# Low poly modeling

**URL:** <https://forums.sketchup.com/t/low-poly-modeling/208224>\
**Category:** 3D Printing\
**Created:** [September 17, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/low-poly-modeling/208224 "2022-09-17T06:39:13Z")\
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**Author:** ![enayalogi](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e495f1/32.png) [@enayalogi](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/enayalogi)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/low-poly-modeling/208224/1 "2022-09-17T06:39:13Z")

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Hey all, I’m relatively new to sketchup and I would like to model some low poly animals for a project I’m working on. Can anyone point me in the right direction to a tutorial for something along those lines? I have downloaded the quadface tools extension to achieve this but I haven’t been able to find too much along the lines of animal modeling [https://routerlogin.uno/](https://routerlogin.uno/). Thank you in advance for any info!

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**Author:** ![mihai.s](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/mihai.s/32/202022_2.png) [@mihai.s](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/mihai.s)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 7:22am UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/low-poly-modeling/208224/2 "2022-09-17T07:22:01Z")

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Follow this tutorial, it’s for Blender, but you can apply the way of working in SketchUp with the native tools (Line, PushPull, Move, etc). You can improve the way you work if you use the [Vertex Tools](https://evilsoftwareempire.com/vertex-tools/download) extension.

[![](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/original/3X/a/f/af1450c16ba7f61abcec786bcb2d6e653fd3a71e.jpeg "Low Poly Animals | Quick and Easy | Blender 2.8 | Basic Tutorial") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mT4XFJYq-4)

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**Author:** ![slbaumgartner](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/sketchup/user_avatar/forums.sketchup.com/slbaumgartner/32/7302_2.png) [@slbaumgartner](https://forums.sketchup.com/u/slbaumgartner)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2022, 1:19pm UTC](https://forums.sketchup.com/t/low-poly-modeling/208224/3 "2022-09-17T13:19:51Z")

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One of the keys to low poly modeling is to realize that materials combined with smooth shading can make a low poly model look quite nice. If I recall correctly, @TheOnlyAaron demos this in one of the YouTube videos.