In this tutorial, we’re going to have some fun creating pixel art inside of Cinema 4D, Cinema 4D Lite, and After Effects! First I’ll cover the super easy workflow to turn your 3D compositions into pixelated 8 bit style renders directly in of Cinema 4D without any need to bring into Photoshop or After Effects. Then, I’ll show you how you can use Sketch & Toon to create Nintendo style 8 bit looks devoid of 3D shading. Finally, I’ll show you the workflow Adobe Creative Cloud users can follow utilizing Cinema 4D Lite and After Effects. Happy pixelating!
If you want to learn more about Sketch and Toon, be sure to check out my Creating Motion Graphics with Sketch and Toon course on lynda.com that is a comprehensive walkthrough of all the features in Sketch and Toon or the Cel Shader check out my quick breakdown of Sketch & Toon outlines in this tutorial and the Cel Shader in this tutorial.
I also have collections of useful Sketch and Toon ready 3D models in my Sketch and Toon Model Packs that you can turn into 8 bit art that you can find out more about here: Sketch and Toon Model Pack that you can find out more about here.
If you have any questions, be sure to post it in the comments section and if you create anything cool using this 8 bit workflow, I’d love to see it so be sure to share it with me on Twitter! Thanks for watching!
This was recorded live on the Live Design Stream.
This is really cool. You’ve just given me a new idea for a new animation. Thanks EJ.
Awesome, really glad to hear that Dylan! Be sure to share what you make, would love to see it!
Loved this tutorial. Thanks man. Final results are here:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/40234185/Pixelated-arcade-board-expiriment
Nice tip mister!
Coincidentally I saw a video with 3d/pixelsih style before i saw this tut.
Its by someone called Seed Animation Studio – MTV Earthquake – https://vimeo.com/104411017.
Fun extra fx there too. Perhaps they did alot of aftereffectsing, but some of the alizing looks like your tut.
That looks awesome! Thanks for sharing this, I wonder what they did as well! lOoks like the Anti-Aliasing workflow!
Heck yeah! That looks great, Jacob! Thanks for sharing what you made!
I do like how simple you made it look to have some 8-bit pixel art rendered in a Cinema 4D application. Honestly being able to do it without needing to use Photoshop and After Effects, as you did is something that will save a lot of time. I’ll try to learn more about how I can be able to use Cinema 4D in rendering backdrops too, such as the sky, clouds, and trees. Thanks! http://www.renderstorm.com/farm_specs/