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✏️SketchBound

✏️SketchBound

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Sketch-style shader with pencil outlines and shading.
by TheGentooGamer
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✏️ SketchBound Shader

Transform your Minecraft world into a living sketchbook! This unique stylized rendering shader brings an artistic pencil-drawn aesthetic to your gameplay, featuring hand-drawn style outlines and dynamic sketch-like hatchwork that makes every block look like it was sketched by an artist.


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✨ Features

✏️ Pencil-style outlines - Give everything a hand-drawn appearance
🎨 Dynamic hatching - Mimics traditional sketching techniques
🌈 Dual visual modes - Choose between grayscale, vibrant color, or blue pen presets
⚙️ Extensive customization - Tweak settings to match your artistic vision


🎨 Included Styles

Switch between 9 built-in drawing styles right from the shader settings:

  • Pencil on Paper - Classic graphite sketch look
  • Colorful Sketch - A looser, more colorful pencil style
  • Blue Pen - Ballpoint-pen style linework
  • Painterly - Soft painted brushstrokes via a Kuwahara filter
  • Outline Pencil on Paper - Heavier pencil outlines over the sketch base
  • Blueprint - Technical drawing look with grid overlays
  • Chalkboard - Chalk-on-slate aesthetic
  • Comic - Halftone Ben-Day dot comic book look
  • Textureless Comic - Comic style without paper texture

💬 Community & Support

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Share screenshots, suggest features, or get help with the shader! Your feedback helps make SketchBound even better.


🙏 Credits

Special thanks to XorDev for allowing the use of block model distortion, Voronoi texture effects, and water glare techniques from the Unsquare Shaderpack that help bring this artistic vision to life!

SketchBound-V3.1.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.20.4, 1.18.2
Release 2026-08-31 Get
SketchBoundV3.0.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.20.4, 1.18.2
Release 2026-08-08 Get
SketchBound-V2.4.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.20.4, 1.18.2
Release 2026-05-25 Get
Sketchbound-V2.3.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.20.4, 1.18.2
Release 2026-04-24 Get
SketchBound-V2.2.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4
Release 2026-04-10 Get
SketchBound-V2.1.zip
MC 1.17.1, 1.21, 1.18.1, 1.19.3, 1.20.2, 1.19.4, 1.21.8, 1.17, 1.20.5, 1.21.5, 1.18, 1.21.4, 1.20.1, 1.20, OptiFine, 1.20.6, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.19.1, 1.20.4
Release 2026-04-03 Get
SketchBound-V1.3.zip
MC 1.21, 1.21.8, 1.21.5, 1.21.4, OptiFine, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, Iris, 1.21.2, 1.21.9, 1.21.10, 1.21.11
Release 2025-12-11 Get
SketchBound-V1.2.zip
MC 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, Iris, 1.21.2
Release 2025-09-18 Get
SketchBound-V1.1.zip
MC 1.21, 1.21.5, 1.21.8, 1.21.4, 1.21.3, 1.21.7, 1.21.1, 1.21.6, Iris, 1.21.2
Release 2025-09-09 Get

Requirements & install

How to use this shader in Minecraft
Shader loader
Iris OptiFine
Minecraft
1.21.4 – 1.21.11
Install folder
.minecraft/shaderpacks

How to install shaders

  1. Install a shader loader for your Minecraft version: Iris (with Sodium) or OptiFine.
  2. Download the shader pack .zip file (do not extract it).
  3. Put the .zip into the shaderpacks folder (.minecraft/shaderpacks).
  4. In game open Options → Video Settings → Shader Packs, select the pack and apply it.
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