My Blender 2D/3D Process with Grease Pencil

Since a few people have asked, I created a quick overview of my process in Blender to create stylized models with a combination of 2D and 3D elements. I hope you find some of this useful!
Any questions please ask and I will help if I can!
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// Timestamps
00:00 Intro
00:33 Setup
01:03 3D Modelling
06:34 Materials
11:43 Grease Pencil Outline
15:28 Grease Pencil Drawing
24:04 Final Animation
25:08 Outro

[@blackopscg]

This video just looks like 25 minutes, but I spend more than 3hours to learn it step by step; Thanks again.

[@cheeksblaster6000]

Grease Pencil is an untapped section there really aren't many videos about it, keep at it and you'll see enormous growth on youtube in my humble opinion. Great video

[@lacruzo]

thanks, so kind of you to say!

[@apl1324]

I agree and your voice is easy to listen to and understand

[@Dantti]

There are, you just need to dig harder 😅

[@lacruzo]

@@Dantti yeah I think you're a great example of that Dantti! 😊

[@Dantti]

@@lacruzo thank you man! ❤️

[@pwnisher]

Great vid man! What an awesome style!

[@mysiph]

cool seeing you here!

[@lacruzo]

means a lot coming from you, appreciate that man!

[@piorism]

FYI you can avoid the workaround of having to manipulate the object in order to review it from different angles, by enabling "View Lock > Camera to View" for the main camera. That way you'll be able to navigate/rotate the viewport (from within the camera view, hence showing the camera-generated GP lines) without having to worry about the lines shifting from the object.

[@lacruzo]

good tip, thanks!

[@Scobbo]

For a tutorial that was not for beginners and won't go in depth, I felt like this went a lot deeper than I was expecting. It was still pretty easy to follow and things were explained for someone who doesn't really use blender to often like me. Thanks dude, this looks great!

[@ffurrr]

This is such a clear a good tutorial. It has helped me understand greasepencil better than any other tut. Really appreciate your hard work putting this together. Thank you so much!

[@vmethod]

I've watched a ton of blender tutorials and your way of explaining everything is THE BEST. You explain EVERYTHING with a simple "why" without over explaining or not even saying how or why. I hate it when people just move so fast you don't even see what they clicked on you have to pause it 100 times and then they don't even tell you WHY. This was perfect. Thank you!!!

[@MattBixler]

8:57 this blew me away. not only do i love being able to play with my background color without honking my whole lighting setup, i've also been trying to figure out a better way to draw in blender with an image reference, and i think this might be the solution. thank you so much!

[@IBubblesTV]

This is one of the best quick and easy tutorials on how to 2D/3D out there! Thank you!

[@sincerelytheo]

Oh my god i was agonizing over trying to figure out how to create this style in blender less than a week ago, and now the perfect video lands right in my recommended. Thank you for making this!!

[@SJQuayle1]

Absolute legend. Thanks so much for this. Can’t wait to see more from your channel 🙌🏻

[@cjellichheissen2379]

your technic are simple and straight forward, yet the result is so amazing, great work, hope to learn more from your channel

[@JunioRicao]

Parabens, man! Very well explained, detailed and without a doubt in each shortcut or tool applied! Congratulations!!

[@JoelBenji]

Thank you for this tutorial! Please please make more, you're great at explaining everything and feel like I could learn so much from you. Thanks again!!

[@yvanvan3729]

I love your art ! Amazing work. Thank you to take time to make this video to share it with us.

[@DomcroX]

Finally !!! A 2D/3D tutorial ! Thank you so much, waiting for the new videos !

[@aoi7910]

So good! I love this style!

[@raihanpurwandaru9483]

Would love to see more of this. Great video, I adore the chill vibe. :)

[@VVaypoint]

This is incredibly cool! So simple but effective!

[@Gustoberg]

you just taught me some things that REALLY lacked in my models, thank you!

[@MugsVR]

THAT IS SO COOL! I love how it combines 3d art with 2d art.

[@OrignalFabMartha]

So many great time-saving ideas. Thank you for sharing your process! The result is super-cute too.

[@bloop6111]

Oh man, this is a great tutorial!! I can’t wait to try following along. You made the steps so simple and easy to grasp. Thanks for this! New sub :)

[@lalabing]

This is such a great tutorial! Really appreciated :D I've never touched grease pencil before but this made it really approachable.

