The Arcane Workflow (in Blender)

[@SunnyIsOnline]

Check Flexispot C7 on bit.ly/4gwalia to get yourself a comfortable chair for the New Year！

[@dookyking4lyfe]

4 patrons and you don't have a direct link at the top of the description?? You should market yourself more, it might get results.

[@skorqion_art]

Our animation professor worked on arcane season 1 and he also told us that every scene in the show used reference that they often acted themselves. Never feel bad for using reference, it's what the pros do!

[@Soliye.]

References are valid in everything you create. Not just when animating, but modeling, texturing, rigging, compositing… It’s not because it’s impossible without reference, it will just arguably not be of the same quality.

[@asksanchos0693]

Where do you study?

[@SunnyIsOnline]

​@@Soliye. True!! I use my own limbs pretty regularly to check if my deformations and topology are accurate to the real world, nothing better than the real thing

[@ChaosFairy_]

That's what we learn in the schools Fortiche went in. We film ourselves acting for reference 🎉

[@hotel_arcadia]

The Mona Lisa wasn't created without a reference :)

[@Zombiranha]

You’ve deluded me into thinking I can do this with 1 hr of blender experience, 0 of davinchi resolve, and having only ever done 2d before, thank you.

[@SunnyIsOnline]

Genuinely the people I've seen excel the most in 3d, are the ones with 2d experience. You can do it fr 🥹🥹

[@the_catboi]

@@SunnyIsOnline Same here. I hope i can do it. Learning blender and the other software and its technicality is so damn hard for me.

[@homborgor]

If you can nail 2D, you've already nailed 3D in a way. You just need to know the techniques that get you to that result

[@Zombiranha]

@@SunnyIsOnline damn thank yew bro, awesome video btw ur arts rly cool :D

[@GramApple]

this video is hextech approved

[@Killa1012]

hexstrap awaits

[@LucyLavend]

The amount of high quality tips and tricks you're teaching in this video absolutely is insane. I especially didn't know the EXR workflow in Resolve was this crazy powerful!

[@petarpetrov6385]

10/10 tutorial - from the resources you mention (like Dikko, LocalScriptMan and others) to the way you explain complicated subjects in digestible ways, to the great editing, it all comes together to make a brilliant video. Keep up the good work!

[@laks786]

Yo localscriptman mentioned 🗣️🗣️🗣️

[@Tokka-_-0]

Originally known as Local🔥🔥🔥

[@laks786]

@Tokka-_-0 damn one of the day 1s

[@GoodBloodGames]

I can't believe how much valuable info there is in this video. Thanks for putting in the effort!

[@mobfilms2285]

Bro be juggling being an employee at serious hall and making a cool video that's very important to life.

[@Kayzewolf]

Inwas skeptical on seeing yet another video that is more a flex or misleading, but this was spot on tips, tricks, and flow. Not a 1-to-1 how but a direction to look into. Nice stuff!

[@SunnyIsOnline]

Thank you! Back when I was learning Blender I was stuck in "tutorial hell", following a lot of guides but not really absorbing the information. I want to leave things open enough to encourage creative expression and it genuinely makes me so happy to see how positively that's recieved 🥹

[@-saca-1297]

I actually think for extremely complex dynamic scenes there was a lighting team, they rendered out a bunch of diffuse lighting passes and NO specular passes. For specular highlights they used solids and shapes as seen in the eyes of characters. Obviously the diffuse passes are very basic so compositors likely did carry in terms of lightings fs. Or they did render of both specular and diffuse and they're just heavily altered in compositing See her hair in 11:30, it has dynamic lighting so there def was some cg lighting involved.

[@manmeetsinghkhanijo7249]

Bruh this is one the best videos i have watched in the recent times Pls bro make a follow up video explaining topics like set design compiling assets and compositing them

[@theminecraft4202]

this is great, no shortcuts, no "THIS node setup will make your blender scene look exactly like Arcane!!!", just a solid overview of the entire workflow. My main takeaway is that i rly need to get better at using Resolve, or "acquire" a version of Nuke to try to learn, compositing is so insanely crucial.

[@wwklnd]

Excellent video! I'm glad you mentioned the Lightning Boy Studios tutorial, the "Quick Edit" way of adding projected textures is IMO one of the most underappreciated features of Blender. Specifically my recommendation for how to use it is _after_ you've set up every shot and animated them all, go in and do a "Quick Edit" paint-over to add detail for that specific shot. I don't remember if LBS mentions it in the video you showed a clip from, but if you compare shots of the same scene side by side there are often small differences that have been painted onto objects in close-ups (like small details or shadows that weren't necessary for wider shots), and being able to set the animation up and then just open a screenshot of a scene in Krita, painting on a layer on top of that, and then directly projecting the texture back on top of the shot is just _so_ practical.

[@JaminationsMC]

4:29 im actually really into lucas' content so seeing this randomly was a jumpscare lol

[@insipidpanda6097]

Omg, he's frickin' ballin' on tha' windows '95 'puter.

[@RHStevens1986]

LocalScriptMan callout! Love his stuff.

[@Viveliah]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. THIS IS PEAK VIDEO MAN !! You cooked so hard with this, and I am super happy I could help with the art :3

[@sdeanhughes]

I’ve been using Fusion to composite my 3D for a couple years now and had no idea about the shader node, what a game-changer! Would probably be easier to use for cel-shaded lighting too (to control color and shape in real time), rather than setting up toon shaders in Blender. Really appreciate you compiling all this info!

[@firebundle]

this actually helped my own workflow with drawing backgrounds, thank you so much❤👍

[@ThaThree]

Your first few seconds with that old VHS vibe is definitely a strong hook lol

[@VillainViran]

It's pretty common for western AAA 3D models to be all about ruggedness and realism. Arcane's just stylized with this in mind. While I hate your typical AAA "OOOOoOOOOoo look at all the wrinkles and chub and blemish!" this is such a step in a nice direction

[@rostyslavborysenko2903]

Deadbolt soundtrack at the start! I am in so much love with Chris' works man. Thanks for reminding me to listen to it. Great video too!

[@SamFromSpaceOfficial]

This is the only video on the entirety of youtube (that I have been able to find) that shows an in-depth arcane workflow. I'm genuinely glad your channel came recommended after watching Noggi's video, because boy am I inspired to create some arcane-type things, and for that, I thank you.

[@BooksRebound]

Im relearning blender just so I can make an Arcane style adaptation of Monstress. That comic is so fucking beautiful and I wanna bring it to life with Arcanes style cause it would fit so well with the original Monstress art.

[@inexisting2005]

Holy shit! I so didn't expect to stumble onto a mention of Dikko! You have very good taste in tutorials, good sir! 😆

[@adacskipper]

Bless you for this, its the exact thing I needed to figure out this workflow!!

[@benjaminfranz156]

This is gonna be blow up. Incredible video

[@bmt_y_]

I'm so happy that you got a sponsor!!!

[@SunnyIsOnline]

@@bmt_y_ Right!!! KZbin is finally sustainable!! Hooray!!

[@bmt_y_]

@@SunnyIsOnline I love seeing that happen with artists who are genuinely doing what they love, it was extremely rare not too long ago. Keep doing what you love and I wish you the best of luck!!

[@BoxxDi]

This knowledge will forever change my art career, thank you

[@Gryff_Art_3D]

ASHES TO ASHES TO ASHES DETECTED! You have great music taste sunny! Keep doing what you do!

[@nekobeat]

Omg, thank you so much for making this video

[@poweroffriendship2.0]

Sunny's painterly avatar really goes hard with that texture, no matter how the cursed the smile is. Jokes aside, the semi-realistic painterly textures of _Arcane_ style feels reminiscent to Alex Ross paintings.

[@wrenbd4015]

Waow! This is amazing. Thanks so much for putting together such a information rich video. I will forsure be spending a lot of time with this video practicing the concepts covered. I'm really excited to see what I & others will create thanks to you ❇ Just as a little side note, I wanted to share some information I found on Nuke. You stated in the video that Nuke's free non-commercial license would prohibit monetizing any videos that were composited in Nuke, but the FAQ says otherwise. Under the How does Foundry define “non-commercial” use? section: "Activities that indirectly generate advertising revenue-such as clips or free tutorials posted on KZbin or Vimeo-are permitted..." Just wanted to share ^^ Thank you again for the wonderful breakdown of the Arcane workflow!

[@FynnGB]

thanks so much for this breakdown!

