinking of doing something similiar like making a mobile game and then donating through global givings api to tree planting charities, but the conversion wouldn't have been no way nearly as efficient! like a big chunk would have gone loss, like apple/google taking a chunk, global giving taking a chunk, that like it would have needed 10 $ for a tree or so... 1$ per tree is so fucking awesome! so happy you made me aware of this! thank you

[@grabbitt]

nice :)

[@riteshmenon8967]

The video from 2019.... The good old days...

[@anatolatgmail]

Thanks! Really like your tutorial format

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

I had no idea there was such a better way to make trees! That is so freaking quick! Thank you for sharing this! Defiantly looking forward to making my trees for my game. ^ ^

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@AngelCnderDreamer]

@@grabbitt Np! :)

[@doganinds]

very clear and understandable expression. Thank you

[@vyorkin]

Super awesome tutorial! Thank you, now I can create trees :)

[@getfanmedia]

"Wow, you are so skilled!" THANKS FOR SHARING

[@mordfustang1933]

This trick is so useful for a variety of things ex) handles for vase

[@ReplaySTK]

In 11:50 if someone is rotation the leaf and the tree are rotate together, you created the leef with the tree, go to Edtir Mode use "L" key to select leaf right button mouse and "Separete" -> "Selecetion" and the leaf will be just the leaf not the tree.

[@makyg4594]

For those who don't have such a nice result: - enable ambient occlusion and increase the distance.

[@arktoriusmaximusIV]

thx Grant, simple tutorial but every time new knowledge

[@joeywaffles1463]

If somebody has problems that u get big cube like meshes ... go on the top under mesh -> transformation -> Skin Resize [Ctrl + A] => its for the skin modifier to scale down the "thicknis" around the edges xD

[@user-qz1iy3ue9g]

only tutorial that worked for me thank you so much

[@mahdimuhibbi9484]

Thank you man, I'm a beginner and what you do is just awesome.

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@CHIFAN2]

Very good tutorial! Thank you! :)

[@kameren9131]

YES, needed this help haha thank you very much :D

[@kellyrodgers9326]

Brilliant tutorial. Thanks.

[@gisdeveloper]

Thanks ! I enjoy this tutorials !

[@pinkfuleo4652]

I’ll definitely buy u a drink when I’ll start earning ❤️

[@grabbitt]

:)

[@SKELETON_FN]

Great tutorial. Thank you! I got stuck @ 1:15 when you mentioned ALT-M to Merge. Turns out you don't need to press ALT in 2.9 :)

[@even___]

This was really simple. Thanks!

[@NewMediaServicesDe]

done. what an amazing idea. thanks guys!

[@grabbitt]

Nice

[@michabednarski5555]

Keep doing tuts :) I learnt so much :) Thank you :)

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@JBGameplay]

Right now 6.855+ Trees has been modelled, Grant also you make the world a bit beter! ^^

[@randomizedproductions5749]

Thank you so much! now i know how to make a good tree for my game icon! also congrats on your rating for this vid 9 dislikes and 1.4k likes? amazing!

[@grabbitt]

Glad you liked it!

[@externaldesign7163]

thx I was looking for a quick and easy way to make trees

[@Eric-bj6ym]

This guy is a badass, perfect tutorials for blender

[@Art_Logic]

Thanks, it is really fast and beautiful)

[@millylamp362]

thankyou i'm making antlers and i used this technique.

[@0xSimple]

Thanks for your video, I learned so much :D

[@namtong577]

Simple and beautiful

[@nervouskrystof]

I learned more in 5 minutes than in full 30 mins tutorial LOL!

[@wolfofgameday8505]

hit us with a how too on clothes video!! this was awesome btw i learned so much!!

[@whizedevil]

Excellent tutorial

[@googlereviewguy7574]

My man! Fantastic video!

[@jasperbrooks2118]

The simplest way to make a tree is, start with a cube, extra face upward and, scale it down and, twist them a bit . . where you want branches, add loop cuts and, extrude a single face and, bend it upwards and, make a ' bulp ' at the end, by scaling four extrusions, so they ' bulge ' out or, Seem big - - then, add some quick materials and, Boom Simple tree, Your trees are nice but, they Not single mesh, if you do it this way, it one, continuous mesh Or, Object . . I Don't know if that's important but, I Dig it - - § Your trees look nice too, Though, and, they Look good in a Game Or, movie - -

[@TheJP100]

Having them be a single mesh is indeed very good for video games as it usually reduces the amount of times the draw function has to be called to draw an object. AFAIK you can just join the objects after modelling them like shown in this video, that way you would probably get those trees as a single mesh too.

[@maze8379]

This is amazing, first tree in only 3 minutes

[@DenisGareev]

Nice work!

[@shafranskaya]

Thank you again, your videos are amazing and helped me a lot1

[@LanceC09]

Thanks for the video. Im wondering if you could potentially make a tutorial video with creating pixel art textures for 3d models. As looking online it is confusing as I believe you have to create the model using grid snapping to have the texture clean, but im not sure.

[@grabbitt]

Yes I will eventually

[@GhostCreeper]

love the tutorials.I may do some videos on doing these tutorials because some funny stuff happens lol,Like my ico sphere is one giant sphere with missing faces here and there even when i scale it down,and when i did hte skin mod on trunk i had to scale it down because it was a huge blob of polygons. Edit: And i found out why my stuff was being crazy.

[@grabbitt]

what did you find as the solution

[@demonlesse]

I need this answer

[@julianwildauer]

Awesome as always THX so muuuuuuuuuuccccchhhhh!🧡💛💚💙💜🤎🖤

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@backyardchickenfarmer38]

always inspire me to do something new, thanks :)

[@grabbitt]

Happy to hear that!

[@21metalGears]

great to see you in team trees!

[@tgxeuan1463]

Thx so much grant this has really helped!

[@DearNotebook]

3d trees just can give vibe of ghibli trees in totoroo

[@CubesAG]

Easy and fast thank u so much 😭♥️

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@ahmetomercicek5848]

Thanks Grant , it worked for me.

[@linshu6141]

If u want to use the third tree in a video game make the leaves a little bit thicker or u will have maybe graphic bugs / glitch's and it's anyways better for the performance.

[@lioshappiness]

Always come back to this video everytime!

[@mistercode4738]

therapist: 2b2t is virtual server, it does not exist in real life 2b2t irl: teamtrees

[@BlockTSB]

I made this model for my game and its amazing :)

[@tayzaikianime4072]

You are the best Grant !!!!

[@verdantis9960]

Excellent tutorial. I like your calm but concise way of explaining things. You don't talk too fast and you are very beginner friendly in your explanations. I learned so many new skills from this one video. I am only learning in order to design things for 3D printing, but the majority of this video was relevant for me. Thanks very much. New sub from me. :D

[@whengamersrise4846]

great video thx

[@CodingWithAdri]

Im not a beginner Im not a pro but this is very helpful thank you Mr. Grant Abbit

[@Goya7771]

Thanks!

[@mr-mayo7168]

Thank You

[@Anuarbek86]

Very good, Thanks teacher!

[@grabbitt]

Thanks 😀

[@CrypticzXI]

10 / 10 You are a master!

[@gim-ori]

awesome!

[@creeyuwan2733]

Thanks a lot !

[@marcopiadasnoturnas]

YOU SAVE MY LIFE, THANKS KKKKKKKK

[@LieutenantSilver]

Just a neat little trick with the Skin-Mod: in the Properties Sidebar [N-key] you can review the numerical values associated with each vertex' skin radii. They are called "Radius X" and "Radius Y" and sit in _Properties Sidebar [N] > Item-tab > Transform-section > Vertex Data_ below the Bevel-Weight bar. Checking the numerical setting can be useful in case a node in the branch-structure has the wrong thickness and you don't want to under- or overscale it. Additionally Ctrl+A's Skin-Rescale is implemented like a normal tool. This means limiting by the X- or Y-axis works just like the regular Vertex Transformation Tools and even the Proportional Editing Tool [O-key] can be used to scale neighboring vertices quickly. So the whole trunk can be done in as little as one single re-scale.

[@LieutenantSilver]

If anybody wants the tree models in a unified mesh: 1) Object Method: add the icospheres in Object Mode as separate from the trunk and unify them by adding a Boolean Modifier to the trunk, set to Union with the icosphere selected as the Object in the dropdown-list. 2) Mesh Method: pull the foliage-bubble away from the branch, inset [I-key] a smaller face on one of the foliage-faces near the branch, select both the face on the tip of the branch and the inset foliage face and bring up the Edge Quick Menu [Ctrl+E] to connect them with Bridge Edge Loops.

[@grabbitt]

Nice idea thanks :)

[@LieutenantSilver]

Another good trick for low-poly modeling in particular is customized quick access to merging: since Remove Doubles has become _Mesh > Clean Up > Merge by Distance_ I've bypassed it [RMB to bring up context menu with the desired shortcut-target selected] via the Quick Favorites menu [Q-key]. That way I can quickly grab vertices or edges, edge-slide them [G x2] into other vertices and fuse them. Another good addition is _Overlays > Geometry: Face Orientation_ as a convenient reminder for beginner to keep models clean.

[@LieutenantSilver]

*Low Poly Douglas Fir* Ref. woodyplants.wdfiles.com/local--files/pseudotsuga-menziesii/pseudotsuga_menziesii_tree.JPG The Douglas Fir's foliage is less fanned out than the 3rd tree in the video and its needles hang in heavy clusters from its branches. Yet the species maintains a strong, majestic appearance thanks to its upward-swept branch-growth. An elegant low-poly approximation is a banana with a boomerang cross-section: 1) insert a cube and stretch it longer by about x3 2) insert loop cuts for shape definition, this design requires 3 faces for branch length and width, 2 for height 3) grab all width-edges on the front bottom and rear bottom and edge-slide [G x2] them upwards into center-height, then Merge by Distance to remove excess vertices 4) on the front select the upper and lower center face and scale them to zero [Median-Pivot!] along the width-axis, then Merge By Distance again 5) select the two top-faces in the front, the three top-faces in the rear and on the top deck the dead-center and rear-center faces and scale them inward along the width-axis by about 0.300 6) on both sides select the top and bottom center faces at half-length, scale them inwards along the width-axis by about 0.500 and pull them downwards by about 0.800, then on the top select the dead-center face and pull it down by about 0.400 7) on both sides select the bottom center faces at half-length and scale them outward across the width 8) on the rear select the bottom-center edge and pull it upward to form a roughly square top-center face for a well-proportioned branch-attachment shape You should now have an upwards-swept branch with downwards-hanging needle leaves made of 132 tris. Scale and randomize the proportions to your liking. To complete the fir, add a tall thin cylinder to serve as a trunk and scale the top circle to taper it. Duplicate the branch and rotate them around the trunk [mind the Pivot-setting]. Insert loop-cuts to provide faces to connect the branches to with [Ctrl+E > Bridge Edge Loops]. The larger lower branches are heavier and have a less pronounced upwards-sweep. If the tree is supposed to tower over other trees with a long branchless trunk-section, extrude the bottom-ring of the trunk straight down because tree-trunks only taper on foliage-sections for reasons related to mechanical stress. _Then whistle the Halo theme song because you know this conifer design reminds you of something!_

[@LieutenantSilver]

*Low Poly Aloe Vera* Ref. infogalactic.com/info/File:Aloe_vera_flower_inset.png The complicated tangling of the succulent's leaves can be beautifully simplified in low-poly style using one of Blender's built-in primitives: 1) insert an ico sphere 2) switch to Vertex-Selection [1], wireframe-display [Shift+Z] and from a side-view [Numpad 1] box-select [W] all vertices in the top half of the sphere, switch the Pivot-Setting to 3D-Cursor-based and flatten the northern hemisphere by scaling along the height-axis to zero [S, Z, 0] 3) switch to Face-Selection [3], grab only one of the flattened triangles and extrude [E] straight up, then merge all vertices at center [Alt+M, "At Center"] 4) repeat for most or all of the flat triangles, tris near the center should be extruded taller than tris near the rim 5) switch back to Vertex-Selection [1], box-select [W] all spike-vertices and fan them out by scaling with Cursor-Pivot along the horizon-plane [Shift+Z] Randomize the shape to your liking and populate your forest with succulents. _Then realize that succulents don't look natural next to Douglas firs, erase your composition and model some Mediterranean conifers and palm-trees instead._

[@MilanKarakas]

Simple and effective.

[@nonamer1066]

thank you!

[@arte_di_Tiziano]

Grazie !!👏👏👏👏👏 bellissimi!

[@manueldirecto]

nice brooo God Bless you.

[@grabbitt]

Thanks :)

[@lmlstudio2008]

thanks!