Texture Creation Tutorial and Demonstration

[@OSW]

1. The workload is insane, I'd no idea 2. Your patience is incredible 3. You're creating art. The logic processes to make the texture fit in with the world is v cool. 4. This tutorial video is quite calming 🙂

[@Shankatron]

I was unaware of the level of work you put into your textures... this video not only helps artist, but regular audiences understand the depth of your work load. Keep up the good work!

[@tekgeekster]

Not only his work, but the work of game developers as they sometimes work at higher resolutions only for the textures to be downscaled to fit a certain file size and to not overwork the ram on the system the game is designed for.

[@evanpomakov9783]

Yeah, I just want to play this mod out of respect now.

[@lunasgarage83]

Your philosophy on following the original art style is something that a lot of people don't follow, and I appreciate that attention to detail.

[@SpykoYT]

but minecraft texture packs are not trying to stick to the original they are trying to make there own style and there are texture packs that follow default

[@BlaxeFrost-X]

@@jojomicheldu59 This.

[@sudenluola2241]

@@jojomicheldu59 There are "HD" (More detailed) minecraft texture packs that follow the original art style to the best of their capability. But there is only so much you can do to keep the feel of the original 16x16 textures, when you remake them in 64x64, or god forbid, 128x128. The 64x64 texture pack I recommend is the "faithful". Which as it's name suggests, is faithful to the original minecraft textures, and did a great job.

[@ralphthejedimaster]

@@jojomicheldu59 ehhhh, in the case of minecraft customizing it to be exactly as you want it is one of the big appeals, it is a sandbox game after all, and the modding community is huge. texture packs don't necessarily need to be faithful to the original look in that case imo

[@Alloveck]

Out of everything in this video, the part about following the original art direction was the absolutely best lesson and most important part. No amount of texturing skillz can make up for screwing up the art direction.

[@MLPFun_]

I have zero interest in texture creation but you managed to make this so entertaining that I'm watching the entire video anyway

[@__________g5894]

MLPFun swaos

[@ninja_raven256]

I am a graphic designer and this was riveting

[@WildFyr]

Making textures/graphics is really hit or miss either you like it or you don't, also you can tell if someone does not because they will abandon a project they start. Also what he said when only doing one room at a time will help you keep going because you can see the finished product but if you only do the textures that you pick at random then it will look like you are making no progress and you will become uninterested

[@jco_sfm]

Do you ever watch a video and then think "Why did I watch that? I'll never make a texture pack." It's the buttery smooth voice. Gets you every time.

[@aleeoid3410]

And the great flow of his scripting and editing.

[@Hysteria98]

HAY GUYS WHAT'S GOIN ON ITS YA BOY SHOWIN U ANOTHER TUTORIAL ON TEXTURINNGGGG YEEEAH * LOUD-ASS EDM WHILE TALKING*

[@RiahGreen]

I only thought it once, and that was while I watched this video.

[@brig.badger2896]

You’re an excellent artist, thanks for all he dedication.

[@user-ry4fg1ge6t]

海水浴です！😭！✌️ですし夏季を⁉️こ

[@FullCitris]

*The

[@weebovv3176]

All he dedication deserves praise

[@KingK1421]

*your

[@rupertwhaledick]

@@KingK1421 *you're The word "your" means you're talking about someone's belongings, for example: "I accidently broke your 3DS." The word "you're" is short for "you are", example: "You're garbage at this game."

[@AttackingTucans]

I really enjoyed this video! I'm feeling pretty inspired right now to get into digital art just to start making texture packs.

[@redryu4068]

Ayeee AttackingTucans!!

[@Nix-Man]

This guy could upload just about anything and I will be riveted

[@basedshiba196]

Evan Garbe His voice is fucking butter to my ears.

[@F_Du_Sea]

Are you not aware of what riveted means? This video has nothing to do with nails, and construction.

[@hahagager]

Same dude for some reason this came up in my recommended feed and I ended up watching the whole thing even though I'm not an artist and I don't make texture packs

[@aleeoid3410]

@@F_Du_Sea he's humble, and his editing and scripting flows so well.