[@whynotanyting]

Genuinely learned some new things today! It's kinda funny with how little information there is, you also start recognizing the sources.

[@Cordova2Pro]

EXR tip just changed my life

[@JayTheDevGuy]

Holy shit mister president Sunny is back online

[@HigoHego]

2:05 Woah The Bulgarian Voices, peak music right there

[@TeamCivilianCinema]

This came in clutch, m8. Epic tutorial!

[@RayGalactic]

Thank you so much!

[@WarMech366]

Bro, you are amazing.🎉

[@WHOBROKEMYTEETH]

W video, love that its explained very broad so I can apply this in other software's GOAT

[@JoshuaM8]

Loved the video, going to need to watch it a couple of times to make sure I understand it all but its amazing to see under the hood of this kind of style inside of Blender

[@jonlampel]

Such a great video! Really quality work. I learned some new things about Resolve here, which I did not expect going in. The one thing I don't get is why you would use ACES just to convert it to sRGB in Resolve. If you had just left the image files as linear, you would have even more flexibility in the future and would be putting your image through fewer lossy color conversions while, I believe, getting the exact same result. Minor nitpick, but again, incredible job breaking this process down in a way that's fun to watch. It's an instant subscribe for me!

[@h.rshh32]

Dude this is a solid breakdown!! thank you for sharing it with us in such a elaborate way. You are a legend!

[@thisiskindabadass212]

I have never animated in my life and likely will never use this information, but nonetheless im interested. Good video broski

[@axneon]

I don't know if I'll ever try the Arcane style, but this video was still very very informative n valuable as someone trying to get into stylized 3D in blender and davinci!!

[@Caine132]

Finally a new upload

[@Caine132]

i have been checking your YT page every 2 weeks bro i have been waiting ....

[@STARMEN_TV]

Evangeliooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn presentation sheeet

[@gabrielangeliccc]

SUNNY ONLINE UPLOAD!!!!!! PEAK

[@SetterTV]

oh my god, i didn't know davinci could do that shadow thing. Ty so much SunnyIsGoated

[@thehumanatelier]

Nice breakdown, Cool vid sunny 👍😁

[@artmanoil]

LIterally Gloinking my heimerdingers to this video!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆😆

[@marsboyyyyyy]

Another animation that uses a similar workflow would be the short film Backwater Gospel Great video by the way ;)

[@IrrationalMango]

PEAK AS ALWAYS MR ONLINE

[@LostTerminalVideos]

Fantastic video as always, Sunny. I learned a lot from this and definitely plan on bringing some of what you taught into my animations

[@messingaround.]

Btw, I saw Christian Linke, the co-creator of Arcane say that they weren't planning to make a second behind the scenes documentary as they weren't allocated the budget which is a shame 😢

[@BlubafYT]

Mmm... veri gut video sir. I feel inspired to to start another blender project and never finish it 🗿🥹

[@sintful1]

Great video! Keep it up!

[@nickspellman6956]

thank you for this video!

[@CTCVisuals]

thanks so much for making this!!

[@mix-up9003]

This was a very impressive and informative video thanks. For your single layer texturing problem, well... the truth of the matter is that it doesn't exist, you can, for a long time add non-destructive 'layers' through the node system. You just have to be in Texture Paint got on the top of the view port with the texture selection, go to the Plus icon, select Add Base Color, make sure to check Alpha, got the the color selection base and set the Alpha to 0%. Then, once the new texture is added go to the shader material of the object, look around you should see the new texture there. To connect the new 'layer' over the main one, you just need to used a Mix Color node and plug the lase in the A slot and the new 'layer' in slot B, but also plug the Texture's Alpha to the Mix ColorS Factor; and there you have it. If you want to learn a more details on the process, get CGcookie's Core Unlock which explained on how to actually do professional texturing on objects, it's well worth the price tag, I was just amazed at all that I learned in the later few sections of the course, including on how to pain metallic, reflective and Normals.

[@BillyTwinkletits]

0:22 Vomit by Machine Girl off of their album Because Im Young Arrogant and Hate Everything That You Stand For.

