Large Scalable Cinematic Cities in Blender? Can it Be This Simple?

[@CurtisHolt]

Hell yeah, love this one!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Curtis! I’m digging the environmental stuff again haha.

[@Uhfgood]

This is almost Ian Hubert style -- I think someone could make some amazing feature length movie, using nothing but quickie techniques like these.

[@KevBinge]

It’s certainly quick and dirty, and I think you’re right. Thanks!

[@alexandrudobrescu4071]

That's right but you have to put some accent on explaing how you do it, because if you just know how to handle blender, an one minute clip is not enough. great humor 😁 and thanks 👍

Yes, and on top of that, It's the only feasable way to make a feature length movie with a one man team, and THE BLENDER! :)

[@kev-in-space]

I do appreciate the process of trial and error you take us through!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks. This one pushed Blender a bit but still worked well.

[@Exceptional3dtutorials]

How do you not have at least 100k ? Unbelievable... You deserve so much more man.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! KZbin hates me lol.

[@CaptainFutureman]

I really like how you showcase the bumpy road to the final product. For me that made it more interesting to watch than vids that just go straight from A to B not mentioning any of the failed attempts that helped pave that way. Even though I'm quite proficient with Blender, I still regularly find myself going for a take two, or take three after my initial plan proves to be too cumbersome.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I do quite a few takes as well most of the time. It’s so rare that something “hits” the first time, or first few times haha!

[@PIXXO3D]

Excellent work Kev.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!! I hope all is well!

[@PIXXO3D]

@@KevBinge yha mate, doing well, Thanks .. Same for you man, hope you are also well.

[@fabriziolorito]

You have a unique tutorial style. How can you squeeze a complex project in 5-7 min while still being clear and easy to understand? This is a magic skill, Kev!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Fabrizio! It’s not easy and I’m still figuring out how to do it “well” lol!!

[@dakotaridge]

LOVE THIS! I love the commentary throughout the video ... right up my alley!!!

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!! Im glad you like the commentary haha! Thanks!

[@dakotaridge]

@@KevBinge It's all too rare that somebody else has my sense of humor. I appreciate it when I can find it.

[@InedibleMattman]

That's fantastic! I'm still early stages with blender, so I'm not up to geometry nodes yet. But considering how powerful it is, that's definitely up next. Well done!!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Matt! You’ll definitely get there!

[@wonderland4301]

Yo the problem solving approach you go through is so valuable, awesome.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I need to show more of that 😀

[@jamescombridgeart]

I love that the natural problem solving process eventually brings you to a fairly similar place that a pro might use. It's like evolution, usually the most efficient workflows come to the surface through enough trial and error :)

[@KevBinge]

Thanks. This is literally my entire workday, everyday... when I’m not in meetings lol.

[@jamescombridgeart]

@@KevBinge haha yup. Go freelance mate, have meetings with yourself :p

[@KevBinge]

@James C Yeah Lol. I do both.

[@marsmotion]

this is really great, when doing environments always think "modular" everything is a module you jam into other modules. then add props and what not on top of them. rotation and scale are your friends. like the universe is made of fractals build in modules..copy repeat scale rotate...

[@KevBinge]

That’s a great way to look at it. Modular is a great way to go and can build complexity quickly. Thanks!!

[@TheGeekRex]

Geo nodes even let you do crazy things like procedural buildings. You could get crazy and make a city of unique buildings, scatter props like crates and cars and trash all over. There's really no limit to the depth you can go to, it depends entirely on when you decide it's enough.

[@KevBinge]

Or when Blender chokes lol.

[@andyklyen6885]

Have been working on an underground city and have trying to use similar experiments to build it. Picked up a couple of useful tips so thanks Kev!

[@KevBinge]

That’s awesome!! I love the concept of underground cities. It’s probably what we’ll have to do on Mars.

[@andyklyen6885]

@@KevBinge Agreed! The instance on points is a god send - Did you try the BagaPi addon? It's great for scattering buildings and the like..

[@KevBinge]

I have not, but now I’ll check it out. Thanks!!

[@johnterpack3940]

I have no idea how to even spell "blender". But the rapid-fire, low key humor and references made the video worth watching.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks John!

