In this tutorial you will learn a few basics in Cinema 4D using a little mograph and some tags to create some flying liquid that will form into a cube shape. The final effect is cool but the techniques used can be applied to a wider range of effects. This is part one of a three part series. In this edition we will create the initial animation of water flying through the air. In part two we will create a liquid like material with displacement mapping and in the third and final part we will be creating the illusion of our flying water to settle and form a shape.

This is a beginner to intermediate level tutorial.

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My apologies for this deceptive title. This ain’t really a tutorial but more of compilation of production screenshots and notes I took when I designed my latest poster, gms2009. I don’t do photoshop tutorial too often. Maybe because I always end up skipping from step 3 to step 22 and then wonder why nothing works. I am not saying it is a bad thing to do them but I prefer reading, watching, bookmark, and going back to specific steps when I encounter a technical problem.

For those reasons, I decided to do this “tutorial” a little bit differently. I have always been more interested in the development and process of my favorite artists rather than knowing the exact settings of the ’satin’ layer styles they used. In this document, I tried to cover the main steps of my process. It is not hard, but you should be armed with patience and already know your way around photoshop because I am not covering the basics( i.e. explain how to use the pen tool).

If you want me to explain a specific step more in detail, let me know in the comments and I’ll post a video update.

See notes:

or download pdf here