In this exercise, you will produce abstract illustrations to gain introductory understanding of modeling, rendering, and compositing fundamentals in C4D.
Learning Resources
Tutorials:
Digitaltutors.com - Beginner’s Guide to C4D
Lynda.com - CINEMA 4D R16 Essential Training
Lynda.com - CINEMA 4D R17 Essential Training
Lynda.com - Creating Motion Graphics with Sketch and Toon in CINEMA 4D
Greyscale Gorilla Blog - Compositing Tag
Examples:
Sandro Tatinashvili
Stuart Wade
Wired - The Job Issue
Giphy
Abstraction in Art
Abstraction in Programming
Further Investigation:
Don Dertzfeldt - Simpsons Intro Disarming Corruptor, Matthew Plummer-Fernandez
Example Production Files
C4D Compositing Tags C4D Variation Examples
Steps to Completion
- Watch tutorials from Lynda and Digitaltutors on C4D.
- Pay special attention to:
- In Cinema 4D, create 3D objects and materials.
- Experiment with deformers
- Render 4 or more takes or passes for compositing
- Composite variations in photoshop
- Create 4 final variations of your illustration
- Ajust layer blending modes, color overlays, etc to achieve 3 distinct looks.
- Requirements:
- Resolution: 1920px width by 1080px height
- naming convention: c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID-#.jpg_**
- Save your .c4d file and 4 image variations in a folder called _c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID.
- Compress the project folder: c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID.zip.
- Upload the .zip file to the submission dropbox
- Ensure you’ve included everything properly. Failure to ensure that you’ve uploaded the file will result in your exercise being graded according the grading criteria.
Example folder structure
c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID.zip
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└── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID/
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├── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID.c4d
├── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID-1.jpg
├── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID-2.jpg
├── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID-3.jpg
└── c4d-illustration-YOURSTUDENTID-4.jpg
Grading
Your grade will be assessed according to the Exercise Grading Criteria.