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RingsXperiment.v01 (( by Surrogate Self ))

I cut it in half, now at 120 frames. This a small experimentation I’m working on for a music video for FUCKBEATNIK

Untitled-011 (( by Surrogate Self ))

On this particular piece I experimented with something a bit different, instead of coloring the gif in photoshop I took the 2 video clips (the tunnel and the rotating shape) onto after effects and added some glow which I then gave an expression to do a random flickering. The problem is that I didn’t render an alpha channel from cinema 4d, that would have allowed me to fully separate the green object from the yellow tunnel. The result is that you can see through the green shape, thus missing a bit of depth. I’ll give it another try later this week.

BLKholeRings (( by Surrogate Self ))

neauface asked: I've got Cinema 4D but have only played with it a bit for 3d objects and such. How long did it take you to get the hang of it?
Answer:
I’ve alway explored 3D software but never really got deep into it, I always found it overwhelming. Back in 2008 I joined a one year digital animation program which focused heavily on Autodesk Maya. To my understanding that’s one of the most powerful piece of 3D softwares around.

The problem is that Maya its designed for big productions, where there’s a team of 200 people working, each department narrows in on the details (modeling, animating, texturing, etc.).

Cinema 4D on the other hand is designed for smaller broadcast and motion graphics production. And after knowing Maya, learning C4D became a walk in the park. There’s of course challenges because the fucking software usually evolves faster than I can learn it.

I’ve been using photoshop for about 10 years now and I’ve yet to learn the whole thing, I don’t think I ever will. But I guess it doesn’t matter, what’s important is that you create something unique with the tools.

Anyhow, I think I got carried away with this answer :)… just experiment with the software, the help documents are of big help and you can also try some of these resources:

TerrainRISE (( by Surrogate Self ))

HAYDIROKET just informed me that tumblr is now accepting gifs up to 1MB in size. I think it’s time I drop some wacky xperiments

PyramidDisposal (( by Surrogate Self ))