Turning Blender 4.3's Grease Pencil Into 3D In Real-Time

With this fan animation based on Olov Burman's Golden Goose short film, Daniel Martínez Lara demonstrated the capabilities of Blender 4.3's updated Grease Pencil with Geometry Nodes support.

Clay Pencil is essentially a Geometry Node setup on top of a Grease Pencil animation, enabling the conversion of 2D into 3D in real-time. Once this technique is polished, the artist plans to release a tutorial demonstrating how to use it, along with a file containing the Geometry Nodes setup and a basic animation.

Watch the original Olov Burman's Golden Goose animation below and check out some of his other amusing works:

See another Daniel Martínez Lara's test using Clay Pencil and follow him on LinkedIn to stay updated on its development:

Please note that the Blender 4.3 release has been rescheduled to November 19th, giving developers an extra week for refinement and offering users a chance to spot any remaining issues. Try out the Blender 4.3 Beta and report any bugs you encounter.

Also, check out Project Gold technical showcase, highlighting Blender's new stylized rendering capabilities, complete with project files to help you achieve this look:

Previously, we shared some other new Blender 4.3 features, including sculpting tools, compositor updates, a new zone that simplifies many node setups and enables new effects, multiple non-destructive Bevel modifiers with separate weights, custom warnings for Geometry Nodes, and updated Gabor Texture:

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