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Liquid Typography Scenefile

And here is the scenefile for this Tutorial.

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Liquid Typography with X-Particles

In this Tutorial I share my Liquid-Typopraphy Setup with you. I hope you will like it;-).


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2 Mandala Scenefiles

Hi Patrons,

here are 2 scenefiles for the Mandala Tutorial. One is the setup I built in the tutorial. The other is my complete scene setup from my shortfilm "Mona and the Oracle". I just needed to remove the HDRI and the materials. Also you will need the defined.spot IES lightfile from the leomoon IES light pack, which you will find for free on their website.

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Mandala Light Setup

This is a little Bonus lesson where I share a simple light setup for one of these Mandalas.

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Create beautiful Mandalas with Cinema 4D

There it is, the "Mandala" or "Complex Patterns" tutorial. There will be an additional short bonus lesson for Knights, where I quickly dissect the lighting setup.

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Mandala Tutorial today

Hi Patrons,

I just recorded almost 30 minutes about this cool Technique and it will be available for the Enthusiasts and Knights Tier (Supporters will get other content later this month).

Best,

Markus

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Free Tutorial and "July Patreon Content" Promo

Hi Patrons,

check the first 3 Minutes or so, to see what you can expect from your patreon membership in July. 

The other 20 minutes are Part 02 of the Spline Advection Tutorial. I hope it will be useful for you.

Best,

Markus

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July on my Patreon: Will the Masterclass continue?

Alright, how about this Masterclass I started in June?

Maybe you remember: First I wanted to build a special JEDI Tier for a comprehensive course on "How to make your own shortmovie". But I did a survey and I recognized, that the interest in such a course was pretty low.

So I decided to cancel these plans and made the first two lessons (already 80min of content) available for the KNIGHTS Tier. 

It´s still content and I will continue th...

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July on my Patreon: MARVELOUS DESIGNER / C4D

What else in July?

MARVELOUS DESIGNER - CINEMA 4D Workflow. Basically I will take you through the whole process to build your first outfit for a character and animate it. I will also show you my texturing workflow and material setups in Octane.

I just started with Marvelous in June and watched some courses and now I feel confident enough to share the whole process  (DAZ --> Mixamo --> C4D --> Marvelous --> C4D).

We will not build exactly...

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July on my Patreon: PATTERNS

Hi Patrons,

Thanks for being here! These are my plans for July. I will also upload a short video soon, so you can see what you can expect to get.

PATTERNS  I will show you how to make these complex patterns from my shortfilm "Mona and the Oracle" + how to create the liquid font effect.



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I am back next week:-)

Hi Patrons,

Next week it is "sharing-time". See you soon!

Best,

Markus

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X-Particles Spline Advection Part 01: Building a complex Weaving Pattern

Hi Patrons,

I made this first part available for everybody on YouTube. 

Part 02 will be exlusive for you :-).


Have a great weekend, Best

Markus

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Spline Advection Training Part 01 this Evening

Hi Patrons, 

here´s a little Tutorial Snack for you to enjoy at the weekend!

You are the Best.


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Scenefile for the Spline Advection Tutorial

Hi Patrons,

I already share this first setup with you. Maybe I will change it a little bit when I record the tutorial right now. All renderings from the previous post where made with this file.


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Crazy Spline Advection Tutorial soon!

Hi Patrons,

I was dissecting an insydium scenefile to learn more about advection and... I turn it into a super cool tutorial right now.

Best, 

Markus

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Spline Advection Basic Setup

I was just playing around a bit and wanted to share this basic setup. I will work on a more advanced setup now.

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2 Scenefiles for the latest Training

Hi Patrons,

just in case you need it, here are 2 scenefiles for you.

Best,

M

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Sticky Explosions Step-by-Step

Hi Patrons,

You have seen the "Sticky Explosions" Tutorial, but you want to see me build the effect from scratch? Then this is the right lesson for you.

Best,

Markus

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Sticky Explosions

Here is the sticky explosion lesson without the long intro. I will upload an additional "step-by-step" shorter tutorial for a fast setup, in case you are in a hurry.

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Twisting Corridor Tutorial

Hi Patrons,

check this Tutorial for some crazy twisting corridor magic.


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Twisting Corridor and Sticky Explosions soon

Hi Patrons,

I´m uploading a lesson on how to build a twisting corridor like you have seen it in Inception, for example.  I also upload the lesson about these green sticky explosions, you have seen in my shortmovie "Mona and the Oracle" as a separate tutorial.

Best,

Markus

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Masterclass available for KNIGHTS + new Tutorial today

Hi Patrons,

I got a year older and I was rethinking some plans that I had for 3DBONFIRE. Basically I came to the conclusion: Markus, make this Masterclass lessons available for the Knights Tier, they deserve it. It´s some quite valuable content and you can already watch the first two lesson with a total of 80 minutes content. Just scroll down to these videos, they are now unlocked for KNIGHTS.

Also today is tutorial day and I hea...

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New Tutorial: Ethereum Advection + Granular Settings explained

Hi Patrons,

I just uploaded a new tutorial and if you are curious, how my first results with this technique look like, then check the video on https://www.instagram.com/markusgonser3d/

I also added a couple of test renders directly here, so you can see how much fun you can have with this technique. 

I just love this granular look. How about you?


Have a great weekend. Thank...

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X-Particles: Ethereum Advection + Granular Settings explained

Hi Patrons,

I really love to advect my particles with some sweet explosiaFX. But do you know what I love even more? Granular simulations. So let´s combine both techniques and make something awesome with it.

This is part01of a couple of tutorials about advection and granular sims. So I´m pretty sure I will continue with this topic very soon (next week).

Right now I go through a lot of X-Particles Training to learn new stuff and this tutorial is definitely highly inspire...

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X-Particles Advection and Granular Tutorial tomorrow

Hi Patrons,

I just edited a new X-Particles lesson about Advection and Granular Techniques. Its 42 minutes long and quite dense. I will share it tomorrow with you. 

Best,

Markus

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Masterclass "How to create your own Shortfilm" Lesson 02: Sketches, Storyboard, Styleframes, Animatic

hi Patrons,

this is Lesson 02. Let´s dive into the following topics: 

- Sketching on Paper, or with Photoshop and Cinema4D

- Creating a Storyboard

- Styleframes

- Animatic.


Best,

Markus

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Masterclass Lesson 02 will be there this evening

Hi Patrons,

Lesson 02: Sketches, Storyboard, Styleframes, Animatic of the Jedi Tier Masterclass "Create your own Shortfilm" will be there this evening. 

I will change my schedule for this week ever so slightly and focus on a new Enthusiast or Knights Tutorial tomorrow.

Best,

Markus

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Masterclass Lesson 01: The Brief, Ideation, References, Story

Hi Patrons,

This is the first lesson from the Masterclass "Create your own Shortfilm". I hope this knowledge will be useful for you.

Best,

Markus

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The Brief, Ideation, Working with References, Build a Narrative

Hi Patrons,

this evening I will upload a 37 minutes lesson about The Brief, Ideation, Working with References and Building a Narrative. Tomorrow I will continue with Sketching, Storyboard and Animatic and probably on Thursday I will talk about Production Plans and Time Tracking.

Best, 

Markus

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A LOT of content next Week

Hi Patrons,

Alright, maybe you have notived, that I am back with my full focus on patreon. I think , I released 4 Tutorials exclusively here this week and next week, it will just continue like this. 

Probably there will be 1 new X-Particles lesson and 3 lessons in the JEDI Tier.

Believe me, there will be defintely no lack of new content the next 5 weeks.

Thanks for everything, have a great weekend.

Markus

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