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A New Year with Renewed Inspiration

Duane — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 14:40:33 +0000

Wow, long time since my last post… I blame it on a heavy work load and low inspiration levels….

Well it’s a new year and I plan to make the most of it, and for starters here are 2 new personal projects.

First is My Watch. I did this one to exercise my modeling skills and to see if I could texture it procedurally. Modeled and Rendered in Cinema 4D with a little post in Photoshop

The second is a Snowglobe. I wanted to do a model over the holiday break, I wanted it to be holiday themed but not necessarily christmas themed. At first I wanted to keep it simple, but as I went on, I enjoyed the scene so much that I kept going. Eventually the detail became a bit ridiculous. There is some screencaps over on my Luxology forum post here: Luxology Forum Post

I hope you like

Basic Xpresso Rigging – Robo fingers

Duane — Thu, 03 Nov 2011 11:07:00 +0000

Hey Guys! Sorry i made you wait but here is the tut on basic rigging in Xpresso as promised… Enjoy!

Tutorial: Procedural Snow in Houdini

Duane — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 10:11:20 +0000

Hi All! This weeks tutorial is on creating procedural snow in Houdini that always sits on top of your objects no matter how you move them.. Enjoy!

Tutorial: Procedural Fracturing in Houdini

Duane — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 11:57:01 +0000

Hi all… As promised Here is the tutorial on Procedural Fracturing in Houdini. Enjoy!

Teaser: Procedural Fracturing in Houdini

Duane — Mon, 03 Oct 2011 10:44:07 +0000

Hi All… Here’s just a quick teaser for a tutorial on procedural fracturing in Houdini that I will be uploading soon… Enjoy!

Rigging a Paper Bag Using Xpresso and the Cluster Deformer in Cinema 4D

Duane — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 11:35:27 +0000

Today I will be taking you through how to rig a paper bag in Cinema 4D using the Cluster Deformer. Enjoy!

Quick Tip: Creating HDRI Images in Cinema 4D

Duane — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 11:47:25 +0000

Today I will be going through how to bake your own HDRI Images in Cinema 4D for lighting your scenes. I use my upcoming Lightstage Rig for the studio setup, but any setup will work. Please excuse me fumbling over my words, it was a long night

Text Smash with Cinema 4D and Xplode

Duane — Fri, 01 Jul 2011 09:58:12 +0000

Today I will show you how to create the effect of extremely heavy text smashing into the ground. The Xplode plugin is needed for this tut, get it here.

Randomising Tiles with the Mograph Selection Tag

Duane — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 08:57:21 +0000

Just a quick one today on manipulating clones using the Mograph selection tag in Cinema 4D. Apologies in advance for the bad sound quality, I’m not at my usual setup…

Using Xpresso to Controll Bones in Cinema 4D

Duane — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 09:38:31 +0000

Boy, its been a while since my last tutorial, I’ve been recovering from a cold … This is just a quick follow up to my tutorial on using bones to open a box in Cinema 4D. Xpresso lets you control the rotation of several bones with one slider!!! Enjoy…

Using Xpresso to Controll Bones in Cinema 4D from Duane Falconer on Vimeo.