3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• To begin, learn how to brainstorm and use references to generate new ideas.
• It's time to learn how to make a basic compositional sketch in Adobe Illustrator after you've defined an initial concept.
• Create a structure in Cinema 4D using simple shapes and rough colors that will act as a guide for your project.
• Start learning the basics of Cinema 4D, such as how to build up a scene, how to utilize your sketch as a reference background, and how to import vector paths to model some simple forms.
• Learn how to construct an animated inflation effect and apply it to text and other objects at the end of the lesson.
• Then, using the render engine Redshift, learn how to add mood by altering light and texture.
• Before putting up your final render and exporting it for a customer or posting it on social media, use Photoshop to make some final modifications.
   

Syllabus:

1.  Introduction

   • Introduction

   • Influences

   • What Will We Do in This Course?
      

2. Initial Ideas and Sketches

   • Overview of Software Workflow

   • Initial Concepts & Gathering Inspiration

   • Sketching Out a Layout in AI and Export Vector Paths
      

3.  All Things Cinema 4D

   • 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
      

4.  Final Touches to the Final Image

   • 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
      

5.  Additional Resources

   • Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 1

   • Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 2

   • Introduction to Redshift
      

6. Final Project

   • 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume