Personal explorations · 3D & motion

3D Explorations

What started as a way to learn Cinema 4D became a space to experiment with characters, colour, and movement.

Type
Personal projects
Tools
Cinema 4D · After Effects

The work

Animation
Animation
SpoopyVideo
Character Design: JaiVideo
Hoya CollectionVideo
Phrogie the FrogVideo
FrogbiesVideo
Maneki NekoVideo
Maneki at WorkVideo
Boo BearVideo
Boo Bear in SpaceVideo
A sticker sheet headed Love Game and XOXO, with rendered stickers and phrases on a pink background.
Still
ForestVideo
LilypadsLighting explorationVideo
Pistol ModelVideo
Process animation: a bamboo stalk in a round glass vase, built up step by step on a platform.
Process
A bamboo stalk in a round glass vase beside a glowing arch, on a peach platform.
Still
A red room seen from further back: a dark table between two chairs, with vases, a potted plant and a pendant lamp.
Still · 2 angles
A red torii gate among white clouds on a peach-to-pink background.
Still
A white instant camera on a glassy blue platform, in front of a window frame.
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A pale blue set with window frames and round glass platforms.
Still
Animation
Three fluffy creatures stacked on top of each other, in pink, brown and beige fur.
Still

How it started

Learn. Practice. Repeat.

I started with online classes and practice in Cinema 4D, then found myself drawn to character design. This collection brings together exercises and personal experiments from that learning process.

Classes
3D Design for Designer’s Intro to Cinema 4D for Designers
Aaron Martinez’s class on Domestika, taught in Spanish with English subtitles
Artists who keep me inspired
chomchomstudio, Melissa Mathieson, Aaron Martinez, Studio Tendril and Jam3