Applied Color for 3D Design and Animation

Master the essentials of color to create eye-catching 3D designs for personal and commercial projects

• Introduction
• Design Development
• Working in 3D
• Post-production in After Effects
• Final project

Fire up your computer and get ready to enter the infinite universe of 3D design and animation. Join Dan Zucco, freelance 3D art and motion director, as he guides you through his creative process for building colorful 3D animations from scratch.

Using the power of Illustrator, After Effects, and Cinema 4D, learn Dan’s professional techniques for creating incredible 3D visuals that combine geometry, movement, and color. Discover how to speed up your workflow and blend light, movement, and texture in playful animations for personal and professional projects.

• About Me
• Influences
• What Will We Do in This Course?
• Installing Some Scripts and Plugins and Setting up a Folder Structure
• Create a Presentation Deck
• Developing the Idea, Finding References and Creating a Mood Board
• Creating a Sketch or Storyboard
• Colour Palette Development 1
• Colour Palette Development 2
• 2D Design and Colour Combinations 1
• 2D Design and Colour Combinations 2
• Preparing Files for Cinema 4D
• Modelling in Cinema 4D
• Animating in Mograph
• Setting up Your Cameras 1
• Setting up Your Cameras 2
• Lighting Your Design
• Creating Textures and Applying Colours 1
• Creating Textures and Applying Colours 2
• Final Tweaks and Setting up Renders 1
• Final Tweaks and Setting up Renders 2
• Post-production in After Effects
• Share Your Work
• Applied Color for 3D Design and Animation