Digital Lego City: The Alley | Episode 1

[@slloydh4077]

ive been hunting for hyperdetailed and creative Lego city channels ever since discovering @Brickcrafts a few months ago. Money and space are such stiflers of these types of projects and you have really opened my eyes to the possibilities of digital tools/rendering. Super excited to see your progress!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! I want to see how far I can take realistic digital renders of full layouts (not just individual buildings).

[@tylerkrazy]

Hi 😊

[@CanosieLabs]

@@tylerkrazy hi!

[@mr.fantastic9683]

Look at @BrickWorldInternational

[@loganwillis815]

Lionbricks has a good city build, but they don't post that often anymore

[@adamernster2471]

Wow. I really had no idea this was level of realism possible. Amazing work 👍🏻👍🏻

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! Yeah, I'm glad I can do this. See where it goes.

[@LarrysLego]

This is incredible! Details like the camera shake and focus, extra pieces in the background, and even a "physical" table contextualising the location of everything in the digital world as if it were physical makes it feel so real and is all so clever. Well done, and I can't wait to see more :)

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! Yeah, I really wanted to give the feel as if this was a real build so I put stuff that would be there if it was physical.

[@ben_nerf_lego]

@@CanosieLabsand there should be some motion blur when the camera moves quickly

[@aid-geneering]

I can't believe this. I was confused by the title, thinking "Wait, that's not digital???" Then you said you made it in Blender and I was like dang! Keep up the great work :D

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@cw5900]

This is amazing! If you didn’t say it was digital it would be very hard to tell - I’m very intrigued to see how this project progresses :)

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! I'm really interested to see what I can do with it too...

[@eriebrick]

You have a fantastic eye for design; your digital industrial city is looking really impressive. I own a large Lego parts store and would love the opportunity to bring your renderings to life so they can tour the USA convention circuit. The first enhancement I can think of is incorporating different brown and grey shades of brick elements that are found in older Lego collections, (digital software often neglects these slight palette color differences, but they look awesome together when creating a weathered look). My next suggestion to help achieve the photorealistic environment is to use skin-toned minifigures from the newer sets. There's newly released minifigure accessories that really make factory workers and construction contractors shine. SUBSCRIBED & excited to see your city's expansion!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! Especially for the idea regarding the slightly different grey and brown shades.

[@woodreg]

This is the most beautiful build I've ever seen - a) you can't tell it's digital, and b) the way you've built it, the design is really original and inspirational. Can't wait for the next video!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@nothxplsthx]

I hope this the first of many videos, and maybe even a new series or genre. I love hearing the methodology and mental planning as you're showing how it's accomplished. I would also be very interested in a work flow/how to/copy this effect style video, whether you tell us how you do it, or show us how to do it ourselves, I am absolutely interested in seeing more! I too feel so limited by my physical space, and Lego budget, but grew up building with Lego Digital Designer.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks for the feedback!

[@filmraider]

Would really be interested to see tutorials on how you did this with studio and then exporting it to blender. This is amazing stuff

[@daveloomis]

I was pretty sure you were pulling our legs until I saw the repeating texture in the empty table. Absolutely phenomenal.

[@uglygiantbagsofmostlywater]

Man this is so trippy. What an amazingly realistic render. I can kinda see it in the blur of the bokeh and shadows but that's maybe because I'm trying my best to look for signs (it feels off, but I couldn't say why). Of course all the bricks and background details are flawless but you could've just been really neat. I like how you even added a little camera wobble and bricks that change orientation in the time-lapse stuff.

[@CanosieLabs]

haha thanks for noticing the brick movement in the time-lapse!

[@danethenice]

I think it's the unnatural camera movement that makes it feel off. Other than that it looks completely real to me

[@heyitsme1618]

Really amazing. I'd absolutely be interested in a side video discussing the lighting, shading and rendering setups and challenges you overcame. Love it when creators take you "behind the curtain" and show their process.

[@CanosieLabs]

yeah, I think I will do that, I had some interesting things I had to do to get the look-and-feel I was going for. Thanks!

[@namelessviewer]

It took me a moment to realize all of this was rendered. I thought the initial buildings were built out in reality for inspiration/direction. This is phenomenal work. Very excited to see this series progress!

