3D Tutorials by illustrator.digitalmedianet.com

If you're a 3D artist watching television this week, you've probably noticed a flood of new graphics, including some great looking red plastic stuff. Back in the day, there were great little Chinese toys that were made of a dense red plastic. Here's one recipe to create a similar vibe.

Generic Ornaments in Cinema 4D.

There are some very powerful tools in CINEMA 4D that you can use very quickly to create some 3D graphic elements.

Of course you can extrude letters in MAXON's CINEMA 4D. If you're considering software for 3D motion graphics, one of the things you'll definitely need is the ability to extrude all kinds of fonts. But you don't have to stick with one tool to make those letters "thick".

Placing an image in perspective view.

In this tutorial we create simple Japanese bridge using Extrude and Duplicate.

If you're familiar with Adobe's Illustrator, and create splines for use within Maxon's Cinema 4D, and now use the latest version of Adobe's products - the CS versions, you might be wondering how to get your spline data into the 3D application.

Any time you're working in 3D, it's very important to properly orient yourself in the world. When beginning a model you want to start creating the parts at 0,0,0 on the X,Y and Z axes.