Who Made the Minecraft Paintings and What Do They Say About the Game?

Wow. Thank you for the hard work you put into making this video. What a thorough research you did on my work. I am humbled.

This man is the least known most popular artist in the world.

"Stop throwing the game! why do you keep dying?!" "It's for art"

so your telling me the guy showed a counter strike montage at one of the most popular museums in the world in front of thousandths of people.

10:43 Another interesting observation about villagers: they live in structures that they don't have the ability to build. They're not just living in primitive settlements, they're living in the ruins of a more advanced civilization.

The paintings, creepy as they may seem, always comforted me a bit in the game. I wholeheattedly agree with the lonely atmosphere the game has and especially had in earlier updates. Because of this when playing single player you end up feeling quite isolated. Adding a painting to your simple little survival shack made it feel a little more cozy and like you were building a home, not just surviving.

bro i was so sure as a child that the "wasteland" painting was just a very tall hamburger

In defense of Wither painting, it is actually a really clever way to introduce the mob to players as those who played the game entirely in a vacuum would never have known how to spawn the Wither. I find it a beautiful marriage of art and gameplay that a piece of decoration would shed insight in how to fight a secret boss in the game, further adding to sense of mystery and loneliness in the world. Sadly, most players will not have found the wither this way.

how does this man sound so cultured talking about paintings in Minecraft

I would argue that the Wither painting is meant to hint at how to build one.

"forgive me for this pronunciation" pronounces it right goes on to mispronounce 'motif' I trusted you

They found the seed for the background of that flaming skull painting two days ago. Just saying.

13:57 it's a perfect representation, because skeletons burn in daylight.

ur telling me this is the same guy that did the “i painted someone’s mom” thing? oml he’s a legend

I can't believe that one of the paintings in minecraft is a cs map, shits wild

I legit thought the self portrait of him by his computer was a photo

Kristoffer be like: Yeah, Im a G A M E R G- Great A- Artist M- Making E- Excellent R- Recreations

I can't believe that there is so much going on in just Minecraft paintings.

"Forgive me for my prenunciation." says swedish guys name perfectly 2 minutes later "Mottiff"

"Bust" is certainly my favorite painting. The sculpture of a man who looks to be in the midst of fire has so much meaning when you realize that man is Marcus Aurelius, who was the last Roman emperor during the Pax Romana, a golden age and time of peace for the Romans. He in the midst of this fire unphased really speaks to me in the fact that he has no idea of the years to come for Rome. Another very fun fact about Marcus Aurelius was that he was a very popular Stoic philosopher. The Stoics were commonly known as indifferent to pain, pleasure, grief, or joy, but rather endured life. This could also hold a double meaning for the portrait itself, showing that even through the fire, he endures and remains calm. Beautiful painting for certain.