[@estherrobertsson5837]

Love this art style, would love to see more future videos with this style because I would love to be able to recrate this kind of style in my art

[@SalahAbdullah97]

Exactly what I was looking for, thanks a lot!

[@roelthijssen2147]

This is awesome! Great job!

[@skyguy4164]

This was therapeutic to watch, and I learned something too. Keep up the awesome work!

[@harrydsgn]

Unironically a great tutorial for some simple modeling things I wasn't aware of as a not quite total beginner. Love this!

[@zen_infinity]

This is an AMAZING tutorial. Thank you for sharing. Subscribed and can't wait to see more.

[@Maxwelliswho]

Finally decided to try out the grease pencil after seeing this on tiktok. You absolutely rule, easy to follow along and so many small general tips that are valuable to remember. Again, you rule, thank you!

[@juanp.5364]

This is just insane. Great job.

[@maxhuk]

Love this technique! The piece looks so cosy

[@jekyllandcyde]

this was the perfect speed and scale for me! i've been wanting to learn this for a couple of months and this really helped something click for me, thank you!!!!

[@Mistform3D]

Good stuff. I’ve been using Blender for two weeks. ( 8 years using Maya professionally). Seeing this type of freedom in work is refreshing.

[@lacruzo]

So glad to hear, thanks for checking it out!

[@KTheBoi]

Genuine question, did you stick with Blender's native user input setting or the one that mimicks Maya's? I've tried giving Blender a fair shake multiple times but always felt that interacting with the software is always a headache as a Maya vet

[@vuankhanhbeo]

@@KTheBoiI started with Maya set, and slowly adjust to my taste. So my current setting is some kind of Chimera fusion between Maya n Blender

[@vulpipunkgaming]

Yesssss this is what I have been looking for in 3d art!!! Thanks for the walkthough!!!

[@kurtc021914]

Wow ! I love it ! Thank you for sharing the process

[@Mrs1xm]

this is the best one fr bro your node is simple and i finding gibli style for a month omg

[@merrickkelley9414]

Thanks, this was a really great introduction to learning the grease pencil

[@lps-emily]

oh my gosh this style is so stunning!

[@lacruzo]

Thanks so much!!

[@Delos_Shoe]

Truly fascinating to watch, makes me want to do something similar. Amazing video!

[@jxh6414]

I love your work..the tutorial is so so simple ❤ I hope you're going to do more in the future.

[@TheShadesOfBlack]

I've spent so much time looking up how to do outlines and cartoon shaders and NONE of them were as easy or as elegant as whats presented in this video. Incredible work.

[@lacruzo]

So glad I could help! 😊

[@alexsotelo9975]

i loved this. thank you very much. keep up the great work

[@yezzzsir]

Great walkthrough! I haven't played with the Grease pencil outline modifier as yet, it looks pretty useful for Things I like to do. Thanks for putting this together. 🙂

[@HexanaMusic]

This is really class. I love it

[@mathaeis]

This is wonderful and I cannot wait to try my hand at this. Thank you for your efforts!

[@harrypham6337]

Love the vibe of this style. You get inspired to me !

[@hershfam]

LOVE this style so much, instantly subbed

[@user-je1gf1rn7h]

I hope you continue sharing more videos like this

[@sennabullet]

Thanks for this fantastic tutorial. I ended up making my digital holiday greeting card with the techniques you shared. Looking forward for more from you.

[@adamward2175]

Great vid. Really nice teaching style and pace. More please!

[@keithkool]

Great insights on your workflow. Many thanks for sharing!

[@pragnyajain254]

Loving the work flow 🫡🫡. We need more videos like this!!

[@lacruzo]

I'm so glad to hear! 😊

[@mugincoffe]

Exactly, what I needed. That's some gold content here, so I'm definitely subbing

[@VincentVdSteen]

Very helpful guide! Always wanted to try something like this.

[@juancarlosuribe]

Thanks for sharing this Oscar, what you lack in quantity you make up in quality, lovely work and content, just followed your tutorial and posted it on my IG, your content is gold!

[@EpicFables]

Great video, love that look, hopefully can give this a go when I get 5!

[@luckypretzel]

This is so sick. Love the style.

[@yudhaaprilan5290]

i love this amazing technique! 🤩

[@macwithamac]

this is really cool stuff. I wish C4D had this method!!! Thanks for sharing this.

