In this video we’ll explore an idea I’ve had for a while: A chess set that will work in 2D and 3D at the same time! We’ll use the boolean modifier to intersect two different chess designs, and merge the two designs using forced perspective.
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00:00 Modeling the chess pieces
05:16 Preparing the 3D models
06:13 Finding a 2D chess design
07:39 Importing the 2D chess design
09:28 Preparing the 2D chess pieces
12:26 Intersecting 2D with 3D using boolean
15:10 Cleaning up and fixing 3D mesh
19:06 Setting up the chess board
21:18 Lighting the scene
23:07 Exploring use cases for this concept
24:18 The rendered result!
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