Experiment — work in progress

3DMG Explorations

Cinema 4D — three objects, one balance

Role
Concept, 3D, Lighting, Animation
Tools
Cinema 4D, Redshift
Class
3D Motion Graphics, ArtCenter — Fall 2025
Status
Work in progress
Preview

Life Balance

Life Balance — combined Cinema 4D piece 0:19 · 1920 × 1080 · Sound on
Concept

Something I Can’t Escape

An inhaler — the object that goes everywhere with me. The canister drops into place, the cap clicks shut.

Final render — Redshift, 1280 × 720
Canister hanging above the frame
Descent
Blue inhaler body with the canister seated
Seated
Inhaler with the white cap closed
Capped
  1. Early grey inhaler model in the Cinema 4D viewport
    01 — First model
  2. Teal inhaler test render
    02 — Form test
  3. Blue inhaler rendered with no set
    03 — Material pass
  4. Final inhaler scene in the viewport with the lavender set
    04 — Set + light
  5. Inhaler shot in the combined film
    05 — In Life Balance
Concept

Something I Love

A camera. The lens reaches out, the world turns around it — and a second camera arrives.

Final render — Redshift, 1280 × 720
Early dark version: camera framed in a black box
First look — dark
Final bright teal version of the camera
Final — bright
Two teal cameras, one close to the lens
Second camera
Two cameras side by side
Pair
Close camera passing the lens
Pass
  1. Two grey camera models in the Cinema 4D viewport
    01 — First model
  2. Dark first render
    02 — First light
  3. Final camera scene in the viewport
    03 — Scene
  4. Final teal render
    04 — Final light
  5. Camera shot in the combined film
    05 — In Life Balance
Concept

Something I Do Not Like

Pills. The lid lifts, the bottle glows, and the capsules never stop circling.

Final render — MoGraph cloner + random effectors
Closed pill bottle surrounded by capsules
Closed
Lid lifting, light escaping the bottle
Opening
Wide view of the capsules circling the open bottle
Orbit
  1. First pill bottle and capsules in the viewport
    01 — First model
  2. Final pill scene in the viewport
    02 — Cloner
  3. Lit render, bottle closed
    03 — Light
  4. Bottle glowing as the lid lifts
    04 — Glow
  5. Pill shot in the combined film
    05 — In Life Balance
Connection

Together

  • InhalerNeed
  • CameraLove
  • Pill bottleDislike
  • Life Balance — Dec 2025

In December the three objects met in one shot. This piece keeps each world whole for five seconds, then lets them collide.

Film

Combined

  1. 01 Can’t Escape0–149
  2. 02 Love150–299
  3. 03 Do Not Like300–449
  4. 04 Life Balance450–569
Life Balance — 0:19Cinema 4D + Redshift · 30 fps
Combined film: inhaler
0:03
Combined film: camera
0:07
Combined film: pills
0:12
Combined film: all three together
0:17
Behind the scenes

Workspace

  • Cinema 4D viewport: inhaler scene with axes and grid
    Viewport — inhaler
  • Cinema 4D viewport: camera scene
    Viewport — camera rides the view
  • Cinema 4D viewport: pill cloner
    Viewport — cloner
  • Cinema 4D viewport: the combined scene
    Viewport — Life Balance
3DMG_LIFE_BALANCE_COMBINED.c4d
├─ STAGE — camera cuts @ 0 · 150 · 300 · 450
├─ SET_01_SOMETHING_I_CANNOT_ESCAPE
│  ├─ CAM_PUSH_01 › CAM_01
│  ├─ RS Dome Light · RS Area Light
│  ├─ Backdrop
│  └─ actuator · canister · cap
├─ SET_02_SOMETHING_I_LOVE
│  ├─ CAM_PUSH_02 › CAM_02 › camera rig
│  ├─ RS Dome Light · RS Area Light
│  └─ Backdrop (turning) · second camera
├─ SET_03_SOMETHING_I_DO_NOT_LIKE
│  ├─ CAM_PUSH_03 › CAM_03
│  ├─ Cloner pill · Random ×2
│  └─ bottle · lid · glow light
└─ SET_04_LIFE_BALANCE
   ├─ CAM_PUSH_04 › CAM_04
   └─ inhaler · camera · bottle · cloner
Frames
570 @ 30 fps
Render
Redshift, 1920 × 1080, denoised
Sets
4 worlds, 1 km apart
Type
Neue Haas Grotesk — the class slate face
  • December 2025 render of Life Balance, 1280 by 720
    Before — Dec 2025, 720p
  • New 1080p render of the same moment
    After — 1080p, slow push
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Shuvo Miah

Motion Designer + Illustrator
Los Angeles, California

Visual storytelling through motion, illustration, and design.

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hello@shuvomiah.com

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