Making Cinema 4d Abstracts

Making Cinema 4d Abstracts

Posted By: Overtone on May 23, 2004

Make a trendy abstract.

Note: Images are very low quality to minimize loading time.

Hello everyone, this is my first tutorial for Visual Legacy, and I hope you like it

Making Simple Abstract Shapes in Cinema 4D

1. Open Cinema 4D. (duh)
2. Create a platonic (Objects > Primative > Platonic)
3. Press 'c' to make the platonic editable.
4. Goto Structure > Edit Surface > Matrix Extrude, and use these settings:
Everything defualt, except Z: 175.
5. Select all (Ctrl+A) and repeat Step 4, but use these settings:
Everything defualt, except Z: 15
6. Now add HyperNurbs (Objects > NURBS > HyperNURBS)

You should have something like .

7. Tools > Polygons. Then Tools > Live Selection. Click anywhere on your model, so that a piece of it is highlighted. Then press Ctrl+A to select the whole thing.
8. Heres the fun part . Structure > Bevel. You should now have the Bevel tool selected. Click your mouse anywhere on the screen and move your mouse around a bit and watch your model change. Experiment with this, and you can get some pretty nice looking renders.

I got thisafter a few seconds:


Heres a picture I made using the same technique: Click

The key is to vary the settings and dont use the exact ones I say. Also, try doing other things such as adding deformers, etc.
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