Making drinks in Cinema 4D

I've started recording my Cinema 4D classes so I have something to look back at if I get stuck creating something in the future. This particular class helped me a lot with my visual appendix, the technique of using a lathe combined with and illustrator outline allowed me to quickly get the shapes I was looking for and then focus on the detail.

These are two labels I made after the class I wanted to play around with transparency and create a sticker-like label.

Cinema 4D

This lesson was so fun, it managed to combine 3 - 4 lessons into one which could have been chaos but thankfully I managed to keep up. The class managed to tick a few of my boxes here, I really wanted to get to grips with texture and particles in Cinema 4D. Everything I learnt today was extremely useful specially since I was looking to make my logo experiments from last time reflective. I managed to record this lesson today, there was so much going on I don't think anyone could have found the time to go into detail writing notes. What I found especially important about the lesson was learning a bit more about the render options it's so easy now that we've talked through it, now I can edit really quickly without thinking about it.

Karma Fields - Greatness from Raven Kwok on Vimeo.

This is a video I stumbled across when uploading something to vimeo. This music video is created with code and created and edited using Cinema 4D and After Effects. During the video, the music beat influences the shape of the triangular pattern which is somewhat relaxing and hypnotising. I would like to create something like this in the future for a project.

Cinema 4D

In a recent class we were shown how Cinema 4D can be used for a graphic design outcome. For this we created logos in illustrator, I used a logo a created in my spare time a few weeks back that I didn't know what to do with.

Notes:

Make sure to start the ruler from the centre of the illustrator file before merging it into the Cinema 4D file (Click drag from the top left)

To import the illustrator vector into Cinema 4D the illustrator file must be outline only before going into Cinema 4D and clicking File > Merge




Steps:

Extrude, Fillet Cap, Add Environmemnt, To add colour go to the box at the bottom left of the screen, Tags > Cinema 4D > Tags, Compositing, Mograph > Motext (Adds text box), Mode >View Settings > Shadows, Light layer > General > Shadow Maps Soft.

After the class I wanted to experiment and create something similar to the ITV Rebrand style which was mentioned in the class. I went on to rotate the object so it lay flat on the floor and move the camera and lighting so it captured the letter flatteringly.