Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D
Finding Inspiration and Ideas
A course by Alex Kiesling , Digital Painter, 3D Artist, and Animator
Joined February 2020
Joined February 2020
About the video: Finding Inspiration and Ideas
Overview
“Before jumping in, it's always good to start exploring other works to get inspired and have as a reference. Here, I will discuss good methods to organize them, such as developing a mood board on Pinterest. You can always go back to the mood board to brainstorm new ideas. These reference images will contain elements that you can add to your composition. ”
In this video lesson Alex Kiesling addresses the topic: Finding Inspiration and Ideas, which is part of the Domestika online course: Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D. Learn how to model, build, and animate engaging characters using the tools of Cinema 4D and After Effects.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Finding Inspiration and Ideas Now that you know about me and my influences, let's get started. Here, you'll learn to create an abstract procedural character in Cinema 4D. I'll talk about the inspiration process and how to generate ideas. Before we jump into Cinema 4D, we'll sketch our scene in Photoshop. After we sketch and develop our character, we can rig, model, and animate our character in CGI. Once the character is animated and modeled, we'll create materials and lighting for the scene. We'll composite our scene in After Effects in which we'll export and publish our scene, and prepar...”
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Course summary for: Playful Animated Character Design with Cinema 4D
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Category
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Software
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Areas
3D, 3D Animation, 3D Character Design, 3D Modeling, Animated Illustration, Animation, Art Direction, Character Animation, Character Design
Alex Kiesling
A course by Alex Kiesling
Alex Kiesling is a digital painter, 3D Artist, and Animator born in Wisconsin, US. He first began exploring art in the early 2000s via Tumblr. He later went on to graduate from Rhode Island School of Design as an illustrator. While still in search of his style, he moved to New York City, and started his career working in a children’s app company. There he found an appreciation for art that was more playful and began growing a following on social media, which attracted clients. He later left his job to pursue his freelance work full-time.
Now, Alex works in editorial and advertising for commercial brands. He has worked for companies including Apple, Google, MTV, Adobe, and The New York Times, and shares his work with over 45K followers on Instagram.
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