[@WohaoG]

@@F_Du_Sea yes it does

[@RarefoilB]

Nerral: Writer, humorist, texture artist, plays instruments, and makes videos. To quote Ross Scott, he's a freaking Renaissance man.

[@guscox9651]

he is my god, and my new dad. he doesnt know it yet.

[@lemathmath]

Hey Nerrel, Let me congratulate you on your very professional approach regarding this texturing workflow. The attention to details is remarkable, and your dedication to the original intent of the art style makes it even better. Thanks for keeping Majora's Mask alive Cheers

[@franksgreatdecline]

honestly the entire concept of painting the impression of detail rather than painting actual detail really helped me a lot in improving my art

[@MoonyB]

the joy of painting with your host nerrel

[@NJ-zf1fe]

Honestly, I could watch you do this for every texture in the game.

[@UniblueMedia]

Being someone who have done a lot of re-texturing myself, I see we face some of the same problems, and I admire the way you interpret and bring detail to the original textures. Your textures are awesome! I can also testify that I am one of those who failed to see the amount of work that layed upon me when I decided to re-texture Minecraft, and I would like to underline what Nerrel mentioned in the first seconds of the video; If you decide to embark yourself on such a mission, please be ready for countless hours of work. Not only in creating new textures, but also in researching, organising files, learning techniques, testing and even retouching of already-made textures. A single texture can take several hours to make. A typical game can have hundreds, or maybe even thousands of textures in need of change. If you have school or a full-time job, such projects can take years.

[@TheEpicFace007]

Of course it take years but it's worthly of taking all the time it takes to.

[@ETXAlienRobot201]

i have two texture packs, myself... haven't worked on either for a while, but i plan to continue one of them other i'll probably scrap, though for now, at least

[@aarondx3764]

@@ETXAlienRobot201 Hows that going?

[@ETXAlienRobot201]

@@aarondx3764 it's not... /:

[@supersquare]

Lmao what the hell? Just found one of your other documentary style videos, subbed, then you post exactly what I've been looking to get into :D

[@ventriloquistmagician4735]

God is doing things behind the scenes with this channel.

[@gumgrapes]

This is an incredible video, it really demonstrates just how thorough and skillful your work is. To think, on top of creating a masterful texture pack, on top of putting out increasingly high-quality videos showcasing said pack, and on top of cleanly articulating the methodology behind your artistic choices, that you were able to share with us a video like this is nothing short of legendary. There's so much genuinely educational content packed into this upload that I'm starting to wonder if you shouldn't be teaching the next generation of digital artists. I don't have an income atm, and partially because of that I don't ever really feel morally obligated to pay into online content creators. This would be the exception. I think it's time I offered up patronage. Your stuff is amazing, thank you Nerrel.

[@tekgeekster]

I love how you've taken what could have been a boring, run of the mill tutorial and made it interesting. You're not only a great artist, but a good editor as well as your videos are generally entertaining in surprising ways. Your artistic skills are probably proof of that.

[@jordanc.m.6735]

You can always tell a good software tutorial when it doesn't have the name of any software in the title. There are a couple things I noticed watching the video that you might want to know. Firstly, I'd recommend always using Addition (or some equivalent) when drawing light, it mimics how light actually affects the scenery much more accurately; ensuring that a source of light can never darken and mixes the colors of light much more accurately. You'll want your brush and your light layer (I like to have a layer for every light source) to both use the same mode when you're working with light or shadow and this can be a pain to keep track of so I'd recommend using Brush Presets and often as possible, and prefixing the brush name with number to keep them organised when sorted alphabetically. Secondly, you should start using palettes for color picking, this is especially the case when you're basing you're color scheme on a reference image. The color picker even has an "add to palette" option so it couldn't be any easier. Thirdly, this is particularly relevant for the lamp texture at the beginning. Both Krita and GIMP have symmetry modes. They both have significant flaws which you'll probably become familar with but they're better then nothing. Krita's tiling view is very useful for simple tiling textures but for everything else I think GIMP's implementation is more reasonably implemented. Finally, you can put mathematical expressions into value boxes in GIMP and a lot of other software too. If you want to multiply a texture size by 32 you can just put "*32" after the pixel value, you shouldn't ever need to take out a cacluator for this stuff.