[@tentative4474]

cool stuff bro, you got a unique way of making blender videos, love it.

[@KevBinge]

Thank you! Once in a while I try 😁

[@bradleydesignsohio]

Nice work! Love your sarcasm and little quirky jokes lol

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Bradley!!

[@Shattered3582]

it is amazing how far homemade projects have come. sure things can look better if you used multiple software programs, but the mere fact that you can hop into blender and create a scene like this is amazing

[@3DWithLairdWT]

Your whole demeanor while you present your videos is fun. Totally dig the not taking yourself too seriously while making something seriously cool.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Laird! I try not to take make it about me lol.

[@dslvfx]

Great Job man, Very cool to see SW inspires your personal work!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I grew up watching it and it’s still there.

[@violentpixelation5486]

Powerful your Blender forces are, master! Seriously, I feel like a young Padawan watching this. 😅 Great work, man. 👍💯

[@KevBinge]

I actually just laughed out loud in a Yoda voice. Thanks!!!

[@felfurion8624]

Really cool. I'll give this a go!

[@KevBinge]

Go for it!

[@michealgreen7205]

Dude yes this is awesome. I’m going to try doing something similar now!

[@themuegge]

Amazing work!!!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@wx87zirtghjbgpo15]

That was great. Thank you.

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, and thanks!

[@AHSEN.]

I just discovered this channel and this video is awesome! I can't wait to see more :D

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@mikaeldamkier1800]

Amazing, love this.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@a7xforeverfan608]

wonderfull, good job man!!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@manamedia]

Outstanding! That you for uploading!!

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome 😀. Thanks!

[@JuliusFdez]

Good stuff, man. Thanks.

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome Julius. 😀

[@Jeff-2112]

Really great walkthrough!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you Jeffry!!

[@omma911]

Good stuff as usual!

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!

[@Domab.]

I absolutely love these videos, you are a really impressive creator, I'm surprised you don't have 100k yet, you will be there soon

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I’m closing in but the closer I get the longer it seems Hahahaha!

[@seymaple]

Very cool tutorial, I love you

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! Likewise!

[@streetballplayer100]

Awesome job!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Boris!

[@abiyyupanggalih854]

Wow thanks for sharing

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome!

[@zanebrowning8682]

"So after I spit out my coffee all over my cat." This is how all great achievements begin.

[@KevBinge]

More than many realize lol!

[@zanebrowning8682]

@@KevBinge Jokes aside, your work here is astounding.

[@brandonjacksoon]

Thanks mate! Amazing)

[@KevBinge]

You’re welcome, and thank you!

[@pescieccellenti3989]

Your tutorials are fantastic, but most of all I appreciate your silliness. I honestly phase out of tutorials that are too super cereal and monotone.

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!

[@salvadormarley]

I've just downloaded it and am building up the courage to start the doghnut tutorial. This was amazing.

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!! Go for it! It’s an amazing journey.

[@salvadormarley]

@@KevBinge Will do Kev

[@phalhappy8612]

you can knife project the curve to the plane> select the ngon in the middle extrude down > go the sculpt mode ctrl+r to remesh and you'll get squared topology everywhere to scuplt

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!!! I’ll try that. Thanks!!

[@phalhappy8612]

@@KevBinge sometimes remeshing doesn't work with the plane, so you need to solidify it first and find a way to delete the bottom faces that you get from solidify later.

[@ololo9283]

the result is amazing

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@ShortField]

It doesn't go unnoticed that you reply to all your comments. Who needs Ian Hubert when you've got Kev. Always fun and informative, you deserve your success sir.

[@KevBinge]

I try. I don’t see them all but if someone spends time to comment positively I love to respond back 😁. Ian is awesome, but thanks!!

[@ShortField]

@@KevBinge my comment about Ian was not negative only that he is pretty quiet on YT but I feel your style and presentation is a worthy replacement.

[@KevBinge]

That’s how I took it, not negative against Ian at all, but praising him first and foremost. It’s all good 😁

[@vetknowledge4929]

It's awesome tutorial sir..

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!!

