How to Make City Buildings in Blender 3D

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0:27 Bonus Content
0:40 Level of Effort Breakdown
2:25 Reference Review
3:37 Start Modeling
5:22 Windows
6:14 Adding a Cool Corner bit
7:14 inspirational Rant
8:26 More Modeling
8:35 Roof
8:43 Additional Structural Details
9:13 PolyHaven Addon plug (not sponsored. they don't know I exist)
10:09 UVs
10:23 What I love MOST about the Addon
11:00 Adding Materials
12:03 Emissive Areas
12:49 It Looks Amazing!
13:00 Adding Window Lights [Tips & Tricks]
14:07 Where to find Bonus Content
14:20 ❤️ THANK YOU for 1000 SUBS❤️
14:50 ✨ FINAL RENDER ✨
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[@ParkourBeanie]

Hey man, Game dev here. This is genuinely one the best tutorials I have seen in a long time. Genuine tips, great workflow.

[@YakOfArt]

Hey thank you! I've learned a lot of my modeling from a game dev perspective of making stuff midpoly and quick. I'm glad the tutorial is useful, I'm still learning how to teach better, and there's a couple things I wish I did or explained better.

[@Daibutsumusic]

I remember watching AKIRA for the first time (I still have the VHS tape I bought the comic book convention here in Philly), and being blown away by the opening sequences too. And now finally, years later, using Blender to recreate what we saw. Thank you for your videos. I've been through that same process that you mentioned of "am I doing this the hard way" or "the long way" too. I think we ALL do that at first, because eventually we figure out what works for each of us, and then we pick up tips and speed as we learn. I've learned so much from watching you (especially that Offset Even checkbox that I didn't even know was there - in this video), and how no one else I've watched even mentions it?!? I was straightening them by hand (which should be labeled as 3rd degree m*rder!) until today. Again, thank you for you videos, they are making a difference in my work. GREATLY. (subbed!)

[@YakOfArt]

This is such an entertaining and lovely comment! I always try to remember, when I'm teaching, what it was like when I was looking for education on a specific topic. One of the things I loved most, was the educator considering me and my skill level. I'm always striving to get better at that as the teacher, and comments like this are very valuable feedback. Thanks for the sub, we're happy to have you 🙏

[@thorn-]

Nice work - you're really hitting that aesthetic.

[@YakOfArt]

Happy to hear it!

[@shonthelawn]

Hey Yakovlev! Just found your channel and really like your stuff. This is a really good tutorial. I'm a 2D designer trying to add Blender into my skillset but haven't been able to stay consistent with it yet. Going to try this later today. Appreciate the work.

[@mghaz003]

Yo new sub here~! thanks for sharing your stuff and making blender struggles relatable! sometimes I do need that reminder about doing the hard & tedious way. Will cheer you on man!

[@YakOfArt]

Yes. That guilt is totally valid, but getting it done at the end of the day is the biggest accomplishment.

[@jacksoncatrambone9847]

Those free assets are crazy good this video is god tier

[@YakOfArt]

Awesome!

[@BigWallsy]

Dude, thank you. This was genuinly helpful.

[@YakOfArt]

Glad it helped!

[@sonococoliche0810]

I'll be using this soon! Thank you.

[@Oscar-vf9tg]

Woah! The last trick with the picture in the windows is just amazing. Basically no effort is needed but the result looks so good! Great tutorial!

[@YakOfArt]

Exactly! Love using little tricks like that.

[@michaelselbor5803]

Great video. Your right about doing it the hard way because you really have to earn the easy way...sometimes there isn't one but it's how you gain experience.

[@YakOfArt]

Especially with blender and how flexible it is, you can easily get swept up in the hyper-efficiency of everything that you miss the bigger picture

[@LaughingKarrot]

You spoke to many facts…cuz that’s how I think…

[@nkanyisoinnocentkhwane3752]

Every time I see your videos it’s a classic

[@YakOfArt]

That's too kind. Going right to my head 😂

[@sci-figameguy8241]

Great video, at 5:00 I was wondering how you were loop cutting only that specific face?

[@CloudDutch_A]

This is a great instructional video, I have downloaded a lot of architectural assets before, but their materials cannot be changed at will, and seeing your video solved my problem

[@YakOfArt]

Awesome! Happy to hear that!

