Turning 2D pixel art into a 3D diorama using Blockbench

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I’ve explored the modelling program Blockbench in previous videos, but it just occurred to me that we could probably use this to create 3D dioramas of pixel art scenes - let’s test out a workflow for that!
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0:00 Intro
0:50 Proof-of-Concept
3:12 Adding More Dimension
5:13 Diorama Build
9:42 FINAL ARTWORK
10:15 CRT Time
10:45 VID OVER
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Software used: Blockbench (Version 4.6.5, on Mac), Adobe Photoshop 2022
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@DenerMartins99 5 месяцев назад

blockbench is such an amazing low poly modeling and minecraft software

@tsukiiiiiii 5 месяцев назад

As a Blockbench modeller, seeing BJG making another Blockbench video is a blessing to me

@yarikzhiga 5 месяцев назад

As a person who just loves pixel art, BJG making pretty much any video is a blessing to me

@Amieee 5 месяцев назад

Blockbench on top

@huzorg8457 3 месяца назад

Tsuki, can't one just add the image through blockbench?

@Nightfire613 5 месяцев назад

The approach you used for the title "proof of concept" would also be really good for planning out a shadow box. You could plan exactly what elements go on each layer without potentially wasting materials

@dkpsyhog 5 месяцев назад

DL2 is one of my favourite Kirbies, really appreciate seeing it here!

@BJGpixel 5 месяцев назад

Had a nice speedrun of it while prepping for this - such a fun game! :D

@alynnzz0491 5 месяцев назад

@@BJGpixelSometimes I wish that the Animal Friends' themes wouldn't play over the stage theme. Coo usually gets a pass, however.

@ElysianAura 5 месяцев назад

There's actually a pretty lovely program out there named Crocotile that works really well for this kind of workflow. It uses a sort of tile placing system instead of just mapping any polygon, which kind of makes it feel like using RPG maker but in 3d. I really like it personally.

@billrazor6591 5 месяцев назад

Blockbench is an amazing piece of software and a perfect way for a pixel artist to jump into 3D realm of digital art. Pixel art and low-poly 3D aesthetics fit so well together.

@neddyf00 5 месяцев назад

LOVE IT.... This is definitely how a new take on classic Kirby game could look like. Keeping the pixel love, adding 3D space.

@GuySoSly 5 месяцев назад

Your Snake and Barbie models motivated me to get back into 3D and I just published my first short using a model I made in Blockbench. Thanks so much Brandon, you're so smart and funny and cute and cool xoxo

@jacobaobert 5 месяцев назад

sunday mornings are made so much better with your videos.

@inky2412 5 месяцев назад

Seeing the title screen popped out in 5 layers was so cool, I really want to try this now!

@LeeChesnalavage 5 месяцев назад

This is really cool. It reminded me of the Street Fighter diorama you made out of card. That was literally taking the 2D to another dimension. 😂

@BJGpixel 5 месяцев назад

Totally! I think it probably helped having done that before; in terms of the breaking down and layering of it. It really is just digital papercraft 😅

@LeeChesnalavage 5 месяцев назад

@@BJGpixel You’ll have to do it again but make Kirby three-dimensional. 😮

@Gr8GooseYouTube 5 месяцев назад

@@BJGpixelhow do you do that cool timelapse near the end of the video?

@BurterButterbeans_Studio 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the clear instructions! I was able to follow along and used some of Kenney's assets 2D tiny dungeon tiles to make a 3d dungeon starting area 😎✨ For a game jam!

@DadVader 5 месяцев назад

This is so awesome. It would be cool to have this as 3D printed diorama 🥰

@BJGpixel 5 месяцев назад

Totally! I wonder if there's an easy way to export/convert the texture info for that 🤔✨

@DadVader 5 месяцев назад

@@BJGpixel yeah me to 🤔☺️

@davidaugustofc2574 Месяц назад

@@BJGpixel you can print the textures as stickers, cut and glue them.

@nathonso_edits 5 месяцев назад

That BMF reference was amazing

@bassguitarbill 5 месяцев назад

Agh this is so sick, what a cool program, and you have such a cool way of working with it, writing numbers on your planes like they're physical index cards and it's a real diorama

@jaredrobinson1953 5 месяцев назад

Very cool, the rotating title scene with layers reminds me a lot of the 3ds with the game and app titles that would show on the top screen when in the home menu.

@rubyellis2230 3 месяца назад

Now i want to see Grim Girl Hana's world modeled in Blockbench 💀🌸

@ImusNoxa 5 месяцев назад

2D to 3D transformations are really cool! It was a lot of fun seeing you pull Kirby into that extra dimension

@pixels_per_minute 5 месяцев назад

Blockbench is by far my favourite modelling tool for low poly works. The whole pixel art thing is just another cherry on top. I'm so glad you're doing these videos. We definitely need, or want, more.

@EdrickIvan 5 месяцев назад

Crocotile is perfect for this, you should try it out.

@creativejon3792 4 месяца назад

Dude, these are so cool. I swear if I had the time I would do something like this as well, but thankfully, I can have these experiences through your videos. Keep em coming Brandon!

@Soundy777 5 месяцев назад

Really straight forward but really visually interesting! Crackin content as always!! Can’t wait for more blockbench

@toadsworld 5 месяцев назад

I’m obsessed with your blockbench videos. Your artstyle transfers SO well to 3D!! Keep it up :)

@Chainsawctopus_ 5 месяцев назад

I was just watching a couple of your videos a few minutes ago! Love your stuff ^^

@amanda_g 5 месяцев назад

I always watch your videos not having a clue what's going on but always love the results! 😂 So fascinating, Ty for sharing! 🙏🏻

@ZeASK 5 месяцев назад

This is such a fascinating and cool process to watch, thank you for showing it!

@Atovange 5 месяцев назад

I will never get tired of your cozy pixel art videos

@thoracis 4 месяца назад

I have watched every single one of your videos and I neeeed more ❤❤

@Wagnerbaum 5 месяцев назад

I absolutely love this idea, I might try this myself sometime!

@jerrygeorge312 5 месяцев назад

Super cool project, your stuff is always so creative 😊

@zalhietzli 5 месяцев назад

Love the concept ! I would love to this more artworks done this way !

@leobrenes4917 5 месяцев назад

Really I learn a lot with your videos, thanks for all your work!! :D

@SethKotta 5 месяцев назад

Such a cool little diorama.

@goyolap 3 месяца назад

thanks for blockbench tutorial, love the idea

@SammyForReal 5 месяцев назад

That's such an cool idea, we need more of those ^^

@yytyyy5329 5 месяцев назад

Love it! Makes me want to learn how to use Blockbench on my laptop. Keep up the great work 👍 😁

@davidreavis2056 5 месяцев назад

This was awesome. Loved it!

@anthawnmcfarlane4567 2 месяца назад

Amazing!!! need more of these

@UltraAdamHacker 3 месяца назад

I love this style so much I even made my own diorama in blockbench

@artgeometrix6346 5 месяцев назад

This is a really cool piece of software. I really enjoyed watching this tuturial. Great job.

@melonypanda3571 2 месяца назад

I’ve never done 3D modeling before but this inspired me 🤩🤩

@bobsterhak714 4 месяца назад

Awesome work!

@imperfectimp 5 месяцев назад

I've been learning Blender lately, and happened to come across Blockbench by chance through the Minecraft community. I'm so jealous of Blockbench's ease of handling UV's.

@abunk8691 4 месяца назад

I think this video got recommended to me after watching some TerminalMontage and Kirby glitch videos on YT. Not an artist or anything but the final result you got by separating blocks of pixels into layers was cool. Also reminds me that I need to finish Dreamland 2 at some point.

@TheAnnyParker 5 месяцев назад

For the base texturing, you can select all polygons and then add a new texture, and it should color code everything automatically

@robiginal 5 месяцев назад

Cool video! This video inspired me to make my own with Super Mario Bros. 3 using the same application

@beanietasticday 5 месяцев назад

Kirby’s Dreamland 2 mentioned! Great model by the way!

@BluShiGuy 5 месяцев назад

Ooooh

@chizwiz123 4 месяца назад

Nicely done! i can see this as a 3DS game icon that turns when you select it

@boticland4342 5 месяцев назад

Ya know you could actually make a game with this much level of knowledge. Could you make a legend of Zelda artwork?, or Pokémon, I would love to see it.

@davidaugustofc2574 Месяц назад

You were on to something

@CKTDanny 5 месяцев назад

Awesome result from this one!! I think there's something particularly neat about seeing a diorama being modelled and rendered. It's like the cleanest presentation of the physical product. Extra points for translating one of your older artworks into it 🤩 Also I like your workflow of labelling each face. It feels really practical, just like labelling the various faces of a papercraft before unfolding it to draw on it! ✨

@BJGpixel 5 месяцев назад

Thanks! 😊 I was actually thinking - there's additional settings in BB for the way the texture file is laid out (...I tend to keep it on the defaults...) - but I'm curious if there's something there that would actually make it viable for papercraft prep... Maybe a future video idea!

@CKTDanny 5 месяцев назад

@@BJGpixel That's be a wicked video to see; designing a papercraft in BB and then folding it IRL! 🤩

@ZaidMustafa-bq2qq 5 месяцев назад

Hello, i have a question for you @@BJGpixel

@Boooo 5 месяцев назад

this is such a cool idea

@Syeno 4 месяца назад

the styles youre making need to become games. its so retro for the modern time

@Pebble_StudiosAnimations 5 месяцев назад

Interesting

@teo2805 5 месяцев назад

Another Brandon upload, another day saved

@LifeAfterBreakfast 4 месяца назад

Love it.

@EpicallyAverageDude 5 месяцев назад

ahhh this is so inspiring! I need to go find some screenshots! :)

@ragcat3732 5 месяцев назад

I love blockbench and love kirby so this is perfect to me also it came out very well :)

@Poyo494 4 месяца назад

One of my favorite Kirby games! Hope you do more Kirby stuff.

@sirdrakey Месяц назад

really great

@dynamicsketch Месяц назад

This is cool. I might need to play with Blockbench

@runningchief 5 месяцев назад

That would be cool way to plan out 8-bit shadowboxes.

@sirenoma3609 5 месяцев назад

Imagine 3DS port of this game with this style, when 2D sprites is on different layers and terrain is in 3D

@Tinyflower1 5 месяцев назад

for stuff like that crocotile3D is really nice, and I think there are add ons for blender that allow you to do this as well

@addmakerhd480 5 месяцев назад

So cute :)

@ohzenn 3 месяца назад

This would make a sick game!

@incompletosinti 5 месяцев назад

more blockbench yay

@alynnzz0491 5 месяцев назад

Just seeing the title screen for KDL2 (and well, the thumbnail), I already got an idea for KDL1's title screen. Or more accurately, Hoshi no Kirby 1. The Japanese version's title screen features a small portion representing Green Greens.

@holmat1 5 месяцев назад

this reminded me of the 3D Classics on the 3DS

@shooterdefronvrps2 5 месяцев назад

only detail missin is making the 2d planes overlap in a crossshape so they dont get infinitelly thin as you rotate that would involve more drawing for the characters but for simple stuff like the stars and planets it would greatly enhance the effect

@Tri-Beam Месяц назад

Every time I see a character getting hit by a brick or any orange rectangular object I immediately think of the “Hoopla!” Scene from SpongeBob

@JonBonCat 5 месяцев назад

So cool. My child self thanks you.

@nobodycarewho 5 месяцев назад

gave off some super paper mario vibes!

@simpli_A 3 месяца назад

I really want to see you do something like actually turning characters from these classic 2d games and making full 3d models, rather than just putting them on a plane

@MACH_SDQ 5 месяцев назад

Very gooood

@TheSparkgod 5 месяцев назад

Great video! This may be a weird ask, but I would be very interested in seeing how you tackle something more horror themed in a pixel art style, maybe something in the style of bloodborne.

@caliginous6514 5 месяцев назад

As a heads up, whenever you edit+save the texture file in another program it will update on blockbench in real time, so you dont need to save a different file every time

@Lexie_T 5 месяцев назад

Every one of your videos is so inspiring to me. I would honestly love to take a course from you and learn your way of thinking about pixel art in a much longer format

@CushionSapp 5 месяцев назад

Cool

@Bu11et_Hel 5 месяцев назад

This reminds me of the 3ds

@PixeloMian 5 месяцев назад

Man, this is amazing I really need to give it a try, good video and thanks for the inspiration ʕ⁠´⁠•⁠ᴥ⁠•⁠`⁠ʔ

@WieSoof 4 месяца назад

This guy should get his own section in the next r/place

@TheToonamiRevolution 5 месяцев назад

I possess almost no skills to do what you are doing sir. But fine, you win, I'll subscribe.

@badreality2 5 месяцев назад

This reminds me of the Super Mario Bros. 2 stage, in Melee.

@SporuTheCat 5 месяцев назад

just a thing i noticed on start, you could have also dropped the original "screenshot" texture over the template you made in blockbench and then change it like that, i use this method a lot :P (even if i dont make much textures)

@GrandeGio95 4 месяца назад

How can I make plane with both side visible during its rotation ?

@livanbard 5 месяцев назад

There is a whole game based around on that concept

@JackOfAllTradez_ 2 месяца назад

There are a couple, but I was thinking of either paper Mario the thousand year door or super paper mario

@cheesesentience 5 месяцев назад

"Be there or be square" Me:

@BIRDBOI 4 месяца назад

imagine this in 3d on the 3ds

@SuperProxyma 5 месяцев назад

A really cool video as always ! In blockbench you can move shape in UVs. So you don't have to duplicate the Star shape cube multiple times. you can draw one star and moves all faces to overlap on the part of the texture

@LgdFanta 5 месяцев назад

blockbench went from being a minecraft addons creator to a minecraft java optifine custom model creator to this now ? damn i didnt know blockbench was used for another things than minecraft

@dombomb64 4 месяца назад

“This is what Kirby will look like in the year 2000!”

@lyghtkruz 5 месяцев назад

Interesting, you made PaperKirby 😅

@ZephaniahNoah 5 месяцев назад

This reminds me of suckerpinch's 3D NES emulator.

@darth_hylian 5 месяцев назад

I would love an efficient way to do this on Blender. I tried following a tutorial like this one and it wasn't working correctly

@andypine4000 4 месяца назад

i have no idea how much this will matter, but i wanted to let you know that every time i see your uploads, i scream "WE LOVE BRANDON JAMES GREER!!!" to my fiance and hit play. ❤😂