3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Overview

Learn how to create surreal typographical animations using Cinema 4D and Redshift

Introduction
Initial Ideas and Sketches
All Things Cinema 4D
Final Touches to the Final Image
Additional Resources
Final project

Influenced by the toys he was never allowed to have as a kid, Thomas Burden creates colorful 3D work that is both hyper-realistic and timeless. His unique nostalgic style blends 3D type and playful contraptions, getting him noticed and landing him freelance work with Nickelodeon, Netflix, Playstation, McDonald’s, Bloomingdale’s, and more.

In this course, Thomas takes you through his entire creative process for building typographical 3D animations using Illustrator, Photoshop, Cinema 4D, and Redshift. He shares some of his best work, teaches the essentials of each software, and explains his method for creating inflatable 3D type, a useful technique that can be applied to future design and illustration projects.

Syllabus

Introduction
Influences
What Will We Do in This Course?
Overview of Software Workflow
Initial Concepts & Gathering Inspiration
Sketching Out a Layout in AI and Export Vector Paths
Setting up the Cinema 4D Document
Create a 3D Sketch in C4D
Adding Some Basic Lighting / Textures and a Camera with Redshift
Modelling the Letters 1
Modelling the Letters 2
Modelling the U
Modelling the Ball Pool
Modelling the Cushions
Modelling The Mats
Modelling the Castle 1
Modelling the Castle 2
Modelling the Castle 3
Finishing Touches: Adding Cloth Dynamics to the Curtains and Some Balls to the Scene 1
Finishing Touches: Adding Cloth Dynamics to the Curtains and Some Balls to the Scene 2
Extra info on newer versions of Cinema4D
Adjusting Lighting/Refining the Render Settings
Using Redshift AOV Manager
Importing Final Render and AOV to Photoshop: Preparing Photoshop Files for Editing
Editing/Refining Final Image Using the AOV Files
Saving the Final Image as a Friendly Client Photoshop File
Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 1
Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 2
Introduction to Redshift
3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume