I Recreated Arcane With $0

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[@Noggi_3D]

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[@m1yka.r]

Hey man, how about making jojo steel ball run animation? I think it would be cool, if you want.

[@nakul3561]

Can you like to share the jinxx rig?. I really want to animate it...

[@taekwon4980]

well then make me characters for my video game :)

[@Multfilimlar1353]

How long have you been gone?

[@Multfilimlar1353]

Do you have any free courses to learn?

[@pickleperson6031]

Alright pack up ur things, ur working on season 3 now

[@KadeLee2007]

honestly, I just want the hour that they cut out of season two😭😭😭😭

[@thepinkbae]

For free! Hahahaha

[@mathieumalecki6332]

they're not making a season 3 though, they're gonna hire another studio to make a new show based on a different part of the lore

[@stellafanders]

​@KadeLee2007 Animation studios work very differently than normal studios. Animation is veeery expensive. What they cut never got made, at least in the sense of no voice acting, no animation, not even a storyboard. Everything that Riot paid for WAS made and released. So if it really is just script, there is a pretty good chance it might get leaked some day, because that's very common actually

[@lourencorcc4502]

He can't. He needs season 3 to be out to be able to do it...

[@EricMetEenC]

the fact that SO MUCH WORK went into a clip only about 30 seconds just shows how much effort went into the actual series... Absolutely baffling

[@emiami458]

One person didn't have to work on all the aspects he did singlehandedly, it was an entire team working on those different aspects whereas he just did all of them, so it would not take as long as it took him to do a 30 second scene

[@posterpaster1980]

​@@emiami458 that's the whole point of this comment

[@EricMetEenC]

@emiami458 yeahh of course of course, but I didn't really mean the time but like the amount of work that goes in these kind of animations. Sure it's an entire team but STILL this is so much work for the entire series, especially the action scenes which was like half this show

[@andrewl.9736]

​@@emiami458Still, it took the actual team 6 years to make season 1.

[@ShuraFM]

@@andrewl.9736 I'm not arguing that the work in the video is done great, but it's a repetition, while Arcane is something new, not only in terms of story but also animation. Many can repeat, but making something completely new or "different" is rare, as it's more comfortable to walk down familiar paths rather than unknown ones. This captures the essence that while technical excellence in familiar styles is commendable, Arcane broke new ground by innovating in both storytelling and animation techniques. The people appreciates how Arcane took creative risks rather than staying within established conventions.

[@pranaavchand9496]

This is the closest ive seen anyone come to recreate the show. Amazing work. Arcane really has poured fuel on a lot of flickering creatives

[@Z-EDIT9]

Fr,i was amazed

[@SneakySnake-o1k]

​@@Z-EDIT9i was like, this is arcane but an element is missing thats how it felt

[@lindsywhiting3936]

@@SneakySnake-o1k It's missing the build-up from the prior scenes. When we watch the original, we're emotionally tied down and horrified at Jynx believing everything she touches, she destroys... (Not true, look at what she is firing at the council!) The only reason she is doing that is she is hurting, because someone she loves just died again and she thinks it is her fault. (If I remember that scene properly.)

[@24karatramen93]

@@SneakySnake-o1kits very minor details, like the eye animation isnt quite the same and some parts of the render still look a bit too 3d where arcane didnt. but overall this was amazing, if i didn’t know this was a recreation it would’ve been hard to tell.

[@Didjelirium]

Arcane represents the perfect and terrible balance between inspiration and frustration for creatives in the digital world. XD

[@גסמין-ג1ז]

this is really cool, and you did an amazing job, but its important to remember that the budget wasnt spent only on animation. there are many other professions required; designing, voice acting, script writing, songs and so many more. no doubt you did an amazing job, just a little reminder.

[@melanp4698]

Everyone knows that though to be fair ;)

[@shogunpug4071]

So then what was implied by his title?​@@melanp4698

[@maylowyt]

free palestine

[@hellcat1401]

​@maylowyt They don't want to be free. Otherwise they'd have accepted a statehood back in the 40's.

[@sanstrawberry329]

@@hellcat1401 What an odd thing to say when u see children being slaughtered, but this isn't the place for intellectual political talks

[@Makememesandmore]

1:40, good enough to continue 💀 Shows the most immaculate, beautiful recreation of the rocket launcher ever

[@Quack071]

Rule of thumb for people who wanna be better, nothing's ever good enough. Although this mindset only works for some people.

[@steveblack720]

​@@Quack071 The more skillful you are, the more imperfections and mistakes you see

[@eesamees]

@@Quack071a good thought process is “this is good, but i can do better”

[@cafeconleche444]

This is the standard for artists, we tend to focus on every minute imperfection

[@Wolta]

@@Quack071 I want to add to that, know when it becomes too much and when you've delved too far from your vision. Otherwise they end up like me where I never finish a piece or whatever. Always wanting to add more features and pieces to it. To the point where a building becomes a town becomes a city, when all I wanted to make was a house.

[@JuKii7]

2 important things about this video are 1. doesn't matter if this scene is copied, traced or whatnot, it proves yet again that it is POSSIBLE with free tools, something very encouraging for beginners with no budget. And 2. that it takes a TEAM. Any creator, especially beginners, should remember: You're not failing if you can't recreate or be as good as mainstream media because that's rarely created by one person. At the same time if you're good at at least one thing, one aspect of the process, you may be just good enough to help bring something big to life. Don't stop, keep creating, you'll find your way and you will create wonders.

