Monthly Archives: June 2010

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Free iPhone 4 Model for Cinema 4D

Anders Kjellberg modeled a perfect iPhone 4 to prepare for the iPhone’s launch today and he is graciously giving it away over at his site. This will definitely come in handy for some upcoming iPhone App projects of mine. Awesome … Continue reading →

June 24, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Downloads
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Winners of the Five Second Project, “Nude No More”

Winner Congrats to steve morel aka ekion for winning the “Nude No More” five second project. This piece was chosen by threadless to be their favorite. I think it’s pretty darn great too. Doesn’t hurt that my face ended up … Continue reading →

June 24, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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How to build Joint Chains for Spiral Growth with Cinema 4D and Xpresso

I’m so excited to present the first tutorial from the hyper-talented Mike “The Monkey” Senften. Well, not a tutorial exactly, but 45 minutes of pure knowledge about how to use joints, hierarchies, and Xpresso to build natural structures that are … Continue reading →

June 23, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, The Monkey, Tutorials, Video
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Why the NO SPEC Movement Isn’t Working. And, Why That’s so Awesome!

Here are some words and a short video about spec work that I have been trying to organize ever since my NO SPEC rant on a GSG Live Cast last month. Why NOSPEC isn’t working Spec work isn’t going away … Continue reading →

June 21, 2010 and filed in Ideas
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How To Make The Cherry 7up Look With Cinema 4D and After Effects Part 2

In part two of this tutorial, we finish up the lighting and animation in Cinema 4D and prepare our scene to render and for compositing in After Effects. In After Effects, I show you how to use Trapcode Particular, RS … Continue reading →

June 16, 2010 and filed in After Effects, Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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How To Make The Cherry 7up Look With Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I go though the process of making this Cherry 7up Animation. First, I show you how to model a simple cherry to use for the particle. Then I show you how to use the Mograph Cloner Object, … Continue reading →

June 14, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Upcoming Tutorial: Cherry 7up

Based on this spot by Psyop

June 12, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Ecko Artifaks Interview With The Monkey

I sat down with Mike “The Monkey” Senften of 4DThieves to talk about his latest 3D masterpiece, Ecko Artifaks. In the interview, Mike talks about the overall scope and design of the project and about how he pulled off some … Continue reading →

June 11, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Interview, Motion Design, Video, Visual Learning
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Keyframe Episode 4

See the full set of credits

June 9, 2010 and filed in KeyframeTV
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Five Second Project “Nude No More” – Closed

We have an awesome sponsor for this Project. Threadless is giving away two great prize packages including The T-Shirt, “Photographer” that I modeled above. Make a Five Second animation based on the theme “Nude No More” and submit it using … Continue reading →

June 7, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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How to use the Tracer Object in Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I show you how to use the Tracer Object in Cinema 4D. The Tracer Object allows you to trace your animation or to connect clones together. I show you how to set up the Tracer Object with … Continue reading →

June 3, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Winner of the Five Second Project, “Countdown”

Winner Congrats to Tridente Brand Firm for winning the “Countdown” five second project. This spot combined simple visual and audio metaphors to create a cohesive countdown to zero in all mediums. The spot starts off with 5 sided shapes and … Continue reading →

June 3, 2010 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Beeple gives away all of his Cinema 4D Scene Files

Mike Winkelmann of BEEPLE fame is graciously giving away his Cinema 4D files for you to learn from and even use in your own projects. There are tons of fun Visuals and experiments to play with, but the most interesting … Continue reading →

June 2, 2010 and filed in Cinema 4D, Downloads