Jake Ferguson Creates Anime-Inspired Renders in Cinema 4D

Emmy-winning art director Jake Ferguson demonstrates modelling, lighting, animation and compositing for an anime-inspired short-film render.

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Jake Ferguson

In this hour-long presentation, Emmy-winning art director Jake Ferguson demonstrated how to compose and animate stylised renders in Cinema 4D before refining them with ZBrush and After Effects.

Ferguson worked through modelling, lighting, animation and compositing to create an anime-inspired short-film image. The demonstration used Cinema 4D with Standard Render and Octane, ZBrush, and After Effects with several Red Giant plug-ins.

Further information

His portfolio included work connected with Captain Marvel, Blizzard and Halo. Further details were available through Jake Ferguson’s website.

Jake Ferguson @ The 3D and Motion Design Show