[@HalkerVeil]

Finally someone made it actually simple.

[@YakOfArt]

Lol thank you! I did my best, but now, I think I can make it even better. Maybe I'll make a version 2 someday because this is so helpful for some folks.

[@tatumigwen6838]

thank you！

[@elliSx_]

amazing tutorial dude currently saving my ass for an exam

[@YakOfArt]

Lol let's go!

[@edwardanyaehie5762]

I subscribed, you just helped me

[@YakOfArt]

Love hearing that!

[@framebyframe7035]

Nice brother

[@AlexGulinov]

Thank you for the lessons! Very useful and inspiring, I will try to make new art based on them. By the way, I have the same Blade Runner poster above my computer))

[@YakOfArt]

Blade Burner gang 🔥

[@NightDefender1765]

Thanks. You've explained a lot. I want to model a city in Blender that looks cool like Phildelphia and Hokkaido Sapporo honestly. Hope everything goes well for me.

[@YakOfArt]

You're gonna learn a lot from that. Good luck!

[@NightDefender1765]

I just started 3D modeling some city buildings. I managed to learn from you. Hope everything goes well for me.

[@cyacyacya4205]

How did it go

[@NightDefender1765]

@@cyacyacya4205 I managed to 3D Model my buildings for my city. I did pretty well. I even downloaded textures from Polyhaven. I am thankful that I learned a lot from his way of making the buildings.

[@cyacyacya4205]

@@NightDefender1765 nice bro

[@frankp3118]

When I bevel the edge of the buildings as you do at 6:52, the edges on top and bottom don't conform to the bevel and maintain their sharp edge and stick out. What am I doing wrong?

[@chrisb1566]

How did you make the sides at a 45 degree angle? Right after the bit where you say use alt+E the open the extrude menu, you flatten the sides and don’t say how. How did you do that?

[@chrisb1566]

Bevel the selected line instead of the faces, figured it out lol😅

[@slothsarecool]

How did you get the colors to match Akira so well? Looks proper 2d in the other video, nice stuff!

[@YakOfArt]

Thanks! It was painstakingly done by eye. Looking back and forth between my scene and then the animation. There's also some upscaled "remastered" versions out there where the colors are different, so I had to kind of take all of that into consideration.

[@vinayakhegde1044]

Only few videos I have seen about making cities in blender and by far your's is good. I understand it takes so much time to make buildings no wonder they are sold for such high price :)

[@YakOfArt]

Wow thanks for the kind words 😊 I could make tutorials like this all day. Happy to hear they're useful

[@kottenkandie4087]

Hello I have been following the tutorial but how do you make the edges flat like at 6:52? The video suddenly jumps to it being flat without instructions and I need help with that. Thank you.

[@YakOfArt]

I beveled the corner edge using control+b.

[@pnwnkg]

6:52 How did you do the corner thingy? I can't recreate it, even if I copy your settings for the bevel, it looks like an earthquake happened and it had amplitude 9.

[@YakOfArt]

Haha, been there! In Edit mode, if you have that face selected, you can hit Ctrl + R to add a Loop Cut. And the. I scroll up on the mouse wheel to increase loop cuts. If you're asking how to bevel the corner before that, it's Ctrl + B.

[@staruchiha4984]

I need the full video because im new and I'm trying to make a map and need to learn how to make a building

[@YakOfArt]

I'll try to make a video on this next

[@staruchiha4984]

​@@YakOfArt please do i just started blender for game mapping and i dont know how to do alot and when you cut i lost all hops

[@LukeHomay]

Whenever I inset it does not give me squares. It gives me more of a rectangle thing. How do you get it to give you those perfect squares? At like 5:50

[@YakOfArt]

Hmm, aside from the issue that the shapes might not be squared from the start, I would suggest applying the scale to the model in object mode, and then trying again. If the original shape is even slightly a rectangle, the inset shape will be even more exaggerated. try this effect on the default cube and see if you get the same issue.

[@gabrieldarras7577]

hi I download your pack but i cannot find how to put the building lights, it would be nice if you could help me. THX

[@YakOfArt]

Are you using blender or another program?

[@edwardanyaehie5762]

How did you select all the glasses at once ?

