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PolyWood: Clever concepts of wooden toy animals rendered in polygons

Looking at these beautiful toy animals, you would think they were hand-crafted out of real wood. In actual fact, they are clever digital concepts dreamed up by Polish freelance illustrator and 3D artist, Mat Szulik – purely as a personal project that he carried out in his spare time.

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Wooden low-poly elephant sculpture with curved tusks, rendered in shades of pale tan and cream against a white surface

Born out of a desire to explore his low poly style, and push it to the absolute extreme – he wanted to create a product design that would be as close to the real thing as possible. Naming the series PolyWood v1.0, the eight realistic creatures are based on polygon illustrations which have then had wooden textures applied to them.

Based in Rybnik, Poland, Mat loves to create sci-fi worlds as well as children's illustrations for books and unique board games. You can discover more of his work on Behance.

Via Behance

Wooden textured low poly digital sculpture of a coyote or fox standing in profile against a white background
Low-polygon wooden fox standing among stylised trees in a snowy forest scene from Mat Szulik's PolyWood series
Two wooden polygon-style giraffes, one larger and one smaller, rendered in low poly digital design with wood textures against a blue-grey background
Two wooden polygonal giraffe sculptures with geometric faceted surfaces against a white background
Wooden carved elephant from Mat Szulik's PolyWood series, showing geometric faceted surfaces and long tusks against a white background
Low-poly wooden stag sculpture with angular faceted body and detailed antlers against a white background
Wooden low-poly deer sculpture with branching antlers, shown in profile against a white background
Low poly wooden toy animals with wood shavings, featuring a grasshopper in sharp focus with blurred carved creatures in the background
Close-up of a low-poly wooden toy animal with angular facets and natural wood texturing from Mat Szulik's PolyWood series
Low polygon wooden frog rendered in 3D with faceted surfaces and wood texture, positioned on a light surface with shadowy frog silhouettes visible in the background
Low polygon wooden toy crocodile with textured surface against blurred background
Wooden low-polygon bear figurine in focus with other carved animal sculptures blurred in the background
Wooden low-polygon toy bear with angular facets, lit by soft natural light against a blurred cream backdrop
Three framed prints from Mat Szulik's PolyWood series showing low-poly wooden toy animals and a stylised tree design hanging on a white wall
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