
Create amazing abstract art in Cinema 4D by following step-by-step lessons that cover ten artworks using dynamics, cloth, and free plug-ins, with rendering templates and project files for easy inspiration.
Discover how to create abstract artwork with Cinema 4D basic deformers, applying bend, bulge, twist, taper, shear, and the FTD former, adjusting geometry, color, and layers for dynamic results.
Create abstract Cinema 4D art by generating wiggly spines with vibrate tags, tracing paths, and wrapping tubes with spline wrap, adjusting axis, subdivisions, and smoothing.
Clone small spheres onto a large sphere with MoGraph's cloner on the surface, then deform and separate them using a collision deformer and push apart effects for an abstract look.
Learn to create abstract art with mograph voronoi fracture by shattering tourists using multiple sources and fall-off controls. Explore distribution types, seeds, and shading options.
Pack a sphere with clones using a rigid body dynamic simulation to prevent overlaps, then carve a section with a boolean operation and apply a shader effector for color fade.
Fill a cube with clones and swap rigid to soft body dynamics, producing squishing spheres that deform against a shell; bake the state and smooth with subdivision for abstract art.
Convert a plane into cloth in Cinema 4D, apply a cloth tag, and use fixed points, turbulence, and iterations to create folds. Refine with belt constraints, subdivision, and sculpting brushes.
inflate cloth on a fractured sphere to create abstract art, using edge constraints, no gravity, and inflated size with subdivision for detail; then convert to a frame with bevels.
Discover how to convert triangulated meshes into hexagonal geometry with the Jewel Graph dual graph plugin in Cinema 4D. Experiment with bevel, extrude, atom array, and noise deformations; craft art.
Discover how to create Chesterfield inspired depressions in Cinema 4D with the free easy Chesterfield plugin on spheres and cubes, and clone buttons or studs to distribute at vertices.
Use a cinema 4d abstract render template with an hdr image, infinity wall, and centered artwork, then fine-tune lighting and interactive render region for instagram-ready output.
Use the Octane render template in Cinema 4D to create professional abstract artworks, leveraging the Octane sky, infinity wall, and HDR environment with ready-made materials.
Learn to create a unified color palette for abstract art in Cinema 4D using color from picture, color picker, mosaic mode, and applying to materials.
Post your final render to the Facebook group and share your Cinema 4D abstract art on social media, tagging CGI shortcuts. Get in touch with ideas for future courses.
Hey it’s Dave from CG Shortcuts, Welcome to the Course!
I’m a freelance 3D and Motion Graphics Artist based in London where I’ve been working and teaching in the industry for over 10 years.
In this course I’ll show you how to create amazing Abstract Art in Cinema 4D!
I'll be guiding you through the creation of 10 of my own artworks each covering a different technique and toolset within Cinema 4D.
Abstract CG Art is hugely popular at the moment so it's going to look great on your portfolio or showreel!
By the end of this course you’ll level up your Cinema 4D skills and be able to create your very own 3D Abstract Art.
All you need is Maxon Cinema 4D. (Many of the techniques are achievable in older versions but Version 20 and above is recommended). Don't worry if you don't have it because you can download a free demo to start learning straight away! We'll also be discussing 2 Cinema 4D Plugins you can download for free (Dual Graph and Easy Chesterfield)!
We’ll cover everything step by step so you can easily follow along, including..
Art with Deformers
Art with Mograph
Art with Dynamics
Art with Cloth
Art with Free Plugins
There’s also BONUS LESSONS on rendering in Cinema 4D standard and Octane render. And I've included 2 x RENDER TEMPLATE FILES you can use as a starting point to speed up your workflow. Just bring in your artwork and customize the pre-built lighting and texturing setup and you'll be rendering your next masterpiece in no time.
Plus you’ll also get access to the project files for each artwork we create as well as time saving presets and materials you can use in your artwork.
That’s it for now, let’s get started!
-Dave