Prompt

Our assignment was to create a model in Cinema 4D that represents a letter of the alphabet. I chose the letter V. I first thought of The classic “road into the distance” beginners first learn when drawing perspective. When I started building the ranges I decided to play with that perspective, with the letter not being obvious until the Camera hit just the right angle.

Takeaways

I learned a lot about atmospheric lighting, cloning thousands of items with the trees, as well as lighting complex objects via the clouds. Layer organization, and utilizing low-poly assets for heavily cloned objects made a huge difference in performance and render time.

Assignment

Design a poster for an Musician

Ideas and Planning

I’ve always loved Burial’s minimal, dark aesthetic. I think it matches his music beautifully and challenged myself to recreate visually the way Burial’s music makes me feel.

Listening to Burial instantly transports me to a pensive, melancholic, nostalgic place. For some reason I tie this mood with bus rides/road trips when it’s raining, leaning my head on the window.

I leaned into the themes of loneliness and solitude in Burials work by swapping the bus for a space ship and using my home cities of Houston and Austin in the Window.

Takeaways

• While layer masks are incredibly useful, sometimes you can get into a rabbit hole of filters and masks. Just duplicate and edit a layer instead.
• I’m really happy with how this one turned out, I think following an aesthetic I’m so aligned with really helped motivate me.
• Taking progress shots along the way resulted in me being able to create some really nice artifacts, like this one!

Intent

Learn basics of 3D modeling

day 1

• Selecting software, Using fusion 360, setting constraints
• Printer and materials
• first failed attempt

day 2

• printer maintenance
• clearing nozzle, practicing changing of filament
• 2nd attempt