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Ivain
@ivainir.bsky.social
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Aspiring Environment Artists
Veteran Minecraft builder and terraformer
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This looks like a very weird attempt to fit a roundabout between those 2 electrical poles, so they made it oblong-ish. But ofc, no signs to indicate it's a roundabout. This is my attempt to show how cars COULD go.
But the far 'ends' of the oblong shape are basically hairpin turns, so...
A portrait-ratio picture blur-cropped to focus on the central item: A weird, oblong-rhombus 'intersection' that appears to be designed like a stretched-out roundabout. Cars appear to be struggling on how to move across it. The poster has drawn a multitude of crude, colored arrows across the picture to illustrate possible paths cars could take, but the signage on the intersection/roundabout is basically absent. No attempt is made to indicate it might function as a roundabout, nor is any clear indication of permitted paths given on the road itself. The image has subtitles reading: "Drivers perplexed by bizarre new intersection".
August 23, 2025 at 10:03 PM
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More #minecraft biomes. I'm going for recognizeable, thematic looks while maintaining survival compatibility. I want players to go "oh, that's THIS biome" upon seeing it.
#minecraftbuilds
#minecraftart
#minecraft建築コミュ
#minecraft建築
#minecraftdesigns
#minecraftcreations
#minecraftnature
A picture of a customized minecraft forest, transitioning from more open plains with small poplar trees to leaf/podzol covered forest floor, with Aspen trees (consisting of birch wood and oak leaves), as well as tallgrass, peony, rosebush and sweet berry bush plants. Trees by Paleozoey, taken with Photon Shaders. A coastline/river view of a biome called Poplar Plains, which consists of plains filled with grass, ferns, azure bluet and dandelion flowers, and clumps of small 'poplar' trees, consisting of spruce wood and oak leaves. Trees by Paleozoey, taken with Photon Shaders. Picture of an overgrown Minecraft 'forest' biome, with loads of large bushes and small trees. In the foreground is a river serving as border between this biome and the 'spooky spruce' biome that the photographer is standing in (see other picture). The overgrown forest biome is populated with lots of bushes, rosebush plants, Hazel trees, and a variety of others. It is difficult to navigate, somewhat like Jungle, but without the tall trees. Picture shows a river serving as a barrier between overgrown forest (see previous picture) and the so-called 'spooky spruce' biome, which is populated by tall "Swiss Pine" trees, smaller spruce trees and bushes, as well as tall ferns, sweet berry bushes, grass and pumpkins. A few of the pumpkins are jack-o-lanterns instead, hence the name 'spooky'. Trees by PaleoZoey, picture taken with Photon Shaders.
March 29, 2025 at 3:14 PM
ivainir.bsky.social
And I am BACK with #minecraft work. I've been designing "new" biomes while still sticking to survival compatibility. This was originally going to be more of a 'beech' forest, but I prefer this.
#minecraftbuilds
#minecraft建築コミュ
#minecraft建築
#minecraftdesigns
#minecraftcreations
#minecraftnature
A picture of a small river running through a somewhat sparse, deciduous forest, with the forest floor covered in ferns and podzol (the minecraft block, to simulate leaves until 'scattered leaves' become compatible with worldpainter). The dark blue river starts at the bottom center of the screen and winds away in the distance, with trees and bushes on both sides. Trees by PaleoZoey, picture taken with Photon Shaders A picture of a stream running through a somewhat sparse, deciduous forest, with the forest floor covered in ferns and podzol (the minecraft block, to simulate leaves until 'scattered leaves' become compatible with worldpainter). The dark blue river starts at the bottom center of the screen and winds away in the distance, with trees and bushes on both sides. Trees by PaleoZoey, picture taken with Photon Shaders A bird's eye view of a small river/stream running through a somewhat sparse, deciduous forest, with the forest floor covered in ferns and podzol (the minecraft block, to simulate leaves until 'scattered leaves' become compatible with worldpainter). Trees by PaleoZoey, picture taken with Photon Shaders A picture of the edge of a forest, featuring Beech and Alder trees (represented by stripped spruce and birch trunks respectively), with large bushes, ferns and sweet berry bush on a base of podzol. The foreground is mostly empty plains of grass blocks and simple tallgrass. Trees by PaleoZoey, picture taken with Photon Shaders
March 27, 2025 at 6:59 PM
ivainir.bsky.social
Since I'm well behind on #minecraft content, here's a picture from an older map. It was a commission, so no download sadly, but more like this will be in future maps!
