TouchDesigner Tutorial – Simple pixel art drawing pad that converts to voxels, pixel stacking

Here’s my first TD tutorial – tried to keep the video beginner friendly. This gets into how to make a simple tool for drawing pixel art and converting it into voxels in real time – then I talk a little bit about how to expand it for pixel stacking, and experiment with a few different ways that could turn this into a more functional little tool!

Timestamps (actual tutorial part is about 30 minutes)

00:00 – Intro
01:22 – Getting started
04:27 – Making the drawing pad
19:50 – Converting our drawing into voxels
29:20 – Expansion idea: Basic brush tools
29:58 – Expansion idea: Layers for pixel stacking
34:14 – Expansion idea: Instance data manipulation for interesting voxel placement/movement
37:00 – Expansion idea: Importing external pixel art
39:04 – Expansion idea: Brush spacing, opacity & alpha stuff
42:47 – Expansion idea: Drawing feedback manipulations & external TOP data

Basic set up file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19singcn2pp0iaiKdp8nMqfzycZcOj0_6/view?usp=sharing

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