[@YakOfArt]

When I had it all selected from making it, I instantly applied a material to it. Then later, in edit mode, I selected it based on the material.

[@stevenmenegozzi]

Great tutorial! How are you making the edges at 5:00?

[@YakOfArt]

Control+R I think that makes an edge loop/loop cut. Which adds a new edge right in the middle.

[@armandotorres]

@@YakOfArt Hey thanks for the help here. How are you getting the edges from the loopcut to ONLY show up on the selected faces? When I try to add a loop cut, it adds it to the entire object and not just the face that will have the windows. Hope that makes sense, thanks!

[@YakOfArt]

​@@armandotorresha, so that's because my geometry is not perfect so the loop cuts don't flow properly. You can also separate the chosen faces into separate objects and then apply the loop cuts.

[@armandotorres]

@@YakOfArt got it thanks! I ended up selecting the face and hitting shift h to hide everything else and loop cut only on that face.

[@YakOfArt]

@@armandotorres that's very smart! I forget you can do that too lol

[@Eazy-V]

This is so much pain for me, scrolling through videos of city buildings. Yours seems to be the best one so far but hey, i'm still stuck in my scene so that's a forfeit. Guess I'll to have to find my 3D artist now haha

[@YakOfArt]

Hopefully the free building models from this video help you with your scene at least 😅

[@winkblue6851]

can anyone explain how the emision works? do i need to seperate the selection? how i do it

[@YakOfArt]

It should be a value slider in the node editor just before the material output for the windows. Moving that from 1-0 should increase or decrease the emission

[@majeedmotion2213]

Do you have direct link to free assets

[@YakOfArt]

Yep, it's all on gumroad

[@lexlutherx7054]

How did you make those cuts at 5:02

[@lexlutherx7054]

Never mind just figured out you subdivided

[@YakOfArt]

Happy to hear you got it!

[@riley3805]

5:04 how did you cut in box shape

[@YakOfArt]

Ctrl+R for loop cuts

[@riley3805]

@@YakOfArt bro when i'm using loop cut it is cutting around the whole structure not the area where i'm trying to make windows .

[@YakOfArt]

​@@riley3805u can hide everything but the faces you're trying to cut, or separate that geometry and cut it

[@user-qw2zn7yi7m]

​@@YakOfArt How?

[@g_remlg164]

@@user-qw2zn7yi7m click H on the face you want to hide, after you can select the face you want to cut ( Ctrl+R). To unhide the face, you just have to click alt+H

[@itscediix]

Kinda looks like GTA 5 buildings😂

[@YakOfArt]

Damn you're right!

[@user-hf2pn9xo9p]

5:04 what is this button?

[@YakOfArt]

Ctrl+R

[@NontonMeme]

please make video tutorial beginer in blender 😟

[@YakOfArt]

Aww, there's so many good ones out there. I don't think I'm organized enough to make a full beginners tutorial yet. Blender Guru has some really great ones.

[@YourAnimo2009]

0:51 Oh Blender Crashed . 🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆😆😭😭 Happens Every time when you don't save the project . ⬇ like if it happens to you .

[@zayyirthomas789]

Im using a Magic Mouse😂😂😂😂

[@VivekVarma-lx6io]

bro the file is crashing

[@YakOfArt]

Wdym?

[@YakOfArt]

What version of blender are you using? It could be that.

[@Thatnerdyfella]

hey man you really need to do better on your detailed communication. you say "i" two times and boom perfect for you. But when I do it's a disaster. By no means am I bashing or trying to rude with you but you need to explain what you're doing and not get ahead cause I can tell you've been doing this for a long time so you tend to leave out bits and pieces. I'm stuck on the inset part after subdividing the windows.

[@YakOfArt]

Thanks for the constructive criticism. I'm certainly working on how to communicate what I'm doing better. I've made numerous building tutorial videos since this one. Check out those as well, and I hope they are easier to follow. Thanks!

[@JarsotakethatL]

too fast . If you wanna make a tutorial, add the keyboard overlay as well. Not sure what you're trying to teach here

[@YakOfArt]

Noted! I just got the screen cast keys lol. Also still learning how to "teach" and pace the information in a digestible way. Thanks for the feedback