#minecraftbuilds
#minecraftart
#minecraft建築コミュ
#minecraft建築
#minecraftdesigns
#minecraftcreations
#minecraftnature
A Minecraft field dotted with thin birch trees and various plants and flowers, including one in the foreground consisting of an iron bar, green glass pane and purple glass pane stacked on top of each other. A realistic sky can be seen in the background
February 20, 2025 at 10:53 AM
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Another image of my upcoming #minecraft map. Unfortunately due to a mild case of CTS progress has slowed to a crawl. Still, download this month for sure!
#minecraftbuilds
#minecraftart
#minecraft建築コミュ
#minecraft建築
#minecraftdesigns
#minecraftcreations
#minecraftnature
A long-distance view of a custom-designed Minecraft world featuring distant mountains and red cliffs, from the perspective of someone standing on one of those red cliffs. A shaderpack has been applied, which creates atmospheric fog and distant clouds, as well as more 'realistic' lighting. The foreground features grass, fern and various bushes, as well as a lone tree, before a hard-looking cliff of hardened clay (meant to simulate smooth, reddish rock better than granite or red sandstone can). In t he background is another instance of such cliffs, showing the viewer what sort of terrain they're 'standing on'. Surrounding that direct background are 3 instances of large mountains, with white chalk-like ridges, the space in between filled with dirt and grass. Scarce spruce trees and bushes populate the slopes. To the right of the lone tree in the foreground, the viewer can also see the water of the deep bay/cove separating these terrain features.
February 9, 2025 at 10:30 PM
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While everyone is losing their minds over the new mob variants in the #minecraft #snapshot, I'm just excited about the massive potential the plants have for #worldpainter maps.
A screenshot from the latest Minecraft snapshot, showing a custom world with bush, firefly bush, short and tall dry grass, wildflowers and leaf litter, all placed via the third-party software Worldpainter, which the poster uses to create custom Minecraft Terrain.
February 5, 2025 at 7:00 PM
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So this render took way longer than expected, but I daresay the result after some post-processing was worthwhile. I really hadn't thought creating an effect like this was possible in Chunky.
The map in question is nearly ready for release.
#minecraft #minecraftBuild #worldpainter #chunky #landscape
A picture focused on a mountain range, with sun rays coming down from between clouds in the sky, originating beyond the top-left corner. Several rays are cast across the foreground, many others can be seen in the background, partially covered by fog. The mountain consists of of large, light-colored riges in an irregular pattern, with dirt and gravel sediment built up in between. Grass, bushes and various evergreen trees sgrow on the lower areas of this sediment. The foothills of the mountain end in water on one side of the image and flatter land in another sidee. The entire image has a slight golden-yellow tint to it, to indicate it having been made shortly after sunrise ends or before sunset begins. The terrain was made with worldpainter, exported to minecraft, and rendered with chunky. Trees by paleozoey.
January 27, 2025 at 9:02 PM
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Another preview of my upcoming #worldpainter map, this one gives you a greater overview of what the map as a whole will look like.
The current WIP is basically me seeing how many things required for survival #minecraft play I can fit into the map itself.
Keep an eye out!
A bird's eye view of a mountain continent in a light blue ocean, surrounded by badlands and other mountain continents, with a vignette effect and blur effect directing attention to the center. Made in Minecraft, rendered with the Chunky renderer (not the mod, the standalone software).
January 19, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Apparently its #PortfolioDay today?
My name's Ivain, I've been a minecraft-focused Environment Artist for nearly a decade now.
Here's some of my best work in #minecraft summarized.

Also, open for commissions. Hit me up here or on my discord:
Ivain#7736
A bird's eye view of a giant, snowy mountain range involving sharp peaks and rocky strata. These mountains are made in Minecraft, but in a world with a 512 block height limit. Picture taken with a shadermod, I cannot remember exactly which A panoramic scene of a semi-tropical island, hovering over the light blue ocean with clear water, progressing from beach to bushlands to rockier and denser forest, ending with snowy mountains in the distance, underneath a cloudy sky. All made in Minecraft, trees from Paleozoey and others, image taken with custom shaders and Distant Horizon mod, but I do not recall exactly which shaders. A cylindrical floating island with an overgrown copper arch on top, embedded in more rock. A small waterfall is flowing off the left side, and the island is covered in teak trees of various sizes. Picture with Bliss shaders, trees by Quinten A bird's eye view of a large tropical desert/mesa island, centered in a shallow ocean, surrounded and partially covered by low-hanging clouds. The island consists of several mesa-style peaks, and has a number of fantasy-esque stone overhangs. It is also populated by several settlements and large bridges supported by giant horns or bones, and covered in giant trees. There are several caves with glowing crystals inside them. All made in Minecraft, render by Kryppt/Will.D on twitter.
