THE VIDEO SHELF · blender low poly modeling
Learn Low Poly Modeling in Blender 2.9 / 2.8
Imphenzia's 83-minute tutorial covers the low poly modeling techniques he learned over five years of Blender use, with timestamps from navigation and extrusion onward. It uses Blender 2.83 with default keys.
Why HN readers recommended it
It is the most-recommended beginner Blender tutorial on HN, with several people saying it made them comfortable in a couple of hours.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Imphenzia
- Topic
- blender low poly modeling
- Format
- tutorial
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2025
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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I uncomfortably poked at blender a few times over the years until this tut by Imphenzia, which made me comfortable in under 2 hours: [VIDEO]
artificialLimbs on Hacker News · 2021-10
In Apple Joins Blender Development Fundhey me too!! The video that finally helped me get going was this one from Imphenzia on YT: [VIDEO] all his other stuff is great, like building and rigging a low-poly character. Instead of having to follow tutorials and make stuff I didn’t want to, …
jolexxa on Hacker News · 2023-03
In Blender 3.5For Blender, I've really liked this video, and others by the same chap: [VIDEO] For game dev, I'd start with something with a UI and general-purpose like Godot or Unity, or if you're not a coder, maybe GameMaker and its ilk.
juanuys on Hacker News · 2020-12
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