(Feel free to click the heart button to share some 3D love/excitement with our new guest artist).
Friends,
Just wanted to let you know that my guest artist https://www.instagram.com/welsing3d/ is refining his magical houdini recipe to cook something very special for us. Let´s give the chef some time but chances are high that this special dinner will be served this mont...
2025-03-10 08:11:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
Here are some simulation files for the latest brushstrokes with LiquiGen and Cinema 4D tutorial.
Inside the Cinema 4D file, try to vary the angle of how these "collider brush-objects" brush through your liquid to just get different interesting results. Maybe you also want to change the shape of the brush? How about spheres rolling through the liquid?
2025-03-09 10:53:49 +0000 UTC View Post
Common Friends,
Let´s just have some fun with with these liquid brushstroke simulations:-).
PS: Please don´t get discouraged, if your first simulations don´t look great. As you can see, with a liltte bit of patience you can get really nice results.
2025-03-09 09:48:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
let´s finally start into this new tutorial mini series for creamy viscous brushstrokes with LiquiGen and Cinema 4D!
In this first part we set up our collisions objects ( brushes) in Cinema 4D, so we have a perfect foundation for a powerful LiquiGen simulation in part 02.
Part 02 will be there this weekend, probably tomorrow morning;-).
2025-03-07 14:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
I wanted to play with my setup a bit first, but I think now I´m ready to record the lesson for you guys! So, maybe... I can already share it today. Otherwise at least you will get the knowledge this weekend!
So yeah...just one more teaser image for you and now I´m starting the recording software.
And for anyone of you, who is really reading through the full text of my posts. I had a nice chat with my houdini artist of choice, 2025-03-07 09:20:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends!
(The number in brackets behind the answer options equals your level of excitement and enthusiasm for this idea: 10 = full excitement, 0 = complete indifference/boredom)
I know, I know! Sometimes I get a bit too excited and enthusiastic about cool 3D stuff. Amazing 3D... that is just my weak point! So forgive me, but look:
In addition to the upcoming "Cre...
2025-03-06 09:06:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
this is a slightly tricky one, but I hope that I´m on a good direction! You can see that I get quite a nice definition from my "brush" onto these viscous lotion drops already.
More tests have to be made today, just to make sure that I make the best out of this. But I have an optimistic feeling that I will have a good package of knowledge for you soon.
Have a nice day everyone!
2025-03-05 09:01:25 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
Yesterday I started into the week with my current goal : Make viscous simulations more accessible and fun for everyone! Here are some images from yesterday´s results and I think... they already show some powerful options that I will further explore throughout the week to then share the techniques here with you guys!
As you know I´m using LiquiGen for this one right now, just because it´s superfast and I´m amazed by it it. St...
2025-03-04 07:48:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Friends,
I want to figure out this supercool viscous creamy brushstroke technique next week and share it with you. Wish me luck that I will be successful, because this will definitely be another powerful technique in our growing design toolkit.
(Pressing the heart button means you are interested in this lesson;-).
2025-03-02 11:22:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
Last tutorial for February! I also talk quickly about the inspiration for probably my next tutorial next week so be sure to watch the first 2 minutes of the video, if you are curious;-).
Now I will recover a bit over the weekend to have my full power back for the new training starting next week.
PS: I attached my C4D and LiquiGen file, in case you need them.
Thanks for your support and see you soon!
2025-02-28 13:47:44 +0000 UTC View PostHi Friends,
I catched a lil´cold and wasnt very active the last couple of days but today, I feel a bit better, so I hope to share the "advanced dripping" lesson with you today or at least tomorrow. So, dont worry: New content is on its way.
Hey, you know what? I think in March I wanna test some particles/pyro techniques with EmberGen from JangaFX and compare it to Insydium X-Particles/Nexus and the...
2025-02-28 10:04:19 +0000 UTC View Post
Let me share some advanced LiquiGen + Cinema 4D dripping simulation techniques soon with you.
(the image looks very compressed for some reason...)
2025-02-25 14:58:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Patrons,
this is a very short promo version for my YouTube channel (+ a free cosmetic product kit asset) for the in-depth LiquiGen and other fluid simulation training here on my patreon.
See you soon in the next patreon-exclusive training!
2025-02-24 14:58:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright Friends,
let´s apply some super-nice highspeed / slow-motion effect to our splashes in compositing. Plus, I show you a simple effects recipe to make your renderings extra-beautiful.
That´s the final part of this little splashes mini-series. Let´s see what we will do next!