[@KingCeryn]

Long as it isn't AI, which is plagarism. Not just "another tool."

[@greenpeon]

I think you wanted to say "dont stop, keep recreating"

[@PleaseDontDeleteMyComments]

You've obviously never seen the Astartes series.

[@MrMadness574]

5 yrs tops. AI will do it better.

[@KingCeryn]

@@MrMadness574 AI is literally just plagiarism- they'd need to STEAL this content first lol. Brainrot ass generation.

[@looking_for_laidy]

the way my jaw DROPPED. i was like “oh hes showing us the real clip to compare and then he’ll show us what he made” BUT NO THAT WAS IT WHHHAAAATTTT

[@iso-flow]

Yeah I thought the same too. Didn’t even realize I reached the end of the video so when that was it, I was blown away. I did notice a flickering shadow when I played it again but other than that i legit thought he was playing the original clip first for comparison.

[@ΘΘΝΘ-β5ξ]

Not to be rude, but.. it's still clear that it's not the original. I don't know how you got confused

[@cherilotus3164]

@@ΘΘΝΘ-β5ξconsidering with what he had to work with, the results were pretty impressive. Of course, it wouldn’t necessarily be like a whole clone copy of the original animation but it sure did show a great result.

[@cherilotus3164]

Also considering he is working and doing all these things alone as compared to the whole animation team for arcane, I’d say his creation looks pretty good.

[@waltercapa5265]

@@cherilotus3164 He didn't say it wasn't impressive. He said it was recognizable.

[@juliannacdb]

People seem to forget, traced or not, due to the nature of the animation and the fact it’s 3D, makes it incredibly complex. Much more than 2D animation. Plus the range of shapes, colours and textures, it just adds more levels to it. Then to REPLICATE it is incredibly impressive

[@theeddytor3490]

that small scene definitely took him a month to make. from planning, modelling, rigging, weight, texture, background mask, 2D grease painting... 30 seconds clip = 30 days of work

[@graxxor]

So at that pace, 1 hour = 10 man years of work. Absolute insanity and humbling.

[@3men219]

It truly shows why Arcane cost so much, every single second took the team 3-4 hours of labor in average.

[@kermitgotthesickkicks4265]

Pretty much

[@DisguisedRory]

@@Singleslayerr But he also had everything "planned" already. He "just" needs to copy what exists.

[@OpenTo-rc2pg]

@@DisguisedRory yea that shorten the time by like 200%

[@N0rmalName]

1:40 "good enough to continue" bro that looks incredible wdym 😭

[@WorldOfEntertainment33]

If you've ever created any art of your own...I'm sure you'd understand better.

[@YoureMadBozo71]

@WorldOfEntertainment33 every little nook and cranny that people wont even see bothers me

[@jackcomas]

When you stare at your art for too long, it gets bad. INCREDIBLY BAD

[@Resse4727]

@@jackcomasreal 😭

[@Horizoninfiniteproductions]

@@jackcomas REAL LOOL

[@DogeCodes14]

14:22 bro that is genuinely insane

[@Extiriority]

Especially using a free software as blender

[@Marcosbdk]

Perfect, dude did real art, masterpiece, and alone... Imagine is he had a team

[@vadimboris3820]

Original concept and idea is pretty cool

[@Sanscripter]

*arcane

[@MartinDoesLife]

@@Extiriority free doesnt mean bad

[@IceColdDevil]

As someone who works in the CG side in the movie industry, I can confirm that In most (if not all) projects, the renders include huge amount of additional data (many many AOVs) so that in compositing they have ALL the control they need to. The more CG and more VFX there needs to be, the more data is additionally exported for the purpose of "Creative Control".

[@kushal.s9534]

Artists make it look so easy to model, sculpt and animate. But, honestly it hard af!!!

[@oluwadamilola6233]

Extremely hard...😅

[@tttttttttttttttp12]

​@@ThatLennyBoi yes, everything is extremely hard when you don't know how to do it, the thing is everything varies in difficulty to learn.

[@4pelokananasov992]

And texture and UV unwrap and weight paint and everything else! I do a little bit of modelling myself and it's SO FREAKING HARD! Even to start, because you know how much work you gonna have to do! And this guy makes it look easy!

[@ThatLennyBoi]

@@4pelokananasov992 Because he has experience...

[@noor_xd9473]

And why are you ranting about him having more skills and dedication than you 😭 just go and try to do better yourself , when i see things like this i only get motivated to be bette, the thing is he wouldn't even look at the way of your struggles because he is focused on his ​@@4pelokananasov992

[@atoucangirl]

obviously this is insanely impressive, but something people tend to forget about production prices is that a lot of it is having to pay people to make it. any time spent working on this requires you to eat and pay rent and all that. a 0 dollar production is an instant production. basically a millionaire can take a year to focus exclusively on creating a video game with the cheapest tools available and say they did it on a "zero dollar budget", but was only able to do it because they had financial security at the start. any money they started with that they didn't have by the end of production WAS the budget, aka a year's worth of basic needs. EDIT: this is about my frustration at people not understanding what a budget is and why things cost money to make. even if this was a completely original project made from the ground up with only animation and no writing or anything, it still wouldn't be a 0$ budget.

[@Sarsange]

Not only that, is not 250m only for models. Animation, extra effects, almost an hour of episode is not 5 sec frames of 3D moving. Voice actors, MUSIC and paying licenses, video + supervise + final toutches + renders + marketing + program licenses + time spent in drawing textures, background, script and writting, reunions, managment, work team needs, professional team and CEO and a buuuuunch of more things that we don't see

[@Hokunin]

mah bruddah yu tellin da truth of da highest ordar! Spit on dem liars!

[@nicolasguiem7369]

At least you don’t need to pay for maya😂

[@farrex0]

@@Sarsange Not only that, they should have spent a lot of money on previz and preproduction. An art direction and style as good as Arkane, you just don't stumble unto it. They had to at least spend a whole year exploring different art styles, doing a lot of design decisions, until they nailed down what they wanted and then they could start actually making it.

[@RoamingIRaccoon]

​@@Sarsange also have to consider it costs disney like $300 mil to make 90 minute animated movies these days. Arcane 250 mil for 12 hours of content is a steal.

[@NomadRProductions]

10:18 "You know what? I want that to be there" is the realest thing for a 3d artist lol

[@inski666]

Had to like so I'd be the 1000th liker

[@MegatronSturdy]

real

[@Spik3sz]

I started using blender a couple days ago after watching this video, I'm truly inspired. I know talent like this doesn't happen overnight, but the way that I know somebody can have this much power in making something so beautiful I think I know what I want to do for the rest of my life

[@silver9wolf6]

That's awesome! It for sure doesn't happen overnight, but all artists began as someone just starting and working at it over time :D I wish you all the best on your creative journey; I believe in you!

[@RedDrowned]

Good luck!!! I bet you'll be amazing one day, stay stubborn

[@mvrrko]

bro is about to get hired big time, holy fucking shit. i lack the proper vocabulary to convey how amazed i am.

[@FeitanL]

You think its hard for him to get hired and needed to do this ?XD

[@beebebcee]

If he had a job he wouldn't be wasting his time with this. I doubt he'd get hired with this ego slop. I do interview candidates and if I saw "Theirs vs Mine" on their reel/portfolio I'd throw it in the bin. Also it's insulting to my friends who worked on Arcane.

[@Frisklordofyoutube]

​@@beebebcee unhinged

[@neon_wombat]

@@beebebcee really?! I'm not in the industry, but can you explain why something like this is considered "ego slop" and would not be good to add to a portfolio? Surely the skills portrayed in this video are valid?? Or is it the fluff / explaining process in the first 14min?

[@healthybutgotOBCD]

@@beebebceeWait why are we so pressed

[@blackbook668]

Keep in mind that everything created is based on said expensive work and would be impossible to materialise otherwise. Creatively this is stepping on the shoulders of giants.

[@joaocardoletto]

Yes! As an animator I can say using video reference to create animation is not as simple as just copying all the poses from a scene already animated. The process used on this video was something closer to rotoscoping a scene already animated. Recreating Arcane scenes at home is an impressive technical achievement, but the direct comparison, on top of a clickbait title talking about zero dollars can mislead the viewer into believing all the creative decisions made by Arcane creators would also be a cheap thing to achieve. This extends to all aspects of the production, direction, boards, design, etc. The need for click-baiting to promote a video that is already good content in the end hurts the entire art community. In this case it twists the perception of the cost of animation labour. Who really profits with this outcome are studio executives and cloud capital landlords.

[@midnight1672]

@@joaocardoletto Completely agree there. I liked the video itself for what it showed, I really didn't like the title and what it appeared to imply.

[@guitarherolegend55]

@@joaocardoletto Completely agree. It's impressive the amount of work they put into recreating the scene as a fan, especially with all the from-scratch work they've done. But ultimately there's a reason theirs "cost $0" and Fortiche's Arcane cost $250M - it's the fact that the hours upon hours of work required to make Arcane would have been done by employees who needed to be paid for said hours, while this youtuber just essentially decided to do this on their own, for free. As well the amount of work they'd had to do to achieve the (similar) result (in visuals only) had been significantly reduced, via the fact that they already have a completely finished product to work off of and copy frame-by-frame.​ Like literally not pictured here are all the other aspects of production that were also needed to bring Arcane to life - design, concepting, storyboarding, pre-vis, direction, sound design and music, acting, even more 2D and 3D work, etc. Of course, none of that is cheap either. This video should try to stand on its own as just a cool and fun personal project, rather than click baiting about their budget costs, because it comes off as in bad taste and distracts from the rest of the video. It feels like it makes it more about diminishing the value of the work of all the people who made Arcane what it is - even if that's not necessarily the intention.

[@marianaribeiro8376]

@@guitarherolegend55 oh give me a break. He LITERALLY spent 0 dollars, meaning, he made it without paid assets, that's impressive AND SHOULD be in the title

[@hereticdoriann]

This!!! I don't think it's only about him not being paid for doing this (he probably monetized this video so he IS getting paid), but about how he initially made it on free animation softwares so it deserves to be there! He is an artist and I don't think he would want other artists to not be compensated for their work

[@lilganja1337]

This is a good 90% recreation of the show made by one person. To make it the last 10% better, you need exponentially more people (also exponentially more experienced), making this "only 90% accurate recreation" so much more impressive. Truly hats off.

