Making a Diorama with a Unique Optical Illusion

#BlackMythWukong #MonkeyKing #Diorama
This week, made a book nook featuring Sun Wukong, the Monkey King. Black Myth: Wukong was all over my feed last week and I thought it would be fun to recreate the breathtaking moment from the cutscene at the beginning of the game.

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0:04 Monkey Business
0:25 The Background
0:52 Matte Painting
1:40 The Monkey
2:44 The Foreground
4:13 Painting The Mountain
4:34 The Lighting
5:15 Assembling the Box
6:01 The Facade
7:15 Final Assembly and Sun Wukong
7:29 Patron Book Nooks
8:14 Glamor Shots
8:51 Outro
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[nateB-lk]

1:28 “I’m a little rusty on my canvas painting” *proceeds to create a beautiful painting*

[ducksauce]

As a kid from Singapore, I would’ve never have thought I would see a Wukong game exist when I watch Journey to the West in the 90s.

[dxrebel]

"I'm a lil rusty on painting."
Paints the Sistene Chapel

[CraftandQuest]

The sense of scale you achieved with this piece is insane. You blurred that background scene perfectly. Great diorama!

[LukeMosbey]

How fun it must be for your hobby to turn into your job

[raybeauvais]

I think you caught the main theme of The Monkey King quite well:
Life is a battle against hazy monstrous forces, armed only with the biggest stick we can find.

[sespach]

This diorama reminds me of the shoe box dioramas we made when I was a kid. We’d paint flat images for four, five and backgrounds on heavy paper and cut them out. Then glue them inside the shoe box with depth between them. We’d cut holes in the lid and cover them with colored cellophane for lighting. Finally, cut a hole in the end of the shoe box to peer into the diorama. Thanks for bringing back that memory!

[Lee-Dixon]

"I had no idea what I was doing" flashes up and then the end result destroys all evidence of that statement. Love seeing some different skill sets being used here with the background painting. That alone was a gorgeous piece that could stand on its own. Awesome work, my friend. God bless!

[chicgeekery]

HOLY ----! You casually whip out an airbrush, do the most incredible backdrop-and that's just the start? This is beautiful.

[NotRoland]

I love that each week is a great lesson in "trust the process"! You know that it is going yo turn out great, but there is a point when I'm thinking, "not sure why he did that.." then 30 seconds later it all falls into place. Amazing work!

[rubberneckinc.]

Boylei wonderful work as always. I loved the beams in the front. The patrons did great work on there book nooks. Very impressive work all around.

[refpoud]

as a big fan of the mythic figure wukong and the game itself.. i hoped for you to make a build about this theme and you did not fail yet again, impressed as always. keep it up you are a big inspiration for many of us, take care

[michaelyoung]

I gotta agree, having the full wrap around would do wonders at taking this alley amazing diorama up a step or two. It’s still absolutely amazing! The depth is the best part

[AndrewKuntzman]

Def need need to add your painting canvas into more builds. I love it

[bobartsmith]

That curved background painting is crazy effective. Beautiful work.

[garzilla]

WOW 😮, I don't know how you make everything look so dang amazing, but every week your skills amaze me even more.

👍👍👍

[djstief]

Nice to see shadow boxes back in fashion. Been waiting 45 years!

[nathannye]

That's awesome! Also, I love that you include other people's work in your videos! It's great to see other artists on your ever growing platform! Keep up the great work!

[deanought]

Dude, that book-nook, that was Inside a book went hard. I really liked that one! 7:32

[smygulf]

5:55 Ah yes! The five ground...just about the most important part of the build...almost as important as the mighty six ground. But i digress.

U are always sneaky hilarious my boy Boylei 😂 Beautifull creation as always ❤