Guided Course: Build a 3D futuristic environment with CGI

Guided Project: Build a 3D futuristic environment with CGI

“Now it’s your turn to put everything you’ve learned into practice. This project is designed for you to combine your technical skills in Cinema 4D and Octane Render with your creative ability to tell a visual story. If you don’t have a concrete idea yet, don’t worry: I’ll give you several starting points so you can explore, experiment, and discover your style. The important thing is to enjoy the process and share your results with the community to inspire and be inspired. 1. Floating City: Impossible Architecture in a New World Create a metropolis suspended in the air, with platforms, bridges, and towers that defy gravity. Experiment with fog, dramatic lighting, and textures that suggest an advanced civilization. Project example: An industrial floating city with massive propellers and ships arriving and departing among the clouds. 2. Post-apocalyptic Scene with a Touch of Hope Design a landscape devastated by time or disaster, but include an element that suggests rebirth—sprouting vegetation, warm light in the distance, or an exploring character. Project example: Rusted skyscraper ruins covered in vegetation, illuminated by a golden sunset. 3. Alien Market on a Distant Planet Build a vibrant scene full of stalls, exotic creatures, and organic architecture. Play with vivid colors, translucent materials, and neon lights. Project example: A bustling nighttime bazaar lit by floating lamps and filled with intergalactic species. 4. Abandoned Space Station Create a giant structure lost in the void, with details of decay and mystery. Use directional lighting and shadows to create tension. Project example: A space hangar open to the cosmos, with debris from ships and panels floating in zero gravity. 5. Minimalist Futuristic Sanctuary Design a clean, bright architectural space that conveys calm, with smooth surfaces, natural light, and a few carefully placed elements. Project example: A crystal-and-metal temple perched on a cliff of an ocean planet, bathed in a bluish glow. If you’d like, I can also prepare a visual reference and style guide table for each of these projects so students have a clear and cohesive starting point that matches the course.”

Course summary for: Guided Course: Build a 3D futuristic environment with CGI

• Level: Beginner
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• 155 students
• 1 unit
• 16 lessons (3h 5m)
• 4 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation

• Software

  Cinema 4D, OctaneRender

• Areas

  3D, 3D Design, 3D Modeling, Art Direction, Audiovisual Post-production, Concept Art