Create a folding paper animation in cinema 4d

Ridvan Maloku shows you how to use basic tools to create a complex looking, paper style animation

Use basic tools to create a complex-looking animation in Cinema 4D

This style of animation is very popular, and has been seen in everything from TV commercials to short movies. In this tutorial we will cover everything you need to know about how to build your own folding paper animation inside Cinema 4D.

We’ll start by learning how to model. Because we are aiming to create something that looks like it’s made out of paper, we don’t need to be 100 per cent accurate. This can be a good place to start for people who are new to modelling, and want to begin learning. We’re going to keep our model as simple as possible, but we still need some details to make our scene more complex.

After we finish modelling, we’ll split the object in many pieces so that we can apply deformers. Animating with basic tools like deformers can sometimes make your animation look a bit cheesy, but by combining different techniques you can really take it to the next level.

More than 90 per cent of this animation was made using multiple iterations of the Bend Deformer. By using great features inside Cinema 4D like Physical Sky, we will make our scene look beautiful and believable.

Some parts of this tutorial are very hard to explain with words, so for each step I have provided you with a short walk-through videos, so everything is easier to understand and you don’t miss a thing.

Before we dive in, make sure you get the blueprint from this link: www.bit.ly/c4d-draw and download this package of 12 paper textures www.bit.ly/c4d-dribble. For all the assets you need go to creativebloq.com/vault/3dw207