[@shavranotheferanox7809]

the fact you add the camera wobble and the tiny nudges of the bricks in the background when "constructing" a segment genuinly fools my brain into thinking this must be real, even though you state so many times that it isnt, its incredibly impressive

[@tyler.w123]

The level of detail is insane! Not oversimplisitic or overcomplicated. The perfect amount of texture and colors.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@DTL_Builds]

Great idea when you don't have enough space. Also a huge cost savings too!! This is interesting, keep it up, i'm subbed.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@nathanp39]

As a Lego build, these building and streets look awesome. As Blender renders, they look perfectly photorealistic. I would love to see the side videos on how you do this. Looking forward to seeing the city grow!

[@hitthebricks5502]

Can't wait to see more videos, had no problem watching this all the way through, will actually watch it a few more times for detail inspiration for my new Lego City. Thanks! 😊

[@user-ug3kk1ts9t]

Love this - beautiful build. My favorite part is from 6:24 to 6:43 😁 more videos!

[@Dan-1031]

4:18 “the front wall has all of its windows bricked up” AYE YOOOO?????!!!!!

[@eves.2825]

This looks so real. I have a hard time believing it’s not. Amazing

[@benfrastructure]

This is awesome. All the creativity, none of the cost!

[@CanosieLabs]

Thanks! It was pretty fun to do it too. Still working on an expansion of the city.

[@beni_benyei]

Immediately in love with this series!!

[@radianttakanuva8388]

This is so cool! It's awesome to see the digital side of the hobby seem so real, and this seems attainable. I can't have a 200,000 piece, room filling lego city. But this? It's possible and insanely cool

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@AsapAnimation]

Sick! I was totally convinced it was real at first! And I work in film, so I should've noticed haha! Good job

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@citrinesanimations]

This is actually sick

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@HR-yd5ib]

This is amazing on both the LEGO design and that this is supposedly digital?!?! I honestly cannot tell that this is not real. Better than any Hollywood CGI i have seen.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@MrSweet8766]

I like the concept of doinf it digitally, opens up new opportunities with scale etc.

[@disregardthat]

dude, this is a genius idea for a series. earned yourself a sub. I am not into 3D modelling/rendering myself, but I would still watch some "making of" behind the scenes stuff just cause of how convincing these renders are. got me curious

[@thelicensednerd1626]

Genuinely staggered that's absolutely amazing

[@remcoh5793]

Great video, I've tried something similar in the past and it wasn't even close to this but therefore I do realise a bit how much work's gone into this video, so hats off! Looking forward to see the expansion of your city

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! Hoping to see how far I can make these realistic Lego city renders.

[@grishicat2172]

Keep it up, I already like what I'm seeing!

[@CanosieLabs]

Thanks!

[@AXPDougie]

I’ve always wanted to make an old warehouse looking building to house my car collection for display. I will definitely be using some of the techniques in this video. Thanks for taking the time to make this. It was very well done.

[@TheWalrussMan]

Honestly, this might be the coolest thing I have ever seen! Making a Lego City in blender? What an awesome idea!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@TheMrBigJeff]

Yo - Canose - I am in absolute AWE of your work on SO many levels. The render work, the city design, the lego design, the detailed format with reference work and the shots used to capture all of that - DUDE. Incredible work, truly, on so many levels. Kudos. I would ask, for future videos, that you reduce the shake in the shaky cam moments: they really add to the realism of it all, I cannot deny; keep most of them in but when getting close to the “models” please reduce the shake so I don’t feel so sea sick whilst trying to take in the detailed work: I can’t see the detail of the lego render (and, maybe that’s on purpose which is totally understandable not to break the illusion of reality: the renders look truly lifelike. But the design of the the whole thing, the actual thought that went into each part of the build; fantastic and awe inspiring work. Thank you for sharing. I really appreciate it.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks for the kind words and feedback!

[@chriscummings4206]

It would be interesting to see what your talents could do with scenes from movies, such as Blade Runner, using LEGO.

[@CeeseCloudsGaming]

This is some of, if not the best lego detail I've ever seen...

[@AlexBeije]

The effort youve gone through to immitate a real lego video is a cinematic masterpeice honestly 😂🔥

[@vaulty926]

simply the best ive seen on youtube

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@rimmidesign1556]

Stunning! Speechless!!!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@BricksNJitzz]

Dude, credit to you for being honest when you totally could have lied, this looks insanely real

[@CanosieLabs]

haha thanks!

[@Omega_o7]

Awsome start to your city! I realy enjoied watching this Video and your idea behind it in general.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@nozyspy4967]

Honestly i wondered why this video was called 'digital lego city' at first as it looked totally real.

[@alexbalaguer5740]

one of the coolest things I’ve seen done in Lego!! Def going to be following this series

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks for the kind words!

[@jenssolheim4860]

Wow, can’t wait to see the rest 🙌🙌

[@lordtelion]

This is insane.... Even knowing this is digital and looking for the tell, tell signs of repeated textures, clipped geometry, polygon edges my brain refuses to accept it. I can litterally see 4 identical mdf boards, with identical patterns but my brain is just like, nope this is genuine footage. Man this is some quality work, fucking gg

[@williambassett5235]

This is insanely good, I'd love to see more of what you can do to the city!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@djzonque4770]

Cool! Looks like a place I’ve lived many years ago

[@CanosieLabs]

hey thanks!. Yeah, the scene is 'based' on some real areas were I've been.

[@Biglick_bricks]

Incredible rendering, and very detailed. Great work 👏

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@panamared1981]

Amazed. Truly an inspiration. I’ve been dragging my feet on launching my own channel. Because I think everything is LEGO has been over done… but this is unique and a breath of fresh life into LEGO content. I need to get in the game.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks! Just go for it!

[@derLenno]

I just can not believe that this is made digitally. WOW!

[@GerbenWijnja]

For the first few minutes, I was in doubt whether you were lying, and it was actually real, until you started fading in parts while the camera was moving (which would not be possible). This is amazing, I have never seen this level of realism in a LEGO render.

[@CanosieLabs]

haha, thanks!

[@patrick924]

Man just solved the biggest issue with lego collecting, building and space.

[@illygah]

this is so fucking cool. I still am really amazed at how specific and familiar you were able to make this to the original location (sterling rd and bloor st. Toronto). and knowing this place days are numbered makes this a really appropriate tribute. LOVE IT

[@illygah]

the whole world should be lego-fied

[@CanosieLabs]

Yeah, that's exactly the area! ...and it is sure changing fast. A lot of the "cool" old warehouses are gone. Another thing is that the old roads are being replaced with new neighborhoods and once google maps updates, you can't get streetview on the older roads.

[@illygah]

@@CanosieLabs Google might trick me into Alzheimer's with that kind of customer service. How did you get the spacing and sizing so accurate? Did you work from the 3Dmassing model or the DEM data? It looks like it was all measured with a tape measure. I farted around with making digital Lego architecture-scale Toronto with the aforementioned data in a software called "LSculpt" before realizing how ambitious it actually was. Are you submitting this to IDEAS?

[@illygah]

love it! I find this work of art extremely touching. So dope.@@CanosieLabs

[@riaanpretorius3699]

This looks absolutely amazing!!!!!! I am in awwwwwww

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@bradwavemb]

Finally a LEGO city that doesn't cost 1 billion dollars.

[@CanosieLabs]

lol yeah...

[@bradwavemb]

@@CanosieLabs I bet It cost you a huge amount of hours of work though. Really impressive stuff: details, render quality, camera movements, all top notch!

[@CanosieLabs]

@@bradwavemb Yeah, it was lot of hours, especially at the beginning when I had to try out a few things to see what worked and didn't work.

[@doubleedgedfist1535]

This looks real! I’m highly impressed.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@joydivision1976]

Wait you're telling me that all of this footage is rendered? Wow... I'm stunned!

[@TheXevanosTM]

This is just magnificent! I've got a feeling your blendered city is going to end up breathtaking, allbeit definitely an expensive project if someone were to build it IRL!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@Sseven_Andreas]

I really enjoy your building style!!! I've been looking for this kind of MOCs for a long time. Also I am a big fan of industrial areas, they have some kind of charm. Due to the part limitations I mainly build city scale replicas of real cars, but fitting them into the similar to yours environment is my dream) Immediately subscribed and waiting for the updates)

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@hoarder66]

The thumbnail reminded me of The Walking Dead. "All who arrive survive, Terminus"😂😂

[@CanosieLabs]

oh, I just looked it up. Wow you are right, it does look like it. Haha

[@hoarder66]

@@CanosieLabs it really does. Great job

[@ingocernohorsky]

Really good. Not like many other lego towns. Using lego as it ment to be. Creating your own ideas. Love it

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@AFOLTV]

Cool to see our construction / traffic barrels in it - awesome render!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@autofigure00]

I love these city / buildings being based off very real and familiar style buildings most people would actually see in regular cities (in the US at least).