[@ViciousTuna2012]

This is a really good point. With quality animation you reach a point of diminishing returns, but those diminished "high end returns" are what set apart good animation and incredible animation. FWIW, I liked Arcane but I'm not in love with it's animation style. It can be great at times and lackluster at other times.

[@frapuz]

There's also the matter of ideation, artworks, and music. Yes, Noggi used free tools, but the artworks he modeled everything on are paid works liberally "taken for inspiration" from the internet...

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

​@@ViciousTuna2012 you're right! Just to make it obvious to other readers btw: that's literally every skill, which is what OP is getting at when he said 10% needing exponentially more people. There's a name for this principle but I've long since forgotten it. I'm old now! Don't recommend it! 😂

[@MerlinTheCommenter]

​@@frapuz Hopefully what you're suggesting is just an observation and there isn't any subtext taking away from what Noggie has accomplished. What you're talking about IS true BUT it's also 100% true for being optimal in every single activity. Want to innovate in sports? You're gonna get ideas from top athletes and make optimal moves based on that information. Does it take anything away from new top performers? Heck no, and anyone saying otherwise is living in a fantasy world. You are still correct, just don't let that be a cope. The internet IS in fact all about freedom of information. Inspiration is wonderful and everyone is entitled to it. End of my Tedtalk 😂

[@frapuz]

@@MerlinTheCommenter No absolutely not! I watched all the video in awe, I dabble in Blender a bit and still can't comprehend what Noggie is doing most of the times ahaha I just want to point out that creating something from scratch is very different than referencing pretty heavily an existing product, but most of the times youtubers tend to overlook this point, not even maliciously, but for time, flow and brevity concerns; the risk I think is the work of "background" heroes such as concept artists and rigging/texture/lighting experts is widly overlooked and chalked up to "yeah but random guy did it for free". Someone had to spend hundreds of hours of their lives coming up with the perfect formula for the artsyle and animation, that's not free!

[@iiiunixo]

When I saw the final result I was SHOCKED, you definitely put so much time into that and only ONE person did that. Ur def underrated!

[@andrea68dzn]

As you said at the end of the video, the fact that you managed to accomplish all of this on your own is truly admirable. I completely understand what it feels like to work on a project entirely by yourself. My heartfelt congratulations, the quality is really good!

[@SaiKumar-qs9ly]

Title should be. "I Recreated Arcane With $0 But Taken Half Of My Life"

[@AJ-jx5gm]

what life? 😂

[@المهديشقيقرسولالله]

​@@AJ-jx5gm on God

[@crazydragy4233]

Exactly, I know it's a click bait title but like... most of the budget did go to wages not renting photoshop 😂

[@oysteinsoreide4323]

@@crazydragy4233 yes, there are many work-hours in there. Adobe software is cheap in comparison to all the work that went into it.

[@KavinScottStudios]

THIS is what a 3d artist is. not a prefab asset library goblin, this dude has skill

[@Shooha_Babe]

Be realistic to. Don't expect solo artist game dev to do everything on their own. Unrealistic and stupid.

[@jeldraws3854]

@@Shooha_Babe ye, i think it is not what they should do. but it is very beneficial if they can do it on their own

[@MilezTailsPrower]

I Agree

[@lexiferenczy9695]

The constant work on the pc turns all of us 3d artists into goblins over time, oh the misery. That's why we are obsessed with creating beautiful people, haha.

[@1so.d383]

prefab asset library goblin 😂😂😂

[@xp3rtpr3d86]

14:23 to 15:00 no way this is YOURS bro💀😭🙏, thats incredible bro😭🙏.

[@IReallylikeDolphins.]

Sensational

[@e_wok1487]

This is great, I mean showing how to use free tools to recreate something professionally made is incredible. Most of the show's budget better have gone to the artists that worked on it, couldn't imagine myself doing something like this.

[@aveshlutchman8573]

I believe the figure the showrunner said was like 80% of the budget was spent on the animators. Which was pretty surprising given some of the big name artists they had for the music and the promos they did for it.

[@3rdHalf1]

Free tools are important for hobbyists. But when you start to pay for time - cost of tools is negligible.

[@finixmoon127]

​@@aveshlutchman8573 Marketing is NEVER included in the show's budget lol, promotional material is so expensive that it essentially constitutes a entirely different operation from production

[@Xicor111]

@@aveshlutchman8573 80% of the 250millions spent was on advertisement.

[@midnight1672]

@@3rdHalf1 Which is why I don't like the title of the video. While I acknowledge his skill and creativity, claiming it cost 0$ implies that all the work and time he put into it should be free as well. And that's not even talking about all the things he didn't have to do (voice acting, music, script writing, project planning, distribution, advertisement etc.). There's so much more to a project than animating a single scene. The video itself is very educational and interesting, I just don't like the implication (whether intentional or not) of the title.

[@ZAYAZ-Games]

I’m a game engineer and people like you really scare the shit out of me. Please stay away from the job market 😂 This is amazing work!

[@melanp4698]

You shouldnt be too worried. The job market wants specialists.

[@KingCeryn]

@@melanp4698 the job market doesn't exist currently lol. Specialists were overpaid, generalists underpaid. Always been this way.

[@pencilbender]

So typical for the gaming industry right now. "This guy can actually do something, stay away from the market!!" God forbid you'd have to step up your game to stay relevant.