[@DCFHazardRebornChannel]

Really wonderful result. Of course my "accuracy node" in my brain tries to object but then I bring it back with "not everything needs to be accurately interactive, and film shots or render shots can really make magic with these tricks"... Guess its my more game-dev approach that has me constantly think "the city is fake, I can't walk in it and nothing makes sense on ground level, no actual city layout design etc etc etc", which has bled into my general creative projects as well. Im that nut that will create a city for a book and will sit there and draw the city first creating districts and locations and unique parts to it etc etc. Guess both ways work, depends on what you are going for :) Awesome result, love it.

[@KevBinge]

Very true on all accounts. For brevity sake, I didn’t build in a city grid or roads, just dirt. It’s not practical in any way other than an rushed establishing shot. Something like this needs way more time, which I never have. Thanks!

[@z-beeblebrox]

Blender's love of the 100 meter clipping plane is something I will never understand

[@KevBinge]

Me either!!

[@hugoantunesartwithblender]

Really cool!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Hugo!! Always cool when you show up!

[@passion_proh-jects]

I came looking for a pivot point relocation... I found... well more... thank you? Altho' life was so much simpler in 2018... not for me, obviously... but for other people. It's a journey...

[@MKHideOut]

jesus christ, the first person that reinvents blender for ease of use will be a legend.

[@KevBinge]

Haha! Try Houdini 😁

[@domin6168]

Honestly, Kev at the beginning I thought that You are an Environment Artist, and here you are, you are like me, I am also a 3D generalist artist (I completely cannot create environments, I can only Prop Modeling) But you still did well Kev ;D

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! Yeah, I have done some environments over the years but not to broadcast quality. I think I’d like to though as it’s becoming really fun! I have quite a bit of practice ahead of me there though lol. I’m a generalist too, and it’s ok 😀

[@nickbjones8833]

i am proud of you...davinci would be proud. blessings to you

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Nick! He was quite a guy!

[@printmelvin234]

man this guy is a monster..like what the hell😨each and every video of yours is a masterpiece . i am a complete noob in blender and i have a hell lot of things to cover

[@KevBinge]

Thank you so much!

[@joshuawong2305]

Love to see it kev

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Joshua!

[@cgichecklist6005]

Amazing😱 as always... 👍

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!!

[@yourfriendlygamedev]

I love your commentary! lol

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!! 😁

[@cheterete5043]

A few hours? You’re insane bro! 😎

[@KevBinge]

This one, yeah. I think all in all it was about 4 hours due to changing direction... minus render time which wasn’t much for this. Thanks!

[@camo7048]

"Sand, it gets everywhere!" 🤣🤣

[@KevBinge]

😁

[@jankowalski603]

you are funny bro + plus skills... impressive. Love

[@KevBinge]

Thank you! Likewise!

[@TheKevphil]

*_AMAZING!_*

[@KevBinge]

Thank you Kevin!

[@HannuDiff]

I have been to Tataouine in Tunis, close to Sahara.

[@KevBinge]

I’d love to see that. I can’t believe it’s still there.

[@babacartoure8120]

WONDERFUL MAN

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@nighttimeasbestos5958]

Hey! Kinda new to blender, what's the best way to morph the shape of the circle to the amorphous valley shape?

[@CastlesForEyes]

Wizardry! Great stuff. Now! Do you have a 4+ hour version of this, for us who are new to all this Blender magic? I'm just learning the basics myself.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! I don’t have a 4+ hour course anywhere, or anything for sale at the moment haha. I’m working on one though. I do this stuff (CG) full-time as a day job so I need the time lol.

[@creationwithbeast12]

Subscribed please make more learning tutorials in real time.

[@johndeggendorf7826]

One guy, working smart…🤔 You are an army, bro! Outstanding. ✊🍷🎩🎩🎩

[@KevBinge]

Thank you. I wish I worked smarter though lol!

[@Mocorn]

My dumb ass would have Alt-d'd those buildings individually and felt clever for making instances rather than copies. I really need to learn geo nodes!! Awesome work man!

[@KevBinge]

I used to do that, or use hair systems. Both still work, but geonodes are super flexible! Thanks!!

[@RomboutVersluijs]

Perhaps try the physical atmosphere & sky addon. It's great for setting a mood

[@KevBinge]

I actually prefer Clarisse, but didn’t use it here. Thanks.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@KevBinge Clarisse is for setting up big scenes right? Think I saw some vids about it while back. What do you for rendering with it?