[@Nerrel]

Thanks, sounds good

[@reptarien]

dude i literally *just* watched your video on the remastered textures for majora's mask

[@OfAndalu5]

Had no clue how much time, effort, patience, love and care was put into this project. Very impressive

[@YoursTrulyYoshi]

I can't believe this came out one year ago and I'm still watching it once every two fucking weeks.

[@danielpridemore3997]

Woah, a tutorial on something that's generally overlooked, yet was made edu-taining via thorough editing, articulate explanation and consistent pacing? Not even exactly interested in game textures, but I guess I am now. Very well.

[@nobyra]

This is a true art form, the level of detail and care is nothing short of impressive. Thank you so much for this

[@TheHerooftime796]

Please make another one of these videos it's so chill and interesting to watch

[@freakmangd]

Really appreciate how you make even your tutorial and texture showcase videos humorous and interesting. You could totally just walk around in a finished area for a while or upload a speed paint of a few textures, but your videos show that you’re willing to go the extra mile which is really inspiring.

[@Maceyoshiman]

MAD respect to you man. I never knew how difficult this was.

[@clay2889]

wow this is incredible. The amount of work and cognition it takes to retexture an entire game is just mind blowing. Ocarina of Time is my personal favorite game so it makes it even cooler to see

[@jackgarcia5926]

Can you do a multilayered texture for Tingle's bodysuit? I'm asking for a friend. Jiggle physics are not necessary, but are encouraged.

[@malikoniousjoe]

Just how many layers we talking here?

[@Baconator2558]

@@malikoniousjoe I would like one with all clothing layers removed.

[@malikoniousjoe]

@@Baconator2558 “Every nook, every crease, every cranny.”

[@carloscabrera2500]

I learned more watching this 27mins video than a whole year in my graphic design class. Thank you for teaching me your ways!!!!!

[@SillyCoyotee]

This is how you should get people into the process that is texture creation, as many others have said: it's great to see that you follow the original artstyle of the original game. Thank you for being an amazing creator Nerrel, it means a lot to enjoy content from someone really passionate about these sorts of things.

[@andresortega6051]

Nerrel, you got a dope voice bruh!!

[@Mick2K]

Great video. I have in no way the talent or dedication for such things but I am glad that there are people like you.

[@Nate_the_Nobody]

I don't do any form of art, haven't since freshman year of highschool, but damn it if I didn't watch you paint the fuck out of a lamp for a game that's legally old enough to buy alcohol. It's really awesome to hear your thought process while making your HD pack, you truly were passionate about maintaining the overall art direction

[@HarrisonWeber21]

“paint the fuck out of a lamp” Lmfaooo

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

I do not ever want to make textures but I am definitely watching this 30 minute video about how to do so. Thank you for your excellent content Nerrel.

[@KanjoosLahookvinhaakvinhookvin]

Conclusion: this was as interesting as watching Bob Ross paint a painting I have no intention of painting myself.

[@obvilion2060]

So hear me out. I don't have any interest in creating textures, but I've watched this videos way too many times and you might have saved my sanity with this in an unintended way. This video helped me so many times to fall asleep. I don't wanna say it's boring, it's simply very good to put me in a relaxed mood with these perfect OST choices and the quite, relaxed atmosphere. Thank you so much, Nerrel.

[@SmittyTheWorld]

I love your content so much. Everyone complained that the algorithm picked up your Majora's Mask 3D video, but I couldn't be happier. I love your voice, and your reasoning abilities are also top notch. You made me remember how much I love Skyward Sword, among other things, which I really value. I look forward to each upload.

[@griffin1095]

Perfect timing Nerrel, just started texturing 3D models recently and it's AMAZING to see an actual tutorial from someone I like listening to. It's probably unlikely but I'd love to see more tutorial videos from you!

