User blog comment:BrickfilmNut/What I've Been Working On/@comment-4724333-20141122005410/@comment-3499785-20141122204147

@EpicWarrior72, oh we definitely want non-LEGO trees. It's just that my mind's been influenced by LU's style and I can't see usage of another type of "realistic" tree.

Even when the trees in LU are more realistic, they are still coherent with the other LEGO elements. Notice how LU trees didn't put in much details for the leaves and such. Everything's bigger, wider, and cost a lot fewer polys.