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Creative Bloq
Creative Bloq
Technology
Kan Rongrueangkul

Building a world through narrative design in Blender

An illustration of a castle made in Blender.

Bringing ideas and stories to life is one of the core passions of concept artists, yet transforming imagination into reality requires strong design and storytelling. In this tutorial, I’ll guide you through the creative process behind Astravale – Centre of Resonance Astrum, focusing on how narrative details shape architecture, motifs and environment design.

While I’ll also cover parts of my workflow using Photoshop, Blender, and PureRef (one of the best artist resources; read our article on 'how to use the image reference tool '), this workshop primarily focuses on extracting design ideas and visual language from storytelling.

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