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For New Patrons: Slight Price Adjustment to Competitors Prices

Hi Friends,

as you already know, I love to create and share content with you, it´s really my big passion and I love it. I always try to make sure, that you get some good value for your money and I will definitely continue to do this in 2023. I will raise my efforts this year to make this an even more valuable place for your growth and learning:-).

Let me get to the point: I checked competitors pricetags and I will adjust prices slighty to match the prices of my competition.

Modular Asset Kit will be released this week

Hi Friends,

I will release this really cool modular asset kit next week that I´m honestly excited about:-).

It will be available as a digital product on my gumroad shop https://markusgonser.gumroad.com/

Everyone who is a member of the Knight Tier in February 2023 will get a 100% Discount Code for the product. 

What happens after February 2023? Knights Tier will still get a ...

Dynamic Nike Sports Graphics with Cloth Engine in Cinema 4D 2023

Hi Friends,

this is the free YouTube short version. Next week I will share the longer patreon-exclusive version with you.

The modular asset kit, that I´m talking about, will be released probably by the end of next week (I will talk about it more next week).

Everyone who is a member of the Knights Tier this month, will get a 100% discount code for the product, when it will be released on my gumroad shop 2023-02-04 11:57:42 +0000 UTC View Post

Some Cloth Redshift Shader Setups will also be shared soon...

As a little additional bonus to the upcoming lesson, I will also share some Redshift shader setups for different kinds of cloth with you soon...

See you soon,

Markus

Nike Cloth Swirl Tutorial tomorrow

Hi Friends,

tomorrow is "tutorial-day" :-).

Field Force Cloth Patterns Part 1

Hi Friends,

this is part 1 of 2 where I share a cool field force + cloth technique with you. 

Let´s create a really cool sports logo graphic together.

Upcoming Lessons for Beginning of February

Hi Friends,

We will start the first half of February with these two lessons and after it, I will share my really cool current project/collaboration (projectfile, tutorial, assets) with you. This will be so much fun and I can´t wait to talk about it and share it with you.

See you soon,

Markus

Some more advanced Redshift Shader Nodes

Hi Friends,

here´s a short lesson about some slightly more advanced Redshift shader techniques. I hope you will like these little nodes;-).

I´m working on some special content for February

Hi Patrons,

I just wanted to get you a little bit excited for content in February. I´m doing a collaborative artwork right now with one of my absolute favorite 3D artists/designers and I will share the assets/files + tutorial about the project with you. 

This will be so much fun to share with you!

Besides that you get some advanced shader knowledge in Redshift and you will learn some amazing Field Force + Cloth techniques.

Best,<...

Free YouTube Tutorial: Cloth Magic in 10 Minutes

Hi Friends,

this is a small introduction to the cloth engine, just in case you don´t know the basics already.

Field Force Techniques Tutorial soon

Hi Friends,

I learned some  new stuff about field forces. I will show you how to create cool artworks like these ones soon.

Do you have a favorite?

A coupe of Bump/Roughness Maps

Hi Friends,

here are just a couple of maps, you can play with. They work good in -for example- the bump or roughness channel.

(I shared the dotted ones already but I thought it´s a good idea to upload them again, so you don´t forget them).

Candy Wrapper Tutorial

Hi Friends,

this one will be very colorful;-). I just thought, it would be fun to play once again with the super-cool new cloth engine and build a fun shader for it.

I´ll share the black/white maps in a separate post.

I´m working on another advanced Shader Tutorial

Hi Friends,

I got one more tutorial in the pipeline!

This one will be about some advanced shader techniques... can´t wait to share it.

Thanks for 300!

Hi Friends,

Thank you so much for your support! 

 I´m so happy that I can share my insights/knowledge here with you. It´s just a great feeling to grow as an artist together with all of you.

I´m really thankful for your support and let´s have an amazing 2023 full of growth and fun.

Markus

"Save yourself lot´s of valuable time" C4D Tutorial

Hi Friends,

I know I should have done this quite some time ago, so please don´t waste so much time like I did. What I mean is: Be more efficient, by building a default scene and adjust your layout to your preferecnes.

So in my opinion you could benefit from 3 things:

1. a default scene

2. a costum layout 

3. some costum shortcuts.

I like to keep this simple and not overcomplicate it. But already with ...

Redshift Shader Course: SSS and Colored Glass

This one is really short and basic. It´s the last part of this short series about Redshift Shaders. 

Free YouTube Intro for the new Patreon content + Proejctfile

Hi Friends,

I will share this little youtube intro for the latest patreon content also with you, because I created a very little free projectfile for that reason.

You can download it here https://markusgonser.gumroad.com/

It´s a really small file, but when you are already there: Download the other free stuff, too. 

Have a lovely weekend everyone:-).

Redshift Shader Course: Different Thin Film Effects

This is Part 2 of this 3-part Redshift course. This time I show you different approaches to achieve a beautiful thin film effect.

Redshift Shader Course: Volume Builder Scene Preparation

Hi Friends,

I just recorded a 3 part series about these colorful, abstract artwork, created with Redshift.

In this first part, I quickly go through the overall scene setup and show you some fast Volume Builder tricks.

Colorful Candy Wrapper Shader Tutorial soon.

Hi Friends,

I was just playing with C4D, Cloth and Redshift and thought: Hey, maybe my patrons would like to know how I built these renders.

I´ll share the tutortial soon.

New Redshift Tutorial tomorrow

Hi Friends,

I learned some new stuff about the new Redshift Standard Material and I think it will be fun to create an abstract artwork like this together. 

PS: Do you have a favorite of these 3 renders?

Vertex Map Wave Projectfile

Hi Patrons,

one of you asked me for the projectfile, so I share it of course.

Just be sure, to download the free HDRI´s https://roz.gumroad.com/l/hdri-free-pack/uscdz3v if you want the same Hdri that I used. Just put it back into the Dome Light. The one I used is called MR_INT-002_BathroomHard_Pierre.

Please note, that I am not allowed to share the Textures that I used in Bump and Refle...

40 Minutes Long Version of Vertex Map Waves Tutorial

Hi Friends,

I just recorded 40 minutes for this vertex map wave effect. I also share the light setup and how to build the shaders in Redshift.

Have a nice weekend!

I finally learned how to do "Vertex Map Waves"

Hi Friends,

happy new year everyone!

I´m learning some new stuff right now, so that you will get cool content soon.

Today I learned how to put my "vertex map game" to the next level, because I never knew how to transition from state 1 to state 2 and then back again to state 1. Like a wave, going through the object. Well now, I finally figured it out and I will let you know in the next short tutorial. But don´t worry: I´m working also on other cool stuff f...

Introduction to Seamless Loops

Hi Friends,

I shared some short "seamless loops" insights and went through two of my scene files on YouTube.

Thank you for your support! Best,

Markus

I just invested in a new INSYDIUM Fused Subscription

Hi Friends,

I heard your feedback from the latest poll and it looks like you are really curious about Insydium´s tools like X-Particles, Nexus, Taiao and other stuff.

So... in 2023 you can defintely expect, that I will share Cineam 4D, Octane/Redshift and tutorials about Insydium´s toolkit.

Just wanted to let you know, that this is my plan for now and I hope that I can share some valuable stuff.

I probably do another post this year but I already want to thank you all...

Satisfying Loops Part 03

Satisfying Loops Part 2

Let´s start to build this satisfying loop animation;-).

Satisfying Loops Part 1

Hi Friends, 

this is part 1 of probably 2 or 3 lessons on "Satisfying Loops". In part 1 I talk about the clients brief and go through the project. In the next part we fire up C4D and have some fun.