3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Modelling The Mats

A course by Thomas Burden , 3D Illustrator

99% positive reviews (74)

1,961 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Modelling The Mats

Overview

“Now we’ll model the two playmats, using just a displacer deformer with a fall-off field.”

In this video lesson Thomas Burden addresses the topic: Modelling The Mats, which is part of the Domestika online course: 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume. Learn how to create surreal typographical animations using Cinema 4D and Redshift.

Partial transcription of the video

“Modelling the Mats In this lesson we're gonna model the two play mats using a Symbol Deformer with a Falloff field. When you're ready, let me show you. Now we've got our stuff modelled. This is our cushion from the last lesson here. I've just made two instances of it and dragged those over here so they're in position and I've just hidden the sketch cubes. Now we're ready to do this last little bit before we attempt the bouncy castle. So I'm gonna do this mat and this mat will be the same, so we can duplicate them. So first thing is just to copy this one and paste it into a new document and ...”

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Course summary for: 3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Level: Beginner
99% positive reviews (74)
1961 students
5 units
29 lessons (5h 28m)

Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography
Software
Cinema 4D, Redshift Render
Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Design, Animation, Digital Design, Typography

Thomas Burden

A course by Thomas Burden

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3D Illustrator

Thomas Burden is a 3D illustrator from Chichester, UK. He is best known for his unique visual style blending 3D type and contraptions, an aesthetic influenced by the toys he was never allowed to have as a kid.

Thomas studied Graphic Design at Camberwell College of Arts in London before working for top illustration studios like McFaul and I Love Dust. In 2013, he made the jump to freelance work, producing ad campaigns and other projects for brands, music festivals, record labels, and editorials. His client list includes McDonald’s, Netflix, Nickelodeon, Playstation, SC Johnson, Bloomingdale’s, The Guardian, The Washington Post, The New Yorker, Harpers Collins, and more.