[@KevBinge]

It’s the best scene assembly and look dev tool I’d ever used. It handles everything I ever throw at it, and has a really nice volumetric implementation. Angie (their new renderer) is very promising as well, at least from the beta.

[@RomboutVersluijs]

@@KevBinge what render engine does it use? Does it render really that good, i mean if you can do lookdev in there. I thought it used an external render engine

[@philharmonicaz]

Wish I could have seen the nodes layout during all this.

[@KevBinge]

The whole file is up on Patreon if you want, including all the buildings, etc... No pressure, but it’s there for a long time I hope 😀

[@nothingimageworks]

Would it be possible for me to get this Blendfile? :)

[@KevBinge]

I have the whole thing up on Patreon, buildings, terrain, etc...

[@brohan1196]

very nice! my computer would be in flames with that many faces. Probably can replace the windows and doors with a texture of a window and door and save a million. Great video regardless!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! That’s so true. Textures are so underrated. Layering for distance would work well with textures in a level of detail type setup.

[@CritelliArt]

How important is it to work at actual scale? If you adjust the camera it should work at a smaller scale just like using scale models in real filmmaking. Or is it just easier to use actual scale?

[@KevBinge]

For my mind it’s easier and if I end up using Houdini, the physics work better. You could work at scale and it would be fine.

[@Itzy066]

Impressive…most impressive

[@KevBinge]

Obi-Wan has taught me well. 😁

[@darkhoodchief]

I did something similar to this but i used a node that separated the points so no buildings overlapped.

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, admittedly I didn’t deal with rods or subdivisions. City planners are cursing me out right now lol. That and yeah, they overlap. A good bounding box system would mitigate that.

[@DevinSloan]

I probably would have scrubbed the foreground buildings and cropped the shot closer. But this is cool.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks. Do you work in the industry?

[@DevinSloan]

@@KevBinge Yep! I use Cinema 4D and unreal though. :)

[@KevBinge]

Awesome! C4D is the only tool I’d never used in production. I had a contact a few years back who had lots of work he’d needed done IN C4D, but all the C4D people I knew were slammed on shows. It was a good place to be 😀.

[@pixelricebowl]

You deserve more sub! I really enjoyed watching your process here. I'm going to try something like this in the future. You mentioned using Houdini or satellite data for terrain. Is there a way to easily import satellite terrain data into Blender for landscapes? I feel like that would be a huge time saver.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks! There is an addon called GIS I believe that will do that pretty well. I haven’t had to use it but there are some good videos out there on it. I think Markom3D has one, and so does the author of the addon I believe.

[@pixelricebowl]

@@KevBinge Thanks for the information! Cheers

[@TheTinyCreeperGaming]

How'd you blend all the mesa presets together; was it just a boolean modifier?

[@KevBinge]

In this one, based on the camera angle, I just placed them on top of each other.

[@randomriot5008]

What do you do for work?

[@KevBinge]

I’m a CG Generalist.

[@NUCLEARxREDACTED]

God I love geometry nodes so much.

[@KevBinge]

They’re awesome!

[@vagnersilva5465]

The first solution was actually good. All he had to do it's to use either "Remesh" in the sculpt mode or Auto smooth. It's weird he didn't

[@sadaomao7425]

i have no idea what's going on but I watched this 3 times. and I enjoyed this more than BOBF.

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Salila!

[@azngf]

Dil Pickles? The character from Rugrats?

[@KevBinge]

The food, but I’ll take Rugrats too!

[@whiteroosterproductions5986]

Where does Princess Leia shop for Father's Day? At the Darth Maul.

[@KevBinge]

Hahahaha!! What kind of tea does a sarlac drink? Boba tea 🤣🤣🤣

[@glittalogik]

What's the internal temperature of a tauntaun? Lukewarm.

[@KevBinge]

Ahhh!!! Nice one!!

[@UnemotionalBandit]

You make it look so easy 😭

[@KevBinge]

Thanks. Geometry nodes are so new so it’s really not that easy. The setup is pretty simple as far as procedural setups go, but that doesn’t mean easy 😀

[@MuzikMann96]

Okay but how long did the spaceport take?