January 17, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Switching up between ingame and #Worldpainter #minecraft terrain. This is a preview of a map I'm currently working on, which should be available for download soon-ish.
A large mountain consisting of rock ridges made of calcite and diorite, space between the ridges filled with dirt and gravel, populated by pine trees. All in Minecraft, trees by Paleozoey, picture taken with Bliss shaders.
January 16, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Took a while and several retries, but here is the expanded version of my copper arch terrain in #minecraft. I tried several grander approaches, but apparently I'm not quite skilled enough yet to make that blend in properly, so this more simplistic method will have to do.
#minecraftbuilds
A round floating island built around a single copper archway, overgrown with moss and trees, built in Minecraft using trees by Quinten, and photographed with Bliss Shaders. A round floating island built around a single copper archway, overgrown with moss and trees, built in Minecraft using trees by Quinten, and photographed with Photon Shaders.
January 11, 2025 at 2:23 AM
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I'm back with some more #minecraft terrain, and this time I've definitely found a style I like, so expect more #minecraftbuilds with this theme.
A circular arch made of partially weathered and rusted copper, covered by rocks made from a mix of granite and dripstone, overgrown with dirt, grass, moss, vines, leaves and trees. Created in minecraft, picture with Bliss Shaders. Trees by Quinten. A circular arch made of partially weathered and rusted copper, covered by rocks made from a mix of granite and dripstone, overgrown with dirt, grass, moss, vines, leaves and trees. The other side of the arch, in vanilla minecraft and with night-vision effect active. Trees by Quinten.
January 3, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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More #Minecraft terrain practice, this time directly into existing (custom) terrain.

Trees by Paleozoey, underlying boulders by Dannypan
A large rock arch that looks like flattened boulders stacked on top of each other in a natural-looking arch form, covered in grass, plants and bushes to make it blend into the background. In minecraft. A large rock arch that looks like flattened boulders stacked on top of each other in a natural-looking arch form, covered in grass, plants and bushes to make it blend into the background. In minecraft, and shown from the opposite side.
December 15, 2024 at 11:20 PM
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Another #minecraft terrain I finished a few days back. I seem to be trending towards arches. This one doesn't quite match the rules of gravity, but that's what practice is for.
A Mesa-style rock arch consisting of mostly horizontally-stacked rock shapes
December 14, 2024 at 10:05 PM
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Been practicing a new style of #minecraft terraforming, this was my first attempt at it. Definitely going to look into doing more like this.
A rock arch made up of multiple giant boulders, covered in grass, podzol and spruce trees, with dropstone stalacites hanging from the bottom of the arch. In minecraft
December 11, 2024 at 3:49 AM
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More #minecraft #worldpainter terrain from last year's mega project. This time with a focus on this Desert biome, which ended up coming out way better than I expected.
November 5, 2024 at 4:51 PM
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Some Mesa cliffs from a recent #Minecraft #worldpainter project. It's finally complete, and I have to thank the client for being patient with me (due to IRL circumstances and data loss it took WELL over a year, fortunately there was no hard deadline and they even paid more than the agreed amount!
October 28, 2024 at 7:20 AM
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Some older #minecraft work, just to get it out there before I start posting more deliberately.
You can also find some of my work on #Planetminecraft
here: www.planetminecraft.com/member/ivain/
October 21, 2024 at 4:09 PM
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Time to put some more images here, I suppose. With Xitters new AI-fodder and block changes, it's time to stop procrastinating and start doing all I can to shift here
A postcard-style image of a custom Minecraft landscape including a mountain, rendered with shaders
October 17, 2024 at 1:38 PM
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It's about time I start creating some form of presence on here, so I figured I'd start posting #minecraft #worldpainter #worldmachine terrain!
Custom Minecraft tundra and mountain terrain
September 7, 2024 at 1:06 AM
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Figured it's about time I started actually posting stuff instead of just replying and quoting (gotta suppress the urge to call it 'tweeting').

So here's some Minecraft Terrain!
October 26, 2023 at 1:34 PM