[@Byxell0]

22:00 LAND OF THE LUSTROUS MENTION

[@badejoolatuiyi1365]

you can light with position data in fusion too

[@yaboidawg558]

Thank you so much!!! Awesome video

[@0xenfreeArt]

Your sprite is very visually appealing though

[@arcanox3612]

absolutely loved this video and will be using it for future reference!! pls get a popfilter or put a sock on that mic tho cuz listening to this video with earbuds sux

[@MagdalenaMantler]

Great video! It tells exactly what I always thought about the magic behind Arcane: most of it is 2D… France is knowb n for incredible Comics and 2D Animation, so yeah… I think its plausible.

[@VyLoneReaz]

Very informative video, keep it up!

[@tspcpr]

PEAK!! Quick question, how did you find most of the resources and stuff for this video? :-D

[@SunnyIsOnline]

Wish I had a better answer for this than Google 😭😭 I learned about ACES and EXR through a very helpful youtube video called "Render like a professional in Blender" by Robin Squares, all the arcane information was from the official arcane art book, as well as the documentary series they dropped after season 1. From there I was just taking that information and using the bits and pieces I had to kind of reverse-engineer the whole thing

[@tspcpr]

@@SunnyIsOnlineThanks!!

[@hahahalala-i1x]

amazing...

[@vas_show]

LOCALSCIPTMAN SHOUT OUT!

[@michawhite7613]

I am not worthy of the knowledge contained in this video, and I am so glad I saw it!

[@bottledducky9610]

this was very well made!

[@Shadow-Daddy]

I would love to hire you in the future to 3d animate some of my gameplay with my pals

[@Tj4ckinator]

Incredible video man! Really enjoyed every bit of it. Trying to learn 3D and 2D art, so this is a gem for sure! Going in my saved videos for later once my skills are up for this. Unrelated perhaps. Would you be willing to share your Blender workspace? I really like your color scheme

[@davidguy207]

That’s a lot of work for something that can be achieved with a lot less work.

[@radikalcreates]

I love this video, but what creeps me out is that Sunny's voice is eerily similar to mine and at times it feels like I'm talking to myself!

[@Saliferous]

Technically, you can setup multiple layers in blender for texturing with shaders. Its not incredibly intuitive, but it is possible.

[@AndroChimera]

BASED.

[@XxCatofShxdowsxX]

22:00 LAND OF THE LUSTROUS MENTIONED

[@BobbeDev]

nice monitor

[@Airtimeee]

That's OUR GOATTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTTT

[@davidcopperfield5345]

So the guy who saved Jayce wasn't Viktor originally. 22:15

[@Stelsolein]

randomly seeing this video out of interest then immediately hearing both omori and celeste ost songs? Yeah that's a sub. Plus as someone who genuinely doesn't do crap in the 3danimation world this is incredible

[@marcynarcy]

Really good video

[@shmoopy4265]

I wonder if they ended up using a modified version of KLAS for the lighting.

[@PIKOIRL]

SIGMA SIGMA BOY SIGMA BOY SIGMA BOYYYY

[@helenwinter3320]

i have never in my life used blender but i have used davinci resolove. its pretty likely that i'll try and animate somethign somewhen, and if i do I'll defenitly come back to this video to study it like a bible

[@Icie145]

this is so peak

[@e_pixelz9720]

When we getting Sunny in Fortnite???

[@SunnyIsOnline]

@@e_pixelz9720 dude it was in the skibidi toilet bundle didn't you see?!

[@PizzaSiu07]

@@SunnyIsOnlineTheres skibidi toilet in fortnite? U gotta be lyin

[@SunnyIsOnline]

​@@PizzaSiu07I'm not even kidding, we truly live in the best timeline

[@KwasiAnimationStudio]

Sooo, just so what we already do...got it. Just make something and enjoy the process.

[@flow1194]

can i do the compositing in blender? i can't get davinci to work (linux problems lol)

[@dylansgoogleaccount9043]

This guy's pfp blocking 25% of the screen the whole time: 😁

[@bdizzle1118]

Great video! Thanks for making it! Subbed :)

[@HemiSyncGaming]

Great video, 🙏

[@averyyeen]

Never rendering in PNG file format ever again, I didn't know how much better exr was.

[@ComradeHugo]

one stage is missing: 2D effects on top of everything like smoke, fire and glitter magic, motion blur and other stuff

[@lukedoglt]

Thank you Sun Moistcritikal