[@conmcdon]

Every once in a while, I find someone on KZbin who I think is criminally underrated. I get this feeling about Nerrel every time I watch one of his videos. This one, though, this one absolutely blew me away. Before watching it, I knew that undertaking something like retexturing Majora's Mask was huge, but it blows my mind just how much work goes into something like this. I occasionally do texturing at my job, and it's taken a long time to get even the basics down pat. The amount of knowledge he has, not only on the technical side but the art side of it, too, is incredible. All the different layers and tweaking settings and filtering light effects combined with a grasp of art principles-it's honestly astounding. I love that balance: you have to know the technical side of the programs, how they work, and how they can be used to modify existing software, AND you have to have that passion for the project and eye for how something looks. And then I get to credits and I see that Nerrel arranged one of the pieces of music?? And he's funny? What the fuck? Keep up the great work, I've never used a texture pack with a ROM before, but I'll definitely get into it now after watching your process.

[@DjEM420x]

Another great video bro. I was hoping you'd do a video on this topic, and I feel like I learned a lot about your creative process. And you dive not only into the technical aspects of it's creation, but the artistic motives behind how something should look and why it should look that way. Keep up the videos man. Doesn't matter if it's a texture tutorial, game analysis or keyboards & mice. It's all entertaining and very well done.

[@lebendigesgespenst7669]

The more I dive into this channel the more I struggle to escape being further sucked in. It’s so interesting and everything is intelligently approached

[@DensetsuVII]

A tutorial that's compelling, informative, and doesn't start with 5 minutes of obviously filler and self promotion? I'm not sure this is allowed on youtube, but I'm very glad it's here.

[@michaelaeschbacher4648]

Only this guy would regularly insert comedy into a half hour texture creation guide That's why I love this channel

[@Worth19]

One of the most relaxing videos on youtube, even as someone who has no interest in creating textures, I thank you

[@MagicMaster667]

Dude. I feel like you're one of the best channels on KZbin that I watch. Keep up with the amazing work, it's amazingly entertaining and informative to watch.

[@octaviuspenney4410]

I'm not doing textures, but I am trying to put more detail into my artwork (especially for backgrounds), and this helped me more then any dedicated tutorial I've seen. Your advice about brushes and highlights and stuff is really good without feeling patronizing (it feels like a lot of tutorials think you don't even know what side of the tablet you draw on), and I really enjoyed how you work and adapt things to the game.

[@mishlewski9609]

Dude I'm chilling in bed watching you create new textures and listening to your voice explaining... It's just perfect to chill and satisfying to watch. Good one dude

[@Bjornybaby]

This video is incredibly helpful, and I'm very inspired by your Majoras Mask project. The only thing I'm unclear on from this tutorial is how to actually get the textures in the game itself.

[@csdgay]

this is an absolutely absurd level of dedication, and although i personally would never use a mod like this (i prefer "worse" looking games), i can appreciate the effort

[@LochNessHamster]

Your creative work flow/technique and attention to detail reminds me a lot of my own, except you actually put yours to really good use. I know how unbelievably corny this sounds, but watching you work almost makes me cry. There's nothing more beautiful to me than seeing someone who loves and respects their craft working on a passion project.

[@m.s7839]

I've seen this video a few times but I always come to see it again, because i think it's interesting to see the effort you put in these texture. Seeing this video again (and also seeing the progress of the RE4 HD mod) made me want to revisit my texture mod for the game GTA: Vice City (it's called VRTP), it has the same premise: "Textures faithful to the original game in higher resolution " and obviously, with some freedom to add some new details that the original texture didn't have.

[@liyifenn]

Big fan of your work. Nice to see it's still going strong

[@ManuBeker2]

Devs could learn a lot from you Nerrel. So much passion and dedication

[@The1uptriforce]

MAN this guy can make a video about anything sound interesting I always catch myself leaning in close and really focusing on whatever he talks about I dont even make texture packs nor do I want to lol.

