Working with Voxels

History of voxels

Be sure to read the great, elaborate Retronator introduction to voxels, “Pixels and voxels, the long answer”, on the history and science.

It’s so good, seriously.

Creation and rendering

• Qubicle
• MagicaVoxel

Animation

• Mixamo (automatic rigging)

Swatches

See /swatches/.

Hosting

• Sketchfab

3D printing

• i.materialise

Lookbooks and inspiration

• My Twitter list
• Sketchfab’s voxel tag
• cartrdge voxel posts
• Timothy J. Reynolds’s portfolio or Dribbble profile, if you want to feel like a rank amateur
• Zach Soares’s portfolio
• Aaron Robbins’s portfolio
• Li Sai Feng’s MagicaVoxel tweets

Assets, free and paid

Mini Mike’s Metro Minis

A city-themed collection of over 400 blocky models you can remix or use outright in your own works. Files are provided in .vox, .collada and Unity3D .prefab formats.

Just an amazing resource, covered by CC 4.0 license.

Voxel Art Store

Download free assets, buy paid ones, or sell your own assets.

The current pricing is:

Voxel and pixel art

Type | Price | Increments ----------|----------:|-----------: Simple | $2, $5–20 | $5 Moderated | $20–100 | $10 Advanced | $100–500 | $20

Projects

Type | Price | Increments ----------|---------:|-----------: Simple | $10–50 | $5 Moderated | $50–100 | $20 Advanced | $100–500 | $50

Tools

Type | Price | Increments ----------|---------:|-----------: Simple | $5–50 | $5 Moderated | $50–100 | $10 Advanced | $100–500 | $25