Cinema 4D: Prototyping Workshop in Studio Work

Using the prototyping skills gained in a Cinema 4D workshop, I have created 3D takeaway coffee mugs, to be used on posters, for the Art Fund live YCN brief. The idea this was based upon is trying to sell the £5 Student Art Pass by saying you can get a year of art/culture for the price of two coffees/ by sacrificing two coffees.

I created the left half of a profile outline of the coffee cup and lid in illustrator (saved as an illustrator 8 file) then opened in Cinema 4D. Using the lathe tool and adding materials I built up the coffee cup. After manipulating the environment by adding a floor, background, lights and shadows the cup was ready to render and the resulting image be used as a base for a series of posters. Below is the Cinema 4D artwork, followed by a few examples of the poster variations it was used for.