[@GuillermoFedericoMorton]

If I have seen the clip without context i would not have noticed it was a recreation. Truly an impressive work.

[@rosywatchesthings]

the fact that i didn't even notice that the ending of this video is YOUR version shows just how much love and dedication and time you put into this work. All the best for you and your artistic endeavors!

[@CGYI-zb3ho]

8:21 This Blender addon keeps surprising me! I had never heard of the texture painting addon before, but I tried it, and it’s really amazing for creating stylistic characters like this one. Thanks a lot!

[@ThatLennyBoi]

I also like painting my own textures tbh.

[@sherbetron]

This is a game changer I've always thought that painting onto the model in blender is awful and just paint textures separately in CSP, but then end up with a lot of back and forth with seams etc I somehow forgot that blender has so many good add-ons

[@realvorard]

copying something is always faster and cheaper, but people forget CREATIVITY costs money and time. edit: Just a reminder, no one is criticizing his work. :)

[@HuyĐoàn-c6o]

This is recreated for a KZbin content, it still took time, they even modeled the character from scratch so don't be a fuckinv hater

[@CoralAries-fc7jr]

Yup, and also All that money is not just for cgi , they have to pay voice actors, stuntman, vfx artist, music, writers, rights agreement, musicians, food for like hundreds of people, plenty of more Basically VFX doesn't cost much, it's the VFX artist because no one would do this for free, so I think comparing the budget and saying we can recreate the show with 0$ is pointless Portion of 250M is for the time and work of vfx artists not just for the result

[@chocolatecream5593]

@@HuyĐoàn-c6oit’s not about being a hater. It’s about understanding that the decisions normally made, were already made for him. It’s like tracing from a drawing. Obviously it’s going to be quicker and should look as good if not better because you’re going through less of a process to figure out how it should look in the first place.

[@Danushka_xd]

Faster? Would u be able to animate it ? He probably spent atleast a week just to make this short scenes, what are you talking about none of it is easier both ways

[@fleidess]

but arcane lore is from league lore, char designs etc

[@sitkinator]

I frankly think you're underestimating the skill you have with texture painting. I can tell you've had PLENTY of practice with not only forms, shapes and shading, but texture as well. These skills take a fairly long time to get right, like at least 2 or 3 years of experience with studying and understanding references of real world objects and materials.

[@shomgerry]

What I got from this: "It's not hard, it just takes a long time." This was such a brilliant recreation brother, good on you for the passion!

[@eylloe4959]

it looks amazing! but Arcane 250 million is not only in the animation part. it includes the time they spent on, music, Voice actors, story telling....

[@ViciousTuna2012]

Ye this title is just clickbait trash. The video isn't that bad but I hate stupid clickbait titles.

[@milenamichalska]

there's a ton more, even in the animation. Concept arts, choreography, directing etc. It's not like a skilled animator can make Arcane-grade series alone

[@ViciousTuna2012]

@@milenamichalska Ye kinda dumb of me but I didn't even think of that. There's more to this than just the animation. You kind of have to write the script, storyboard it, find out what the characters are going to do and when, etc...There's so much. This is cool tho.

[@marginaliia]

Yeah no sht

[@elsinaattheworkshop]

​@@ViciousTuna2012what's clickbait about it?, he recreated a scene of the show with 0 dollars. That's literally what happens, where's the clickbait?

[@Gio_Panda]

My favorite thing about the internet is finding people who know what they are doing showing off. Seeing such a master at work gives me joy.

[@ammaccabanane6780]

bro

[@Gio_Panda]

@@ammaccabanane6780 bro

[@ВасяЧумаченко]

Ngl, I'm impressed. I think you are the first guy that I've seen on KZbin that recreating smth with ACTUALLY good skills. Not some BS with "photorealism texters" and the like.

[@daedalus3050]

1:31 It's been a long time since you've drawn by hand, and this is the result of your first attempt? Without any research about the "arcane" style? How the hell am I supposed to believe that? If this is true, you'd better go to science, they need such superintelligences.

[@nicholaskihara3539]

1:38 not joking, make this into a 3-4 vid "how to" series on yt/course, and profit. Excellent work

[@Borderline_Feral]

That'd be awesome

[@chiki2273]

This is Insane!!! If this is shown to a random person it would be incredibly difficult to tell this is a recreated version. The modelling, Texture painting, Animation, Compositing, everything is so spot on it is unreal to me that you made it all by yourself! Incredible, Incredible work!! I'm curious about how long it took you to create this masterpiece from start to finish. Again, this is so damn good I can't wrap my head around the fact that JUST ONE PERSON made this on their own!

[@EricFullerton]

When you say you did this for free, it implies your time is worthless. and that should not be the case, you've got talent dude.

[@repinaboxx]

That's just for the clickbait title which is almost necessary for algorithmic relevance today. he def knows his worth

[@bigsmellyballs]

What? How does free equivalate to useless

[@vampireanushka9339]

He meant without investing any money, just with his raw skills.

[@danielkissgremsperger3242]

It implies clickbait xD

[@ExpensivePizza]

He never actually said he did it for "free". He said he did without spending any dollars, which is true. Interestingly spending "time" on something can be both a cost and a benefit. Because using your time to improve your skills can be a good trade off.