[@KevBinge]

Same amount of time. It was all wrapped up in one project. I should spend more time on these things lol.

[@Nerbski]

I actually have lived on a desert planet, and this is very accurate!

[@KevBinge]

Awesome!! How was it?

[@Nerbski]

@@KevBinge Hot, dry, full of crazy monsters and giant holes that eat you! Pretty scary stuff! Got PTSD from how accurate this video was.

[@MrCompassionate01]

"Can it Be This Simple?" Spends a whole day making it using a professional level understanding of modelling, texturing, compositing and geometry nodes.

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, a bit disingenuous lol. You got me, but it wasn’t a whole day. It would look WAY better if I’d done that. 😁

[@MrCompassionate01]

@@KevBinge Ayy I have no problem with it, still super fun to watch a master speedrun something that takes most people days, the results are very impressive.

[@vetknowledge4929]

Please make some more detail tutorial

[@KevBinge]

I’m working on it.

[@yzorgone]

nice!

[@KevBinge]

Thanks!

[@TheHornoxx]

... großartig!

[@mycroft16]

I'm never not impressed by what Blender is capable of.

[@KevBinge]

Yeah, it’s gettin really fun.

[@cauto84]

use the landscape geometry tool and flip it on the z

[@KevBinge]

That’s would work too. The only issue there is not getting the ability to smash different walls together, but yeah, would work well.

[@onjofilms]

Ah, one more Blender secret to great renders; your eyes must bleed.

[@KevBinge]

Yes, you understand! 😆😆

[@glittalogik]

Thaaaat's why it's called Optix! Short for OPTIcal eXsanguination. It all makes sense now...

[@KevBinge]

Hahahaha!! Well, true 😀

[@BeckOfficial]

I like that you say you made the cube 100ft but actually made it 200ft (60m) xD

[@KevBinge]

The magic of editing.

[@BeckOfficial]

@@KevBinge I figured. But I still wonder why you used the cube instead of just looking at the dimensional z-axis of the mesa. Anyways I like the end result compared to the time spend on the project.

[@KevBinge]

I like using visual references instead of squinting to find numbers. When you work shot after shot after shot, your eyes start to bug out (moreso as I age lol). Thanks though for the kind words!! I appreciate it.

[@Smileyy2K]

Do you use davinci resolve for your videos?

[@KevBinge]

I do 😀

[@Smileyy2K]

@@KevBinge I recognized Jitter text :D

[@Clonley]

Just out of curiosity, how many polys did the scene roughly have?

[@KevBinge]

Roughly 4.5 Million.

[@Clonley]

@@KevBinge wow, that's actually not as much as I expected

[@mememanfresh]

you shouldve shown the final result for longer what was the purpose

[@henry.parkski]

verry cool :)

[@KevBinge]

Thanks Henry!

[@Land-Shark]

Now we just need some "Force Power" geonodes to make it complete. Fore Duplicate, Force Scatter, Force Array, Force Random, Force On Points... Make it so! Oh, wait... that's Star Trek. Away, put your mouse... Force surrround you, you must let... Path of the Blendi, it is.

[@KevBinge]

I want Force Solvers, Force Wrangles, Force Particles, Force Cache Nodes, Lets Fly.., oh, yeah, wrong Star IP 😆

[@Land-Shark]

@@KevBinge We'll have to wait until they switch from coding in Python to coding in Mynok. :)

[@KevBinge]

As long as it’s not in midichlorean 😀

[@Land-Shark]

@@KevBinge That'd be a lot of microcode and sub routines. :) Would be weird if we found out later that there are quantuum world inside our computers filled with luminous people and frisbees and motorcycles... I have TRON on Blu-Ray. Both theold one and the sequel. :) Those 80's FX... that was the bomb back then, and I still enjoy it, but what you guys do today is mind-blowing.

[@epipron]

For the hole you could just have used a displacement map on a plane

[@dammdaniel9953]

Ufff that cache size must be painful to look at while running .

[@KevBinge]

Not with lots of RAM.

[@MRMAN5551]

I subscribe after this

[@KevBinge]

Thank you!!