[@redengineer1753]

Well that was quite convincing.

[@Infernoblade1010]

I literally can't wrap my head around this not being a physical construction!!

[@KlutchDecals]

Welp, easiest sub ever. Great work!! Im interested in the blender build process also!!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@Blemonade1]

Really intriguing idea! As a long time blender user, i'm especially impressed with the reflections and the bump variations on the tiles. It would be super interesting to see you taking advantage of doing it digitally, and animate some driving trains, smoke, cars and maybe even people going about their everyday lives!

[@nigelhill74]

Gorgeous!!!!! Can’t wait to see more!

[@joshjordan1868]

Amazing work. Immediate subscribe. Cant wai't to see this city take shape!

[@JBBrickFanatic]

Bro this is insane! Well done! Subscription added.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@puppetguy8726]

You seem to be a really good build designer! I have subscribed! 😀

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks for the kind words!

[@DailyWeeklyBuilds]

Wow this looks so good!

[@pixelasm]

HOLY SMOKES the 3D renderings are super realistic, well done work

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@deadalus1991]

At first i thought you built everything, so you can photoscan it or something, but this look sincredible! And way cheaper than buying all of this in lego.

[@DerGer81]

This is just incredible!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@infamousKONVICT]

I am blown away by the video, great job. Only way I could really tell it's digital was some parts in colours that don't exist.

[@davidanthonychilds4460]

Some great ideas here. Thanks for sharing.

[@karens8633]

Very Impressive! 👏

[@tetraxis3011]

This is the most realistic render ive ever seen ong.

[@Guerrila_man]

Only after both videos i realised they are digital thats so cool

[@thephm]

Definitly do a video on the technical/Blender stuff! If you hadn't mentioned it (and excluding the "impossible" floating construction progress), I'm not sure if I would even have noticed that it''s not real.

[@CanosieLabs]

Thanks! Yeah, I'll probably do a Blender specific video on how I did the renders.

[@nervous696]

Najlepsze miasto lego na youtube, inni powinni sie uczyc od ciebie.

[@haphazard1342]

This is really fantastic! It would be very cool to see an occasional technical video. Or perhaps, to contextualize the project, you could build in the render in the intro: start with wireframe and add layers of detail and complexity to build the final render. Just to help people understand the level of work involved.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks for the feedback. Appreciate it!

[@NilsvN_]

this is so cool!! really really well done, the buildings look great

[@KikijeanN]

Oh my god! I love this idea of a digital lego city! And I love the incredible lego builds you designed and the amazing renderings you made with them! I definitely would like to see a video about the technical digital side of this. Also these are -I think- the most realistic and alive-feeling lego builds I have ever seen. You have quite a talent there!

[@TheIndolence]

That's completely insane! You must have really clever tricks in your Blender scene to save on resources. Looking forward to see it grow.

[@CanosieLabs]

Yeah, I had to a few things, not too difficult. But I can foresee I'll run into other issues as the city grows.

[@TheFalconmage4]

Wow this is incredible, great work! Love how you incorporated the HVAC and electrical piping into the build, it adds so much life to the build. I have a feeling this is gonna blow up, can’t wait to see what’s next!

[@PaPasBricks]

this ia awesome, can't wait to see the next episode

[@CanosieLabs]

it's out now. :)

[@venomsailor]

Wow, great work. You should be selling instructions for this!!!

[@CanosieLabs]

maybe some day. I think at some point I'll provide a download for the studio IO files.

[@ryanpenrod1859]

You could tell people this was real and they would believe you all day. I know I would. Amazing render.

[@Dennis-ws7tv]

render or not, this looks awesome! im subbing just for the effort of this vid :)

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@relaxreflect5888]

Mate! This video is amazing 😮

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@sockpocketpre-alpha8258]

damn this is gonna be really cool

[@IZAQ_]

That's epic!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@TheLEGOZora]

AMAZING on every level.

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@TheLEGOZora]

After seeing the video I had a dream where my hometown was built in LEGO with this level of detail. You inspired me on another level bro.@@CanosieLabs

[@espacekurzweil]

Amazing top level of realism... Well done !!!

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@cashoyboy]

this is so well done

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@gobbe8187]

This looks awesome! Really cool

[@CanosieLabs]

thanks!

[@deejaypayne3893]

Bro that is some AAA render quality, many kudos