[@Fredthefireman]

For some reason, the pots in the shop are the first of your work to truly make me openly sob. Very well done and kudos and keep it up good job

[@Fredthefireman]

No, this whole video is perfect. Quality qrt brqbo

[@Fredthefireman]

You should keep a ref photo of original original resolution as inspo more the lamp goes a little left ok bless

[@XradicalD]

This is an excellent to tutorial for texture making in general. Not only on "how to do them" but also explaining the graphical direction involved in making them (Like not just pasting a picture, but working with digital visual media and how we perceive the abstract reality in it). I think this should be a point of reference for anyone willing to make either texture packs or just textures. Great job. BTW, wouldn't be a bad a idea to have "development progress" speed paint videos just to fill the gap every once in a while, maybe commentating a little on the art direction. But, that's just me.

[@FFZAdrin]

This was a brave video for you to make, I'm a concept artist but work indie so I dip into textures when I'm needed, it was very helpful to see your process!

[@FFZAdrin]

Also, I think your texture skills would be heavily aided by doing some value studies of still lifes, it would level up your ability to see value.

[@Uradamus]

Something I've been thinking about for a while is to create an ever growing library of hand drawn gray scale seamless textures of common materials, like brick/stone patterns, concrete details, rust, moss, grass, etc. All done at pretty high resolutions so they can work for stuff that needs high detail, but also scaled down as needed to fit pretty much any need. Then I can just pull from that library instead of stock photos to quickly get a starting point for new textures/materials.

[@andresg6076]

Something about Nerrel's voice and speaking about Majora's Mask reminds me of a much simpler time in life

[@pbgamer115]

Majoras mask is one of my favorite games of all time thank you for putting so much love into it

[@nebulous9280]

As someone who would like to get into texturing and the like, this video is great. Thanks for pointing towards free tools. I was unaware they existed and didn't even think to check.

[@mzemsh7187]

I was never really interested in textures but now I'm making my own

[@holyhotdogtoaster9034]

Man, even if I dont make custom textures, these techniques are so useful as a beginner artist who's trying to learn how to paint. Thanks :) really appreciate this video it was great!

[@aylo.mp3]

you sir, are my all time favorite creator in this world

[@gregorymirabella1423]

i wish i had something creative to say, so i guess this will do... whenever i have an idea for a mario maker level i place the ground 3 enemies and maybe 5 blocks before i give up. no matter how much i want to make or do something (not just including mario maker) i usually just give up due to my embedded laziness, and there are far more examples than just that. it really sucks, and it's almost like i have no control over myself, so i have massive respect for you Nerrel, for committing to this to such a degree. godspeed you magnificent man. huh, i guess this will work.

[@bread2374]

I have no idea what half of this means, but I love watching videos like this from you

[@HarryWuzHere]

this is actually super interesting to watch even as someone who doesn't plan on doing anything like this. great job dude

[@schmavenb.7141]

I come back and watch this video from time to time and it's always as interesting as it was the first time I saw it. It's some sorta wizardry watching you work, thank you for this video

[@woah7148]

Hope your work and dedication doesn't go unnoticed when complete

[@markedone9778]

I could watch an entire series of this, its amazing!

[@corralzin4909]

Imagine if every game designer had the level of passion of Nerrel. I can't stop coming back to this video and watching it, its so perfect.

[@theajchannel8905]

This is impressive, many texture artists tend to stray too far from the original goal, to realise the game in HD whilst preserving the original art style. You showed a lot of constraint in this, good job!

[@epochpilot9404]

I'd love for you to release your piano arrangements at some point, they're down right gorgeous to listen to.

[@Yourname942]

This video is so satisfying to watch and listen to. Thank you for making this, great work as well.

[@stealth7225]

I like how you took initiative in useing the original as a reference and... the important part here is you're teaching yourself how to make textures.. I'm impressed with your intelligence and it makes me wish I dident have to deal with dumb people everywhere. Great work nonetheless Nerrel. I will probably be using your textures in my walkthrough of this game that will be on KZbin eventually.

