Kristoffer Zetterstrand

Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Real name	Kristoffer Zetterstrand
Date of birth	September 27, 1973 (age 53)
Occupation	Artist
Nationality	Swedish
Languages	English, Swedish
Known for	Creating textures for paintings
Website	zetterstrand.com
Reddit name	k__z
Twitter handle	@Zetterstrand
Bluesky handle	@zetterstrand.com
Instagram name	zetterstrand
YouTube channel	zetterstrand
Minecraft name	Harr

Kristoffer Zetterstrand is a Swedish artist. Kristoffer primarily paints classical paintings, but they are often influenced by pixelated computer graphics and 3D worlds. Most of the paintings in Minecraft were created by him.

The texture file of paintings was named paintings_kristoffer_zetterstrand.png in Java Edition prior to 1.14, and is still called kz.png for his initials in Bedrock Edition.

Videos

Quotes

I think of my 3D scenes as theater stages, where I can quickly rearrange stuff, sample in actors from various image sources, set the lighting, and build a world of my own. It’s like 3D still lives, without the constraints of the physical world.

— Kristoffer Zetterstrand^[1]

Trivia

In 2026, Jack Black commissioned Zetterstrand to create a portrait of him as Steve from A Minecraft Movie in the style of a Minecraft painting.^[2]

Gallery

Screenshot by Kristoffer Zetterstrand of the first test of paintings (and the hand of his Minecraft skin)
The original screenshot behind the "Skull on Fire" painting
A render of the "Skull on Fire" painting that Kristoffer Zetterstrand used as a reference image
The "Skull on Fire" skull render being sketched
The original "Skull on Fire" painting being painted
Kristoffer Zetterstrand with the "Skull on Fire" painting
Kristoffer Zetterstrand wearing a creeper head
Kristoffer Zetterstrand's self portrait
"Portrait of Jack Black as Steve", commissioned by Jack Black