Process and Production - Cinema 4D logo

This was the first session with Jay, looking into a software that I do not know a great amount about. I was excited to get into some new software, as I have always liked 3D design. To begin the session, we were instructed to create a logo out of outlines, having at least 3 different objects. I saved the illustrator file as an Illustrator 8 file in order to make it compatible with cinema 4D.

This was the logo once a floor and background had been added to the cinema 4D document, allowing a coloured background to be added. I also added the text "Design" in the application with the use of motext. 

After this, it was time to use cameras in order to look at the logo from different angles, as well as incorporating lighting into the design to create the shadow. 

First Cinema 4D Logo from Jack Pomfret on Vimeo.

Finally I animated the scene that I had created, using simple keyframe techniques which reminded me very much of after effects. I have been improving my knowledge in this area, and it was nice to have something that seemed at least slightly familiar in the cross over from after effects to Cinema 4D. I am looking forward to going into more depth with the Cinema 4D program in future tutorials.