In this installment of Mograph Techniques, Ian Robinson shows you how to model and animate a stylized 3D flower that grows and blooms over time, using the combined power of CINEMA 4D and Adobe After Effects. You’ll start by creating a single flower petal with traditional polygonal modeling techniques. Then you’ll load the petal into a cloner object, and nest that cloner inside another, resulting in a complete flower with multiple levels of control for animation. The second phase is animating the cloners and refining the animation with the Step Effector. In the third and final phase, you’ll bring the project into After Effects to add animated color effects, transitions, text, and shadows.
