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XP Nexus: Grains (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

I had to record this in between the flowers cause u know what happens? I do rnd and then I forget all about it and i have to remake it haha. The amount of updates is vast lately and I barely catch up myself!

So here it is our first Xparticl...

Cinema 4D 2023.1 is out!

Hey everyone,

New c4d came out yesterday and if you dont know what the fuss is all about go check Rocket Lasso latest 2023.1 features video.

The main thing in this release is an integrated pyro system for smoke and fire that works wi...

3 year contest nominees!

I wanna thank so much all the participants. Your submissions have been wonderful and I had such a hard time to pick only 5 artworks.
Therefore I cheated and I picked 7 haha!

That being said, let's give it a week for voting. Can't wait to...

Complex flowers part9 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

A brief look and comparison between Taiao and Forester.

I use both depending the occasion but I would really prefer to add more features in each so we can use either or.

Project files for everything is found 2022-11-01 18:05:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Complex flowers part8 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Happy month everyone!

More floweeeerssss haha!
I promise! Few more parts this month and then I am jumping to another subject. As interesting as flowers are I wanna also explore other things at this point.

But till then more explo...

Complex flowers part7 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Hey hey,

I am close to wrapping up the flower explorations, although it can take forever as i love the subject and there are millions of things we can do :)

Till then though one more part. This time regarding rendering realistic leav...

Complex flowers part6 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Same approach but way more procedurally in newest Cinema4D 2023.
I think this is the best update since R20. While I haven't tested it in production just y et, I urge everyone to update.

This version introduces many new stuff that will ch...

Complex flowers part5 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Let's explore how to control dynamics with precision via keyframes. This approach is for s26 Cinema4D, kind of "old way" of doing things, but not everyone is on the latest version. So this can come in handy in many cases plus is a good intro to 20...

3 year Patreon anniversary contest!

3 years old already!!

Time flies by so quickly and I never expected how warm the motion design community would hug my efforts. From the bottom of my heart a huge THANKS to everyone that has been here all this time!

I tried to get som...

IBC 2022 (VIDEO TUTORIAL+PROJECT FILES)

Hey friends,

For those who kept asking, here is my latest presentation for Maxon.

As a bonus for Patreon, you will also find attached all the project files I used in the presentation (plus some extra ones that I didn't have the time...

IBC 2022 "Proceduralism for art directors"

Hey everyone,

Your 42 year old buddy that looks 26, is gonna present in IBC 2022 for Maxon. It is the 4th time I present for Maxon and I couldn't be happier after 2+ years without live events.
I will breakdown a title sequence we did 2 ...

Complex flowers part4 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Taking a break on animation RND by doing some octane.
Damn this series has a long way to go hehe but I am on it!

Cheers!

Complex flowers part3 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

On this part we gonna talk about phyllotaxis arrangement cause it is essential for natural flower forms. Some more complex field operations on top.

Cheers!

Caching files in Houdini (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

And one for my Houdini buddies. A very basic one about caching in H and tokens and a side by side comparison with Cinema4D similar workflow.

This is gonna go to my youtube next month but I am first releasing it here for patrons only.
I ...

S26 Force Field part5 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Hey all,
Latest S26 patch now supports custom forces on cloth/rope.
I think this small update has some very nice stuff including volume updates and curvature on fields.

For more details, other than cloth, check at Chris channel: 2022-08-08 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post

Complex flowers (PROJECT FILES)

Complex flowers part2 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Happy month!

I am back after a long covid period during July and managed to record few more stuff for August for the flower series. In this one we gonna discuss keyframe offsetting and fields and create more procedural flower structures. 2022-08-01 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post

Complex flowers update (SNEAK PEAK)

Hey everyone!

Lots of rnd coming up ur way!

I figured out how to use cloth to drive flowers as well. This has been bugging me in c4d for such a long time now and i think i finally have a somewhat solid solution.

Stay tuned! 2022-08-01 10:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post

Houdini battle! (LIVESTREAM)

Hey friends!

Still recovering from covid at home and a good excuse for some livestream to feel less bored hehe! If you wanna see me getting wrecked live, here it is! Tonight in 6 hours from now. Check details in the link.

If you miss...

Complex flowers part1 (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Hey friends,

First part of the flower creation series taking advantage of c4d's awesome mograph capabilities. I have many things to record still but covid caught up with me since last weekend. July didn't start so well here hehe.

Any...

S26 vs Houdini rendering (VIDEO TUTORIAL)

Happy month!
Wrapping up the last cloth series with Octane rendering!

ps. cinema4d did an update yesterday with some great new features and I think I 'll do an extra tut about cloth again if u don't mind :)

Complex flowers (SNEAK PEAK)

PART1 PART2 2022-06-30 18:23:05 +0000 UTC View Post