#building with bdubs

[singing-stars]

HOW DOES HE KEEP DOING THIS

jaw is ON the ground this is spectacular i will never get over this. these screenshots dont even do it justice everyone go watch the video now

[saturnxnl]

we're so lucky that bdubs decided to become a minecraft youtuber because he could've excelled in any other artistic field but he chose to make us stunning cinematic minecraft videos instead

[lemonebar]

building with bdubs base study

[strandedromantic4]

Bdubs is THE girl of Secret Life

[e-b-e]

put on bdubs’ very first season of building with bdubs and i suppose i didn’t realize how early on he had started it in version 1.4 but anyway that isn’t the point of this post. the point is that it’s been 3 minutes of this whole series and he has made 3 that’s what she said jokes

[tatekane]

Bdubs is magic! I mean he talks about doing shadows under the arch to trick our eyes... but he barely scratched how he manipulated the blocks to make these windows which are angled to something looking so smooth? fluid? seamless? not blocky or clunky?

I mean:

The man is something else...

[enalovesbugs]

The man did it again. What the heck.

[heartrrific]

I love bdubs’s building with bdoubleo series so here’s some random fanart from nothing in particular except my headcanon design for bdubs in this series.

[wyvspike]

best thing bdubs ever built

[imflyingfish]

Building with bdubs and also hermircraft come back from tbe war pleas e (the war is january and chrimstas holidarys)

[single-malt-scotch]

bdubs said at the start of bwb s3 he wanted to build bigger and my god, he was not wrong about that. pasted the dye shop schematic into a world where i have other bdubs builds and.... bro this build is on the same ground level (maybe a few blocks lower actually) as the s7 castle and its SO BIG

[boatem-probler]

BDUBS WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS

[peregrine5]

Just saw the THUMBNAIL for the new building with bdubs video and I am actually speechless. What an artist my gosh

[buildthoughts]

Minecrafters Using Reference

Reference as in real world architecture, not other minecrafters' builds, though that's a fair way to learn too. Studying real world architecture gives insights about designing buildings, while studying other minecrafters would give insight into how to accomplish certain effects in Minecraft.

I didn't have more than passing interest in architecture before watching mcyt, but now whenever I'm outside, I'm evaluating the buildings around me. Do I like their shape? color? Any interesting details? Any wear or texture? And above all: How would you do that detail/shape/etc in minecraft? (please note: I don't even play minecraft)

Rendition and Inspiration

There's a minecraft project called BuildtheEarth that's replicating the earth in minecraft on a 1 to 1 scale. There's some fantastic builds on there.

On hermitcraft, Joe Hills is known for creating to scale renditions of real world places/objects. In season 10, he's tackled a project of massive scale with Bell Labs. He used a map from the library of congress to layout all the shapes!

These are examples of renditions/replicas/copies/whatever you want to call it (Although Joe's doubles as a community build area in place of massive parking lots).

Then there's using the buildings for inspiration. This may involve just taking bits and pieces. Or maybe you just take a color palette. Or maybe just the shape. Maybe you don't take anything but vibes. As a general rule, I think having multiple sources of inspiration is important so the new build doesn't end up feeling like a rendition instead of its own thing.

Bdubs in season 9 used the bakery from Kiki's Delivery Service as inspiration for his mud cafe. It can be seen in the wood framing, the stairs, the archway, the shape, the shed, the chimney designs. But the colors, the composition, Bdubs made changes that made it his own and combined the addition to his previous shop Moss o Menos.

The aesthetics of Geminitay's season 10 base is based on the video game Dredge. I feel like the most obvious influence is in her research castle and fishing boats. She used inspiration from the spooky sea creatures in the game to create a uniquely frightening angler shop.

In Pearl's Build a Day series, she did a week focused on real world places. Here's the one she designed after a countryside home in Australia (her home country):

Goodtimeswithscar in season 7, when starting Aqua Town, based his shop on old department stores:

I like looking at his Aqua Town builds in comparison to his Scarland Main Street facades, which draw additional inspiration from Disneyland:

I feel like, comparing the builds you can see how he's grown; he's learned new detailing tricks, found colors and textures that work better with the architecture style. The main street has a similar layout to Disneyland, but his buildings are all unique.

Mogswamp is working on a massive build that's based on architecture drawings from Renzo Picasso:

He's incorporating groin vaults from roman architecture too!

I think builders learning about existing architecture is so good. It can give them so many ideas to add into their toolbox. It reminds them of small details that give builds life, like small sheds, some pipes, porches. And the builds don't need to be realistic; My mind goes to work by Shovel and Joel. Or everything Mumbo has done in season 10.

[asynchronouscommunication]

THIS IS SO COOL. I love seeing peopel do paintings of the builds.

quick study of one of my favorite building with bdubs structures

reblogs appreciated <33

[shepscapades]

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Xbralis as the first canon dbhc pairing with the steel chair!