Skateboard

3D build film — bearing to deck, part by part

Role: Concept, Storyboard, 3D, Animation, Comp
Tools: Cinema 4D, After Effects
Class: 3D Motion Graphics
School: ArtCenter College of Design, Spring 2026

Chapter

The Build

The idea

Build an everyday object in front of the camera, one part at a time. A skateboard is a simple thing made of very satisfying parts.

The film starts with a single bearing, adds the wheel and the truck, then locks everything onto the deck, one clean piece at a time against a flat blue background.

Bearing01

Steel balls orbit and snap into a red ring.
Wheel02

Nut, wheel and bearing fly in and lock together.
Truck03

Axle, kingpin and baseplate stack, two wheels drop on.
Deck04

The deck lands on top. Ready to roll.

One bearing. Two trucks.
One clean click.

Skateboard — the idea in one line

Camera sweeping under the green deck — Frame 07 — under the deck

Close-up of the assembled red bearing — 02 — bearing

Truck baseplate snapping onto the axle — 04 — baseplate

Chapter

Paper to Screen

Process

I drew the whole sequence first, then built it shot by shot. Each part was modeled and animated in Cinema 4D, then composited and timed to sound in After Effects.

The look stays simple on purpose: soft plastic materials, one flat sky-blue background and a single red accent on the bearing, so the motion of each part clicking into place is the star.