If that title is gibberish to you, then you obviously don’t know about smart image based lighting in Cinema 4D. Honestly, I didn’t know about the sIBL plugin until yesterday when I was poking around the tutorials at Pariah Studios. I have used HDRis for lighting before, but the sIBL plugin turns the difficulty for lighting a scene to “easy mode”.

Here are a few quick renders I did, using a few different sIBL sets from HDRLabs.com. Grouped images all use the same background, which is just rotated to show how the lighting changes automagically.

The sIBL loader for Cinema 4D can be found at microbion.co.uk

Moshun from Jeroen Krielaars on Vimeo.

Moshun is an animated font by Calango. If you wish to use this font for any of your projects please contact at: info@calango.nl

Audio by Datasette

www.calango.nl

As seen on Motionographer

http://frogmob.frogdesign.com/

I am posting this as much for the fact that I got to use that title as I am for the fact that the shear amount of visual research and gathering that is being done here is mind-blowing.

Check it out and just explore. It is kinda overwhelming at first, the volume of information present.

http://designfabulous.blogspot.com/2010/07/htc-1.html

I had to do something along these lines when I was at Luxurious Animals, and it was a love/hate sort thing. I loved getting to learn a new tool and loved the results that were possible, but the actual process of recreating an environment in 3D is a bitch sometimes.

This video just blew me away:

Super Mario Bros. from Surfap on Vimeo.

„Irgendwann vor einiger Zeit ist das Königreich der friedlichen Pilzmenschen von den Kupas erobert worden, einem Schildkrötenvolk, das wegen seiner schwarzen Magie berüchtigt ist. Die gemütlichen, ruheliebenden Pilzmenschen wurden in Steine, Ziegel, ja sogar Unkräuter verwandelt, und ihr Königreich verfiel. Die einzige, die den Zauber wieder rückgängig machen und den Pilzmenschen ihre Gestalten zurückgeben könnte, ist Prinzessin Fliegenpilz , die Tochter des Pilzmenschenkönigs. Aber Sie befindet sich leider in der Gewalt des mächtigen Kupaschildkröten-Königs. Mario, (vielleicht) der Held der Geschichte, hört von der Not der Pilzmenschen und macht sich auf, die Prinzessin aus den Händen der bösen Kupas zu befreien und das zerfallene Pilzmenschenreich zu erlösen. Du kannst Mario sein! Es liegt jetzt an dir, die Pilzmenschen von der schwarzen Magie zu befreien!“

There is something that draws me to unique condom package design (hehe, package). This was made by Ben Marsh, who is studying Visual Communications at Loughborough University. If this was sold at Cons, it would be a goldmine!

As seen on Geek Art

Priori Acute
by Jonathan Barnbrook

Priori Acute is the latest addition to the Priori family. It is the result of a series of experiments into three-dimensional letter form design inspired by 19th Century display and artistic printing types. However, instead of simply adding drop shadows or fake relief to create the illusion of depth, the designers at Jonathan Barnbrook’s studio took their cue from such diverse sources as the angles on the Stealth bomber and the visual conceit in the work of the Dutch graphic artist M.C. Escher.

The resulting forms are a playful exhibit of incongruous perspectives and twisting shapes that fold into themselves tricking the eye to shift the plane. At first glance and at small sizes the effect is subtle and the original letter forms themselves remain intact, retaining the history of British early 20th century typography, which was an inspiration for the original Priori family. But when blown up, the individual Priori Acute characters become beautifully animated and work well in selective situations such as initial caps, short headlines or logo design.

The full set of letters can be found – http://www.emigre.com/EFfeature.php?di=214

Tell me this isn’t one of the most stunning typefaces you have ever seen and I will call you a liar.

Kermit the frog there: