All language subtitles for 03_02_idea_and_preparation

- In this video, let's have a quick look

on how I come up with my ideas

for the Cubic World scenes
and what I do to prepare them.

There are of course endless possibilities

on what stories you can tell
in the Cubic World style

whether it be a full short
movie, a simple animation

or just a single still render.

In the end it is totally
up to you what you create.

For me, I usually get an idea

by either seeing something
in the real world or online.

For example when I go out for a walk

and I see an abandoned house
or a nice place in the forest

or whatever it might be,
anything I find interesting

usually sparks an idea in my head

or online when I stumble
upon a nice artwork,

a trailer for a movie or video game,

these can also spark an idea in my head.

So the initial spark

for my idea can be lit by
basically anything I see.

I don't like to just recreate
a scene from the real world

or an artwork I see into
the Cubic World style.

That is why I always think
about if there's a twist

or something special
I can add to the scene

so it drives the viewer more into it.

A different approach is
researching for something specific

when you have a goal in mind

with the scene you want to create.

For example, here in these chapters,

I wanted to create a scene
that is not too complex

but involves everything important

so I can teach you all the fundamentals

of Cubic Worlds by creating
a full scene from scratch.

So after looking at some artworks,

I came up with an idea of creating a scene

with a cozy campfire.

This doesn't sound too complex

and we have a nice environment,

we have man-made objects like the tent,

we have the campfire where we
can play around with particles

and we could even place a character

in the scene if we like.

In this case as a little twist,

I came up with the idea to
place a big appendant robot

into the scene that is
lying around the campfire,

making it look and feel as

if it is giving shelter to the scene

and just having this robot in the scene

makes us wonder where does it come from?

And so we might imagine a
bigger world around the scene.

Now, when I have my initial idea,

here's what I prepare
before going into Blender.

The general idea of Cubic
Worlds is to keep it simple

especially the preparation phase.

It should feel more like
playing with LEGO bricks

rather than planning or building a house

or something like this.

That means I keep the
preparation also very simple.

First, I open up PureRef,
a nice little free tool,

download link in the video description.

And with this tool, you
can easily collect images

and create nice reference
boards for example.

I usually open sites like art station

and here in this case,

I searched for a campfire
and robot artworks

and just drag and drop the
images into PureRef I like.

So I build up this reference
board for my scene,

the Campfire artworks give me a good idea

on how I can light up the scene

and what mood I could
create and the robot images

give me some good references

later when I create the robot,

how I can shape different
of the robot for example.

Since Cubic Worlds is
like playing with LEGO,

we don't really need
any polished concept art

or something like this.

We are just using a reference images

and our own imagination to
put our scenes together.

It can be helpful to do
a quick rough sketch,

it doesn't have to be beautiful at all

but this gives us a quick idea
which objects we want to add

to our scene and how we
wanna assemble everything.

So, one last note here when
creating a Cubic World scene

from scratch, it is a
dynamic and creative process

where you will probably
try out different things,

add some elements, remove some elements,

try different lighting scenarios
and so on and so forth.

So there's a lot of
trial and error involved.

However, since I don't wanna
waist your precious time,

I created the scene once
where I tried different things

whent through the whole
trial and error phase

until I arrived at a
scene I was happy with.

And in these chapters,
I recreate the scene

which I've created and tested before.

That is why I know exactly
what I want to create

which values and colors I wanna use.

But this is of course not
the case when you just start

to create your own Cubic
World scene from scratch.

So just keep it in mind.

It is totally fine to
try out different things,

play around with your scene
and constantly change it.

And now either come up with your own idea

and use the following chapters

as guideline for your own scene

or just follow exactly what I
will show and teach you here.

This is totally up to you.

I'm super excited to see
what you will create.

So don't forget to share your final scene

with me when you are done.

And now let's get started.