[@QTMGaming]

So basically what you’re telling us is you can create that 60 min Timebomb content we were robbed of 👀

[@raffaeuteles4907]

You're the 6th person i see commenting this, if bro gets kidnapped we know who's responsible😂

[@QTMGaming]

@@raffaeuteles4907 🤣🤣Bro fr cuz we NEED

[@endycore4920]

He can make the missing fourth arc.

[@Singurarity88]

shhh or tey'll send Teemo after you

[@moufettepokla5877]

Except he's not a writer, nor a storyboard artist, and he cant hire voice actors 👀

[@daxter4hire]

For anyone wondering what song is playing at 14:22, it's "Nervous" by Torii Wolf.

[@leoniresquim541]

do you knwo about 1:51?

[@daxter4hire]

"FREE SPIRIT" by Max Volante

[@levili4198]

Have you heard “No one knows but me” by Torii wolf too? Its from one of my favourite games and its fire

[@Nanai-5z]

TYSM❗

[@ralphdamianiart]

Don’t sell yourself short. You are a one man army and you could easily be there among their lead creatives. Lots of great people in the industry but few are so excellent at being multi disciplined. That’s the stuff of good art directors. Amazing output once again!

[@midnightvoid115]

I’m a self taught writer who’s writing a a story set in a new world that I created that’s heavily inspired by arcane. a part of me hopes it sees the light of day one day but I won’t get my hopes up it’s just a fun personal project at the end of the day. If I had the resources I’d do hire you to model and animate for this project as I’d like it to be an animated series with a style very similar to arcane. The fact that you were able to almost perfectly match the quality of the show without a $250 million dollar budget is insane

[@ecak6124]

well hes doin it for video which also generate revenue for him. so its not really free as times is also valuable, and if you were to hire him to model and animate your project especially alone then you might have to pay more than a grand..

[@FranciscoGonzalez-qh5zd]

Why don't you make videos about it? It would be nice and maybe you'd get to meet other artists who wanna collaborate with you

[@midnightvoid115]

@@ecak6124 if i were to hire him. he definitely wouldn't be the only artist that would be too much pressure on him and poor management on my part. I'm just a regular person who's living paycheck to paycheck, i make videos and write this story of mine to pass the time I'm definitely not in a position to start a full on production lol

[@midnightvoid115]

@@FranciscoGonzalez-qh5zd you do have a point. it started as something fun i do on the side for fun with no intension of it going anywhere but i definitely got a bit carried away and its becoming bigger than i thought.

[@postafezes]

As a 3D artist and composer I would love to collaborate (for free) depending if the idea is original and good enough

[@ydrib]

0:10 YOOO WHY DID BRO SPIT BARS

[@Yawnmaster500]

MF DOOM

[@adiyn_]

​@Yawnmaster500 mf doomed

[@warrenvronay9762]

NOW I WANTED TO SEE IF I COULD RECREATE THE SCENE

[@MIKUQUEENLOL]

what bars did he spit

[@Venusssxxx]

Tf u talkin about I stg u kids will say anything get off adult KZbin homie

[@Ansel-w9f9d]

I want to point out one cool detail that I learned not to long ago, the reason of why Jinx's face is a bit more round than yours is because she was powder in that moment. The studio behind arcane made two face models for her, Her face more round when she's Powder and Sharper when she is Jinx, so if you think about it you kind of made a parallel where both Powder (original) and Jinx (yours) shooting to Piltover.

[@AceLeach]

12:17 They are exporting the diffuse, but more importantly the NORMAL information, and using a tool inside of nuke to re-light the 3d scene in compositing using only 2d tools. In other words... They don't use any 3d lights in the 3d render... (Resolve Fusion has something you can use to achieve this)

[@soimanantivax5248]

Do you have any resources that can explain this in abit more detail?

[@NickyPlaytimeChannel]

This video is really interesting and educational.

[@wasmeinstduastel]

12:40 Bald Jinx.

[@Amiyuu0]

i saw it and instantly looked for a comment like this one

[@whitereaper_x158]

Lmao same

[@AldusAsmorom]

14:49 yeah, but now where is your's ? 😂

[@Jenniehouston123]

your not gonna believe this…..

[@SfinxVid]

As a big Jinx lover I can say you’ve done amazing work with this, it looks so good and people might only see differences with the recreation if you play both scenes next to each other, analysing it frame by frame. If you’d play your scene without context you’d think it’s just the scene from the show. Thank you for showing us this project

[@notseenontv4819]

Unfortunate "...read more" cutoff

[@elflooffer5196]

This really makes me appreciate just how unique and unlikely the show is. Arcana is a one of a kind wonder that we a trult lucky that we get to see in our lifetime. You did amazing and your commitment is admirable !

[@babyj7195]

one more point is, it takes a lot more to create than recreate, so that's that. But your work is nothing less than absolutely stunning!

[@i3xotiiczt]

Ok when it finished the the scene popped up i was like "Ok this is arcane" waiting for the comparison 😭😭 Dude that shit is amazing🔥🔥🔥

[@alireza5226]

i couldn't tell it was fanmade that's an easy 10/10

[@moufettepokla5877]

Id like to reming everyone here that aaaaaall the writing, chara design, the CONCEPTION of the show, the story boarding, the voice acting, etc also costs a lot of money.

[@melanp4698]

They didnt cost *him* anything though.

