Monthly Archives: May 2011

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Five Second Project Winner: Frog View

Winner Congratulations to joshua catalano for winning the latest five second project, Frog View. This is his second time winning! I really love his style. You should also check out his excellent portfolio for more great work. Thanks again to … Continue reading →

May 31, 2011 and filed in Five Second Projects
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Inspiration: Nicholas Brave

Credit List Credit List Chicago based Animator/Designer Nicholas Brave has been knocking spots out of the park lately. Be sure to check out his portfolio for more great work.

May 30, 2011 and filed in Inspiration
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Greyscalegorilla Podcast: Episode 6: Promotion and Portfolio

Show Notes Creamyorange Gmunk MK12 Green Towel Shynola Renascent DForm 2004 Mograph.Net Contest and Winners Page My Winning Entry for the Mograph Contest Cargo Collective Carbon Made Indexhibit Behance Pro Site Vimeo Plus Subscribe to the Greyscalegorilla Podcast Podcast: Play … Continue reading →

May 27, 2011 and filed in Podcasts
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Softbody Settings Tests For Cinema 4D

Karpeton Studios put together these helpful videos to show what different Cinema 4D softbody dynamic settings look like. Super useful.

May 26, 2011 and filed in Cinema 4D
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NAB Interview Series: Episode 4 – Chris Schmidt

While at NAB this year, I decided to interview some of my favorite people in the motion design industry and ask them a few questions. In this fourth episode, I talk to Chris Schmidt. Chris runs the Chicago C4D User … Continue reading →

May 24, 2011 and filed in Interview, NAB Interview Series
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Their Way Is Not Your Way

Jonathan Coulton wrote about the way he makes a living. If you are Steely Dan, you will not want to record onto a Mac Mini through an SM58. If you hate writing, please don’t set up a blog. When deciding … Continue reading →

May 23, 2011 and filed in Ideas
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How To Make A Modern Art Gallery Installation Animation With Cinema 4D

In this tutorial, I show you how to build a simple art gallery scene using cloners, mograph, and random effectors. Then, I show you how to light it without using global illumination or any lights at all. Mentioned In the … Continue reading →

May 20, 2011 and filed in Cinema 4D, Tutorials, Video
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Greyscalegorilla Podcast: Episode 5: Do What You Want

Show Notes James and Signalnoise Back To Work Seth Godin Subscribe to the Greyscalegorilla Podcast Podcast: Play in new window

May 20, 2011 and filed in Inspiration, Podcasts
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Marble Machine: Toilet Bowl and Stair Lift

A couple new pieces for a large Marble Machine I’m building.

May 18, 2011 and filed in My Work
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HDRI Studio Pack: Cups Render

A customer sent in this series of beautiful renders lit in Cinema 4D. They are lit entirely with Global Illumination and the Greyscalegorilla HDRI Studio Pack. So great to see the variation of styles. Plus, I adore that coffee cup … Continue reading →

May 17, 2011 and filed in HDRI Studio Pack, Products
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Greyscalegorilla Podcast: Episode 4: Turn Off Growl!

Show Notes Instapaper TwoDay List Subscribe to the Greyscalegorilla Podcast Podcast: Play in new window

May 13, 2011 and filed in Podcasts
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Marble Machine: Catch And Push Box

More from my marble experiments. This module was inspired by the catch and rotate machines in this huge Lego Mindstoms Marble Run.

May 11, 2011 and filed in Ideas, My Work
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Greyscalegorilla Podcast: Episode 3: To School or Not to School?

Show Notes Is Design School Actually Worth It? Cargo Carbon Made Chicago C4D Subscribe to the Greyscalegorilla Podcast Sponsor the Podcast Greyscalegorilla is looking for a few sponsors to help offset the cost of the growing bandwidth cost of the … Continue reading →

May 11, 2011 and filed in Podcasts
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Build an Abstract Animation Layer by Layer with Thinking Particles, Metaballs and Mograph

In this lesson, Simon explores how to combine Thinking Particles with the Mograph-module, metaball, and deformers to animated objects. This technique can be used to add different layers of animation on top of each other and give you a greater … Continue reading →

May 10, 2011 and filed in Cinema 4D, Simon Holmedal, Tutorials, Video