3D Typography: Playing with Color and Volume

Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 1

A course by Thomas Burden , 3D Illustrator

99% positive reviews (74)

1,961 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 1

Overview

“In this video, you will learn how to bring your letters to life by creating an animation.”

In this video lesson Thomas Burden addresses the topic: Inflating an Individual Letter: Practice 1, 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

“Additional resources: Inflating an individual letter: practice Thanks for completing the course. Now, welcome to your bonus round where I'm gonna show you very quickly how you can bring everything you've just learned to life by animating it. Here's a quick example of letter F here, which is exactly the same letter F as we've just built in the piece, and I'm gonna show you how you can inflate things like this. There's a couple of techniques I'll show you. One is how to inflate it up as if it is from the ground like this and the other one, as example, this letter X, is if it was flat on the g...”

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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.