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I am planning on modeling a low poly nature collection, but I can't find a way to make a low poly bush like the one in the image below.

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If anyone could mention the steps or make/find a video tutorial to the process of making a low poly bush like the one in the image, I would really appreciate it.

Thank you.

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The following is my result with about 5 minutes of work. Note that I used Cycles Render, as it is much better for the scene showed in your question.

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Modeling the Scene Minus the Berries

The key to this is Icospheres, which you can add using Shift + A > Mesh > Icosphere. Add an Icosphere. Key T to toggle open/close the Toolshelf and make sure there is only 1 subdivision.

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I scaled all of my Icospheres down on the Z-Axis by a factor of 0.7 by keying S, then Z, then 0.7. I then rotated to Top Orthographic View through Numpad 7, then Numpad 5. From there, used Shift + D to duplicate, S to scale, and G to drag them around appropriately.

I also added an Icosphere of 1 subdivision, which I dragged behind the camera and out of view.

Lastly, I added a ground plane, scaled up just enough so that it fills the camera view.

Materials

The lone Icosphere behind the camera got a Diffuse BSDF with Hex: FF0000.

The bushes got a Diffuse BSDF with Hex: 57E746. Note that you can add the material to one bush, select all of the others, select the one with the material, key Ctrl + L, and select Materials to copy the materials from one bush to the rest.

The ground got a Diffuse BSDf with Hex: 296C27

Berries

Select one of the five Icospheres that should have berries on it. Go to the Properties panel > Particle Systems tab and add a new particle system. Use these settings, but note that Icosphere.010 should be the name of your red materialed Icosphere.

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Select all of the bushes that should have berries, then select the one that you added the particle system to. Use this feature:

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Lighting

Select the default Point lamp. Change to the following settings. Note that the Color: is Hex: FFFECC

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Here is the .blend file:

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