[@moufettepokla5877]

@@melanp4698 no but I see some comments being like "ahah he could do season 3 alone, ahah that money was for nothing" like no, of course they needed such a budget. Copying a scene vs creating a scene, it's really not a fair comparison

[@melanp4698]

@@moufettepokla5877 Yeah there's lots of those comments. I hope a lot of them are just trolls. But there's a lot of clueless people outthere so who knows lol.

[@moufettepokla5877]

@@melanp4698 it's beyond clueless if you ask me, these guys havent used their brains in decades

[@moufettepokla5877]

@V6HAVOC yes most are thank you, but it's worth reminding the people who arent/dont think about it about the difference between working from scratch and copying a scene when it comes to budget and complexity.

[@duddleypembere7079]

I'd like to see a in-depth tutorial on how you made jinxes gun

[@TopCuby]

hell nah buddy he aint doing that cuz ur goofyah asked

[@shlokbhakta2893]

Same! It would be so awesome to see how it was actually painted on! And maybe what could’ve been better given more time put into it?

[@piotrek7633]

just look at any modeling tutorial and hand painting is something you either get born with or you acquire after handpainting 100's of models and watching multiple tutorial//tips&tricks videos

[@piotrek7633]

This guy worked in blender easily for 5+ years straight, and im not talking 5+ years of idling in blender, no he got up did blender stuff instead of gaming and went to sleep. if you can get up everyday and do blender, practice backgrounds, model scultping both organic/non-organic idk easy stuff like cups,simple robots, keyboards,wood planks,chairs etc. and faces of popular characters, practice handpainting, practice shaders,practice scene composition, then i'm sure you could do that as easily as him, the worst part is actually getting to his experience, you need to get into the "zone". I'm sure that just like arcane creators he has many tricks up his sleeve that he's purposefully hiding to keep him special on the job market, its a tough life out there, but if he could get his hands on them then im sure either you can work out your own style or stumble on similar tips that he learned from. Everything you need is out there, you dont need his tutorial :)

[@ptootie5657]

@TopCuby tf this guy do to you 😭

[@Mistsuko_Void]

Wooow amazing!!! You haven't messed up Arcane, it's just breathtaking!!! WELL DONE!!!!!!🥰🤩

[@felix-the-mongoose]

some people forget how much harder it is to create something new, from scratch, than it is to re-create something.

[@invis_potion]

12:56 I'm pretty sure this is how most of the post production behind animations for shows and movies go, they break it all up so that they can adjust each detail based off the choices of directors and managers

[@invis_potion]

Yeah it's pretty tedious to divide it all up, but when you work in a large team this is lowkey the most efficient and impactful method

[@shaplr8412]

hey man, i really appreciate your work, and i respect you very much for being able to deliver such work. I wish i had your skills, I'm really in awe. But you cannot say i recreated arcane for 0$ because the amount of work invested in designing the stuff you simply recreated is what is the hardest and where the most amount of the budget goes. Creating the scenes evolution, the creativity behind the joints movements, the emotions etc. Being able to redraw the Mona Lisa is nothing compared to come up with the idea in the first place. All the respect

[@melanp4698]

Creating Arcane cost the studio a lot of money. It didnt cost him any money. The only thing he spent was his time, but he didnt have any expenses.

[@roarsack503]

@@melanp4698 Time literally is an expense. And that's where most of the show's budget went as well, paying for the animators' time.

[@shaplr8412]

@ time is also an expense bro, in the budget they spent i would say most of it is time

[@shaplr8412]

@ where you work you get paid for your time and nothing else

[@melanp4698]

@@roarsack503 No, time is an expense *for an employer.* For you yourself, your own time is free.

[@narikojozai2974]

dude this editing is fantastic. the sound effects, the music, additional videos, and the narrating makes it so entertaining. great job!

[@Creyvil]

Yo, this is probably the most impressive thing I've seen in a loong time..! I think you nailed everything, but the facial expression man.. god that was good. Absolutely stunning. I just wanna sit here and praise you over and over again - that was truly inspirational.

[@chickensalad3535]

Agreed. It’s probably as close as one could possibly get as one person for $0, excluding the lips.

[@Omi704]

Well the facial expression was traced so it's not hard to do that

[@shadoe2.0]

This video, single handedly, is the only video I’ve ever watched fully all the way through without getting sidetracked or impatient for the final product. You make your process so interesting and entertaining! Definitely going to subscribe! ❤

[@FlynnTheRedhead]

This is insane man. I’ve been trying to achieve some lofty goals using Blender recently (also with hair systems and character likeness) and this really inspired me to push through, that I CAN achieve great results on my own if I try hard enough. Also seeing that Arcane shader tutorial pop by that I’ve seen around is so funny for some reason haha. Also the editing is incredible, great pacing!

[@JesseSpeaksYT]

This was highly impressive. 😮 cool scene choice to!

[@1saquers]

Omg, This was perfect! Never had seen any fan animation like that.

[@jjg1998]

This is one of the most incredible animation pieces I've seen from a single person in a LONG time. We all get so used to tik tok edits, social media short pieces and teams making terrible animation with high budgets and forget that hard work and an insane amount of skill can truly lead to a worthwhile outcome.

[@computron1]

That's not zero dollars. You said that your hair system on it's own took you 44 hours to set up. Your time and expertise and not worthless.

