How I put 2D Animated Characters on 3D Sets with BLENDER

I talk about how I imported my 2D animation into Blender, while putting them on a 3D scan I took with my iphone!

00:00 INTRO
01:15 3D Scanning
03:00 2D Animation
05:35 Scans into Blender
06:34 Importing 2D anim into Blender
08:32 Adjustments, Lighting, Camera
11:29 Other Blender Stuff
13:33 FINAL

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Equipment I use:

Software I use:
Animation - TVPAINT
Animation - Adobe Flash/Animate CC, ToonBoom
Compositing - After Effects
Painting and Illustration - Photoshop
Video Editing - Premiere
3D - BLENDER

[thecampingyeen]

this is basically like what every early 2000s film was like

[DiggoryJiggory]

Love seeing people doing art in creative ways

[GetGudMillhouse]

YES FOR THE LOVE OF GOD! YES! I'm also using blender for my 2d animations and would love to see more content like this on YouTube. If you won't be pushing blender x 2d animation. I guess i will even though I'm not to confident in my work hahaha

[Ryuukenzan]

We definitely need a step by step tutorial of this.

[ManuelFer]

We NEED a step to step tutorial on this!! This is insane, I was looking for something like these for a long time, so I truly appreciate you taking the time to share it with us!

[CHITUS]

It's probably one of the most seamless hybrid cg/2D animation which doesn't throw off my head.

[pepper-wood]

This is so insanely in depth and incredible, I'm surprised this video is available for free. It's basically 2 tutorials with how you showcase the 3D scans functionality. Thank you so much for this!!

[BlackMita]

That environment scanning thing has me excited enough I might buy that phone now ! I also had no idea you could manipulate camera's depth of field. Great video! Finding the "Import images as planes" option some weeks back is the sole reason I wanted to seriously try animating, having only ever skirted around the medium, as a hobbyist/illustration only guy.

[mrdarryljones]

Cool idea to use Blender as a pre-compositing step in addition to the general set up! 👍🏾

[readaloudwithabba]

Thank you for documenting your process- I'm trying to learn how to composite my little 2d frame paper- cut out animations into backgrounds for little 5 min videos for kids. I've just downloaded Blender so trying to learn it- it's definitely a learning curve, but this is definitely helping me see the possibilities of what can be done with compositing 2D animated figures into 3D backgrounds. Brilliant work!

[ericdee]

Love it! Even if you aren't crazy about Grease Pencil, I'd still love to see videos of you using it. Some things such as blocking out and storyboarding inside 3D space can be pretty powerful. Great work.

[Hilo..]

Dude! I've been looking for something like this for ages, thank you so much!

[artboxartist]

Ooh! This was super fun to watch! I'd be stoked for a step-by-step tutorial!

[NAHELZA]

THIS IS SO SO HELPFUL. I swear, I've been following you for ages and I've learned so much from you but THIS video in particular is the shit. In college right now I'm studying animation and we have a project to finish for the end of the year, for which we're tasked to composite. except they're not teaching us it education, i guess? anyways. THIS video on its own has taught me more than any class ive had this year. thank you!!

[bombboy]

Just a quick note, another fun thing you can do is taking an art piece or picture, cutting/or hiding (depending on if its your art and you have the layers) out foreground or portions hiding areas, and turn it into a 3d model. I took a drawing by one of my favorite artists and turned into into a 3d realistic model in almost under week on and off with little knowledge heading in.

It was a café where you could see into the windows, rain covering a lot of the canvas, an overhanging canopy, a character in the foreground, and a neon sign. I used copy and pasting along with hand sketching to remove the character, canopy, rain, neon sign, and bloom. I then made more fleshed out versions of the interior characters and décor (in the window) so when the camera moves it wouldn't break the illusion. I put those into the building and textured and bump mapped the bricks of the building, giving them a shiny quality. I made a custom street tile texture, textured it, gave it puddles and splashes, and put rain pouring down. Turned the neon sign into an actual model and the plant on the right into ivy. Made a camera rail and rendered it out. Pretty fun tbh.

Just make sure not to post art that isn't yours, and if you do, give full credit for the *art* to the *creator*. Only take credit for the transfer to 3d space, if that.

[fiyahanimations]

ive been trying to find a tutorial like this! Thank you very much for sharing this knowledge!

[GreenBlueWalkthrough]

Thanks for this! As pixel artest who is getting into 3D and wants to do video with 2D characters, objects and a 3D envoment like the first FPS games think Doom this was great!

[asahdigitalassets]

You just helped me fix the VFX element I was using in a test. The planes were casting shadows and I didn't know why. Now I do. Thanks.

[tomnaobi]

power of blender, i have been using since 2012, love seeing this

[ElyaSpeedpaints]

would LOVE LOVE LOVEEE a step by step tutorial on this!