GreyScalleGorilla has a friend.
His name is Mike aka The Monkey and is a Cinema 4D wizzard.
In the next videos e talks about some pretty advanced stuff like how to use joints, hierarchies, and Xpresso to build natural structures that are great for spirals, curls and golden section goodness.
Enjoy!
Part 1
Some words from Mike
“It’s 45mins of me geeking out on spiral growth. If that interests you then grab a whiskey and come along for the ride. The purpose of this video is not only to share some of the methods I use in my work, but also to gauge people’s reactions to the pace, focus, content, and style of the presentation… so please, feel free to comment.”
Joint Chains, Spiral Growth, Iterative Hierarchies, & the Golden Section from 4Dthieves on Vimeo.
Part 2
“After finishing the last tutorial I received several emails from other people showing how they approached spiral growth. This time I run through a variety of new ways to do the same thing and describe the advantages and disadvantages of each.”
Spiral Growth Part 2 from 4Dthieves on Vimeo.
Example
Joint Chain Examples from 4Dthieves on Vimeo.
Methods Discussed in Part 2
• Bend Deformer
• Extrusion Deformer
• Formula Object
• MoSpline
• CS_Recursive Spline
• FK/IK Joint Chain
Links
Batch Rename Objects
Batch Rename Tags
Batch Rename Materials
• Chris Smith’s Python Cheat Sheet
Files
• Recursive Spline by Chris Smith