[@Xeonien]

Exacly the software is the cheap part in animation. Manpower is where all of the money goes. Plus he scipped all of the pre-production. Kind of a wiered video premisse.

[@noaburr]

@@Xeonien Seems like the idea is more "you can recreate this with no budget" rather than "I can create this for you for free". Maya for X-Gen alone is already prohibitively expensive for almost any hobbyist and a lot of people might see that and think it's impossible for them for that reason alone.

[@photobackflip]

Plus the computer with GPU, power bill for the 44 hours of render time. Rent.

[@NimVim]

@@photobackflip Are you saying nothing is free? you must be a GENIUS! PLEASE tell me how you became so astute.

[@2freeIvX]

Exactly. Looking at the step if he was paid 25$ an hour we are looking at something like 5k USD. Not only that certain step did not meat the quality requirement and he didn't to the backdrop. This is why arcane is so expensive. That was only 1 characther.

[@chonacenon8316]

imagine how much peope they needed to make that part and this dude right here chilling recreating this part SOLO.

[@Schmidtcreations]

holy moly!!! you recreated it so well!!!!!

[@projectalpha22_va]

13:06. I think you nailed this explanation, but I adore your humility, I love that this community is full of people who keep themselves grounded.

[@dozypawz]

The ending literally gave me goosebumps. U got my sub instantly, fab video, amazing talent.

[@NeemaMwaliga]

Lets imagine how powerful this guy would be without financial limit. 💀

[@RhynaX]

Incredible! As a newbie who just finished the donut tutorial this is very inspiring and motivating, it showed me what blender is capable of and what I might be able to create in future hopefully, wish me luck and Thanks for this amazing video!

[@Hi-GuyAnimations]

This is pretty insane, would be pretty cool if you did a tutorial on the composition side of this for Davinci Resolve

[@gametail]

Holy shit didnt expect it to look that good great job! In the beginning where she walks up you could tell because it doesnt have enough depth and there is some pixel flickering, but after14:28 no chance for me to see the difference, crazy stuff.

[@joaocspcosta]

Your work is really well done, like already said here, basically equal to the show quality, but the show is so good that it does not need to be recreated, still, absolutelly loved your animation, mindblowing!

[@Bunaye]

bro actually popped off

[@StylizedStation]

Gotta be the best arcane remake ive ever seen , amazing job

[@happyswedme]

So well made i legit didn't notice you were showing your work at first and not the original

[@DavidMDougherty]

I always find when people say they can do things for free baffling. This definitely wasn't for free. You spent years of your life becoming this good at what you do. As did the people that created Arcane...who also understood the market value of their skills...and got paid. All of your work is awesome...but definitely not free :)

[@Simpletoph]

I'm also a 3D guy, but I never model. Seeing him model the rocket launcher with such intuition was just INCREDIBLE to me. Modeling never clicked for me, never had the aha moment. How does one learn man.

[@Jojo_Montilio]

well, it starts with a cube...

[@With-faze]

This is too good. 📝✍

[@sres4]

Close enough, now give us season 3 🙏🙏

[@FayetteMerriblossom]

This video helped me understand just how much effort and work goes into animating just one scene. I am beyond astonished and I appreciate animation so much more knowing all of this.

[@TheAyanLens]

If you just showed me the clip with no context, i would have just assumed that it was from the show. Incredible work!

[@cosmodusty]

7:17 MY SHAYLAAAA

[@eji]

Clickbait title aside, you may not have literally spent money, but ultimately your time IS your money, and inherently more valuable than money since you can't get it back.

[@BrettJamesSuperRoach]

I don't have much to add besides I love your journey going through this, as well as thinking about what that "secret" sauce that they were cryptic about. Of course it's something that gives them more control!

[@CONST7ANTINE]

BRO IT'S A SHAME YOU ONLY HAVE 7K VIEWES !!! This quality and your art is out of this world

[@yamikattt]

it has 55k rn

[@shoelacedonkey]

63k now. Tf you on, this video was posted 13 hours ago.

[@KniteHoodGaming]

12:39 jinx being bald is wild

[@pitou6874]

Hair turned to powder

[@Kanyelover123]

Jump scare

[@I-am-soihau]

7:18 he's basically Jace but in modern times. Also, as a 2-D artist, I want to engage in 3-D art even more after watching this video. The process looks so soothing but complicated and tedious at the same time, however, the outcome seems so satisfying to look at. I can only imagine the satisfaction felt by the creator of this recreation, chefs kiss 🤌🤌

[@eesyahensemmmm]

13:16 bald jinx

[@ИринаВельдюхова-ы4д]

How bloody awesome this "Nervous" song fits the scene, I'm getting goosebumps! The amount of work you've done is incredible, the quality of the scene you've made is beautiful! I love it💜

[@BergsArt]

I think you just uploaded your best video ever made!

[@realtyrone]

6:10 *They used BLENDSHAPES, which are called SHAPE KEYS in Blender.

[@bilgeakaln6335]

11:30 ım sorry how do you also have editing talents like that's too much stars for one person my jaw was open the entire time

[@Donnosaurus]

Dude, that looks so good! Yeah, you got the reference from the original episode and video's on how they created some of their work, but figuring out so much on your own, 3d model, rig, paint and capturing the look of the show. Very impressive!

[@Paradox_Sol]

0:50 destiny's intro?? what?