2025-02-23 09:38:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
In the second part of this SPLASHES mini-series I share everything you need to know about remeshing and smoothing your LiquiGen alembic file in Cinema 4D to just get a butterly-smooth amazing fluidbody!
Also, I talk about my simple but powerful light-setup and the secret sauce to a rainbow dispersion effect in your fluid shader.
Then in part03 (which will be there soon), we go through the composit...
2025-02-22 12:12:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
this technique is soooo much fun! Just try the LiquiGen free 14days trial to see if this is a tool that you want to add to your toolkit:-).
Because this is so powerful, I´ll definitely offer these kind of simulations to my next clients and you should think about that, too.
Thanks for your support and see you soon, Best
Markus
2025-02-20 16:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Sorry Friends,
this rainbow lotion looks just too good, I had to share an image with you! On my instagram you can see an animation, if you are curious.
Training will be there this week!
2025-02-18 16:22:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Something else I´m working on for you right now...quite a pretty powerful technique! See you soon.
2025-02-17 16:00:43 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
I think I have a powerful LiquiGen technique for you next week.
I´m still learning this new tool for realtime fluid simulations, but it looks like I was able to find some stable and fast viscous fluid settings to create shots like this pretty fast.
Remember, you can get a free 14days LiquiGen trial from JangaFX in case you want to follow along with me.
See you soon.
2025-02-15 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
let me share this super-useful and easy technique with you to achieve a slow and heavy flowing aesthetic/behaviour for your fluids.
2025-02-14 14:37:28 +0000 UTC View PostFriends,
Lately I was using the Insydium NEXUS fluids/particles tools to create the latest advanced fluid swirls or the viscous simulations.
But of course I´m always interested in faster and cheaper tools to put into my workflow! This is where Janga FX with their realtime simulation tools caught my interest.
There is a 14-day free trial for their Elemental Suite on their 2025-02-13 09:20:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright Friends,
let´s focus on making our fluids beautiful + the secret sauce to get smooth time-remapping / slow-motion effects in composition.
2025-02-12 10:52:23 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright in this one, we go through several adjustments for our fluid body:
Adding collisions between the fluid and the cosmetic product.
Finetuning the modifier settings and go through several iterations of caches to see if our modifer settings work as intended.
Adjusting the fluid solver for very thin areas to break very long tendrils.
Meshing and smoothing the fluid body.
In Part03 which we be ...
2025-02-11 15:57:44 +0000 UTC View Post
Alright Friends,
be sure to check the intro video from the previous post and then in this video we will make a deep-dive into all kinds of modifiers for our fluid simulation.
2025-02-10 17:15:32 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Friends,
lets finally start into this series of lessons about fluids swirls, or let´s be a bit more specific: Let´s move fluids along a spline to have the maximum control about the direction and movement of our liquid simulations!
In this introduction I also mention that I was heavily inspired by Justin Bates in-depth training about Nexus Fluids and he was so kind to share an exc...
2025-02-10 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
just a little teaser for something that I´m working on for this weeks new tutorial. This "Fluids along Splines" technique will prove very handy, when you want to animate for example a liquid swirl around a client cosmetic product.
Can´t wait to share this and render out some test animations with oil/cream/lotion/water.
2025-02-05 13:23:29 +0000 UTC View PostHi Friends,
I will continue the cosmetics + liquid simulations/effects training next week and therefore I have these 6 new all-quads + UVs/Labels assets for you.
This Kit is included in your Knights Tier in the month of its release, so it´s best to download it directly in February 2025.
I wish you all a nice weekend and see you next week for new tutorials!
Best,
Markus
2025-02-01 12:25:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
In February I will share with you the Cosmetic Products Kit 2, which will give you 6 new products so that you have more variety to create beautiful product shots.
Important Note: Keep in mind these products will be included in your Knights Tier in the Month of its release. After that, you find them for the regular price in my patreon shop.
We will combine them with new fluid sims bu...
2025-01-30 11:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Friends,
Here is a short teaser for February + you can see some of the new assets that I have for you for the upcoming fluid lessons.
I hope to see you in February!
2025-01-29 19:28:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Hi Friends,
let´s start the teasing for upcoming content in February!
I finally got green lights to talk a little bit about my part on one of my favorite projects in 2024, the LEDGER Colors 2024 project. I teamed up with studio Magnane (Lead & Art Director was my buddy Dimitri Jeanselme at Magnane) and together we created some beautiful and elegant crystals / stones combinations with C4D and Redshift.
There is also a really nice ...
2025-01-29 10:17:55 +0000 UTC View Post