[@loonymiko]

great video! learned a lot from simply just watching it. really appreciate how to have included the keyboard shortcuts. For a noobie like myself its very helpful. Keep up the good work and will also keep on following you!

[@juanpabloquicenoperez2514]

We need more of this

[@messymoonmess]

This video is amazing !! I'm a beginner and yet it was very well explained i have to try this !

[@ritageraghty3261]

Your work is awesome. Thanks for sharing.

[@MaxSonicUA]

Simply perfect❤

[@yuliyabeskletkina]

It's cool! Thanks! 🎉

[@penewoldahh]

Im pretty new to blender and i feel like i learned a lot. Didnt know that toon shading was that easy to make. The method to make the background not affect the object is very useful too

[@nina7108]

wahoo thank you so much, my first time on blender, and with your explonations i was able to follow every step!!

[@yaitchu5512]

This is what I'm looking for amazing work!!!

[@eggedface]

pretty easy to follow tutorial!! and the model looks very nice i quite like it a lot. also completely unrelated but your voice is very relaxing :3

[@Luluskuy]

Trully amazing, will save it to watch again later

[@tsumik9s]

really love your style and i wanna practice with it more often because of this. Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration!

[@hammerheadcorvette4]

Doesn't it look a bit like Dedouze though? it's still a great tutorial.

[@seervisual7447]

Gamechanger. Thank you!!

[@jeremiestern]

It looks insane! I've always been scared to try grease pencil lineart, vut you make it look easy and make me want to try it out for myself! Thanks for the inspiration! (+1 sub)

[@lacruzo]

thanks so much for watching!

[@RavenclawNimbus]

Same! I was actually shocked by how easy it looked

[@AcamInc]

Great video! Got me inspired and I tried it out today, never had more fun on blender.

[@life.by.linus3D]

Inspired to try this out! Perfect 🎉

[@stephenfurber8255]

I’ve been waiting for a grease pencil tutorial for ever

[@Auxfuse89]

This was awesome. Great presentation and very easy to follow. 👏

[@michii2599]

This is so cool! I’m gonna try to make something following this tutorial very soon!❤❤❤

[@technoschnauzer4327]

I had no idea about the Free Style Edge thing!! Thanks for this video it was really great :D

[@Croquis_Fusain]

I love your work ! I help to learn 3D as a beginner, thank you !

[@giannis7707]

this technique could make some incredible borderlands renders ty for the tutorial

[@Alifkbr]

this feels like a paid course, excellent work man keep it up, subbed!

[@zerotemporaryadministrator7512]

hank you for your tutorial. I followed this video to recreate the scene. It was my first time using this software, and I learned a lot. Thank you.

[@ImTheReaper]

This is one of the best tutorials I've ever seen, thank you so much Can you please make landscape, grass mountings, river and sky with sun, same as this style 👍🏻❤️

[@ixxenangora3367]

I've only just started learning blender (made The Donut and a cat tutorial) and this is the first I've seen of grease pencil. I love this style - this will be next on my to do list!

[@jmundart]

this is cool. hope to see more of this

[@pathumshehan9187]

Love the art style

[@wgalloPT]

This is really AWESOME !!

[@DarcyCardinal]

I'm just beginning to learn Blender and this tut is interesting because I have some great ideas on how to use this tool. I got to learn more basics of Blender first, but I like what this tool could do!

[@Karmadeezy]

Another underrated blender KZbinr, This is absolutely amazing!

[@lacruzo]

Ah you're too kind! 😊

[@Grimmona]

I just want to you thank you, this is great work and exactly what are looking for.

[@firesightstudios5823]

Incredible video. I tried to make an animation recently, combining 2D and 3D, and was having so much trouble getting the lines to appear the way I wanted them. I also wonder, how would you go about animating a 2D character in 3D like this? I was having too much trouble with it so I settled for 2D animation as opposed to 2D in 3D. Anyways, your video gave a lot of insight to using better techniques. Thank you!

[@ronwatson3237]

Excellent video!

[@dannyaustin-lz6jc]

REALLY enjoyed this. Thanks

[@milocero]

I loved this, thank you !

[@magic2302]

Nice video this is actully what I was looking for

[@NicoleSummer8]

Awesome and love the style of this art! ❤😂👍💪👏

[@stzrm.zeroseven]

The was a enjoyable tutorial! We need more man you are underrated!!