[@kikellanosdelagarza]

I wish I had this kind of explanation while working on textures in uni. Really helpful.

[@the_glove]

Man I am in no way interested in how to do textures however it's been really nice listening to you talk about it I could probably listen to talk about anything at this point in time

[@dantealbarelli9338]

This is awsome. I have no idea what are you talking about, know nothing of design, and usually only watch your review videos (of which I wish you made more), but this was great and very interesting. Keep up!

[@YoutubePizzer]

as someone who has commited to learning programming and game design in general over art, I have absolutely no idea what is going on and it looks like magic

[@MrDNMock]

Good video! Something you didn't mention that helps me a lot is to build yourself as large of a set of common high resolution resources as possible. Stuff like bricks, grass, rocks, wood, trees, plants, etc. etc. saves a lot of time and effort in hunting them down on the web in the future. Also, for whatever reason, Bing seems to be a lot better than google as a search tool for that sort of stuff.

[@gmjammin4367]

This is awesome man, thank you so much!

[@poultriarchy]

I’m not at all interested in texture work yet this is probably the best video I’ve watched in months. Your dedication to your work and willingness to document it is, for lack of a better cliche, truly inspiring.

[@bradfairbairn2870]

Nerrel, my man you are a natural born teacher I have never felt so engaged. (:

[@dalgusmaximus4557]

Your choice of ambient music for this video was very good.

[@DougSalad]

You definitely do have that Bob Ross-esque quality to your voice!

[@potationos9051]

And to his works too

[@andresz8067]

Your level of skill and your workflow are straight up magic to me. I have a newfound respect for texture pack artists

[@Pzafrk]

As somebody who doesn’t really do digital art a whole lot, I’m already learning a ton of things i didn’t think about trying before thanks to this.

[@aspol12]

you're so much more than i originally thought. at first i thought you were just a game reviewer and then BOOM! you play piano and then now this is another BOOM! with how fucking good you are at art!

[@ManuBeker2]

Shocked by the ammount of work this actually takes. Hope I can emulate this once you're done and enjoy the ultimate majora's mask

[@corbinwilliams4045]

Hey, just wanna let you know this texture pack is absolutely amazing, and after returning to the game once again with this texture pack, I'm truly astonished to see the game look exactly as I'm sure the original artists had envisioned, if only the technology allowed for it. I know you most likely won't stop with the project, as you seem thoroughly invested, but I just wanted to give you that extra motivation and let you know how unbelievable your level of talent is, and I highly admire the fact you are willing to share your process with all of your viewers, truly fascinating. TLDR: You're doing a wonderful job, please never stop.

[@danthewarpriest784]

I'm pretty sure I'll never create a texture, but this video was completely entertaining anyway. Looking forward to the final product.

[@8BitCerberus]

Thank you for using and showcasing GIMP (really anything other than Photoshop!) and showing more people we don't need to be chained to the Adobe wheel.

[@aliets]

Just pirate.

[@The1uptriforce]

I have a newfound respect for these texture packs thank youtube everyone that is passionate enough to put this much effort into making ourgames look new.

[@tetrisdood]

i could watch videos like this all day

[@CatSmithers]

I appreciate your passion for this. Thank you for the video x

[@abbax9941]

Holy fucking shit man this is honestly one of the best videos i’ve watched in my entire life, after 5 minutes I wished it would never end. Heck you even got me interested in trying this and maybe pursue a career in it, thanks for the video mate!

[@mr.mendelli6224]

Very informative and well-made. I'm glad to see there are people out there like you that actually make proper textures over tossing everything into AI and calling it a day.

[@TakumiJoyconBoyz]

I don't even plan to do texture work and found this super entertaining.

[@GoodgriefMaltese]

I have no idea why i find this voice so pleasurable but i do

[@ernanir8249]

It took 4 hours just to make that lamp. Your work is insane

[@OKPK]

This was very educational for any kind of artist honestly

[@DemWaifus]

You're my hero man, I wish every company making remasters cared about the textures as much as you, it's so annoying seeing emboss filters on 20 year old games.