"Crystalize" style Abstract Tutorial
Well, I decided to make a tutorial out of my two "Crystalize" abstracts since people like them so much. Making those effects is not very hard. Its only playing around until u get what you want. But once u get the effect you feel like using it over and over combining with other things. I bet after this tutorial ends you will probably think this was so easy i could have done it without a tutorial. But enough with the talking, lets start making something.
1. Open C4D with a new stage.
2. Add a Sphere, Objects > Primitive > Sphere
http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/525/tutsphereav3.gif
3. Make it editable by pressing C while selecting the sphere then select the "Use Point Tool"
http://img226.imageshack.us/img226/8167/tuteditpx7.gif
4. Right click on the stage > choose the magnet tool
http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/4...tmagneteq9.gif
5. Take one point and stretch it until you are satisfied. Try to make it look something like this
http://img456.imageshack.us/img456/4...etchtutmz8.gif
6. See these triangles here? They are bad
http://img116.imageshack.us/img116/4...riangletn9.gif
7. If you have triangles like this then right click on the stage > choose the knife tool
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/2310/tutknifekh0.gif
and cut them through like this
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/8382/tutcutpi8.gif
After you cut it you should have something like this, the triangles gone
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/9872/tutcutedhh0.gif
8. Now select the "Use Polygon tool"
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/2...polygonmh3.gif
9. Then Select all polygons by pressing Ctrl+A
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/9...electeddj6.gif
10. Right click on the stage and select > Matrix extrude
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/8...tmatrixjc2.gif
11. Now look at the properties (i donno how you might have it but i have v9.5 of C4D so i see it on the right side of the stage) and put in the following number in respective places (you dont have to use the same numbers as i did. you can play around a bit till u have what you want)
http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/8176/tutpropsue2.gif
then click apply and you should have something like this
http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/3...extrudelt7.gif
12. Now lets add the shatter effect.
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/6...shattersw7.gif
13. Move the shatter effect icon under the sphere icon like this
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/7509/tutmove1zu8.gif
http://img47.imageshack.us/img47/5769/tutmove2cv0.gif
14. Click on the shatter icon and put in the following properties
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/9...hatproppz5.gif
15. After all this you should have something like this
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4...atterednj2.gif
We are almost there. Only lighting and Material left :).
16. Lets add a light. Add the omni light from the menu.
http://img114.imageshack.us/img114/9167/tutlightkm7.gif
17. Select the new added light and choose the following properties
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/9...ghtproppf9.gif
18. Time for some color! Add a new material
http://img118.imageshack.us/img118/5104/tutmatcd5.gif
19. Select the material and change the properties as follows
Select Luminance and Reflection from the basic properties
http://img49.imageshack.us/img49/4073/tutmatpropyl8.gif
select the color tab and select whatever color you want to use and add it to custom colors because we will use the same color for something else
Now select the luminance tab and select the custom color we added in the previous step and set luminance brightness to 5%.
http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/224...minancejm1.gif
Now add the material we created to the sphere.
http://img112.imageshack.us/img112/2...aterialre2.gif
20. Almost Done! Move around the light a little bit till you are satisfied with it. Render it and Viola! :eek:
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/3901/tutfinalia0.png
i know its not the same as my actual piece but u can never get the same thing over and over.
Tip: To add a really cool camera effect hold shift and zoom out
Comments and questions welcomed. And plz post what you got. i wana see if this helped or not :D.