"I feel with Minecraft having grown so much, we have seen a lot of content go to the extremes to create something amazing, like a working phone in Minecraft, a whole computer made using redstone in Minecraft, educating children with Minecraft through education edition," he finishes. Not fan art, not Minecraft art or internet art. But you could imagine Aquasomnia painted on the walls of Versailles, so it's heartening to see Tokura stand his ground. It'd be impossible to refer to anything he's created as anything but art, but Minecraft's for-kids reputation saps a bit from academic gravitas. That's one of the things that first drew me to his corner. ![]() This not only helps me build quicker and plan more efficiently but most importantly it keeps my mind on the bigger picture so I don't lose track of my goals."Įvery time Tokura posts a new sculpture on Reddit, he refers to it as a work of art. "I use this to my advantage so I am always flying out and in to make sure everything is in proportion. "The great thing about creating things in Minecraft is that you are in a first person editor and it allows the player to move around in unique ways that allow for hyper-detail in the smallest of places," he continues. It's the opposite of simply "putting all of the ingredients in a bowl and mixing." You begin with a spongey base, and add all of your layers and flourishes from there. The analogy that Tokura reaches for is that creating Minecraft sculptures is like making a cake. I use tools such as Worldedit and Voxel Sniper which give me a helping hand in placing large masses of blocks at a time as well as copying and pasting specific regions," he explains. ![]() When building in Minecraft, I treat it more as an editor tool than a survival game. "I like to keep a library of ideas and techniques which I can use later on without having having to reinvent a new process for each project. ![]() Like every creator, Tokura has his tricks of the trade. The vast majority of my Minecraft experience has been spent as a caveman making rudimentary Tetris blocks out of dirt, and when you look at something like Aquasomnia-with its watery globes, and dense foliage, and gleeful excess-it seemed almost impossible that it could be created with a single pickaxe. The thought of Minecraft also being an outlet for my creativity interested me greatly and I started experimenting with what I could create."Īs a total acolyte in this space, I was mostly curious to know more about how Tokura actually makes his art. "I come from a background of art, as it has been embedded into my early child education and throughout my life in different forms. "I started out in survival mode, mining and crafting but soon after learning of creative mode, I joined a group called Gazamo that focused on creative building and that is where I really learned to understand the 'ins and outs' of creative building," he says.
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