A hostile land dominated by a monster of nightmares. A cliffside city of huts towering above burning sands. A moody underwater city that trawls Bioshock's oceans for inspiration. These pieces of epic concept art each use Minecraft as their canvas - but at such a scale that their voxel origins are barely visible. They’re the work of Marceau Nakayama, known on Planet Minecraft as Udvio.
“I like the way you can experience your own creation and share the in-game experience of your 3D models with other people,” explains Udvio, on why Minecraft is his tool of choice for bringing these worlds to life. “I think that's probably the biggest difference with any other creative tools. You can really get inside this world and enjoy the different aspects.”
The trick to building such ambitious projects, apparently, is to not think of Minecraft as a game with limitations. “I would almost totally ignore the scale of the game and I would try to test Minecraft like any other 3D modelling tool. That's where I worked on the huge scale builds and I think that's where people got really impressed because when they saw some of the pictures I posted, they couldn't tell at first sight if it was Minecraft or another game.” Yes, well, they certainly didn't fool experts like us! OK, maybe a little. Shut up.
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