Cineversity

Hello all,

I love the natural animation movement of these characters:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQaK6PWGzt8&ab_channel=BabyWoofSensory

How has this been achieved? It looks like they have applied some motion data to these characters. How would I go about replicating something like this in Cinema 4D? Any ideas please?

Thanks 😁

Hi anthonymminto,

There is a pattern in the animation based on three parts.

The first is a loop-like motion, e.g., up and down, rotating left and right and other minor rotations, or a mix of both.

The facial expression is in a similar loop, if not in the same (I can’t say it n general, as I have not watched all, it is a half hour.)

Then there is one significant movement, independent from the loop, which moves the character around.

(I think the question was not about the particles.)

The answer to this would be a Null-Rig, which means a hierarchy of Nulls.

The loops can be made in several ways; the simplest would be a “Track After”
https://help.maxon.net/c4d/2023.0/en-us/Default.htm#html/CTBASE-ID_CTRACK_PROPERTIES.html#before

Please check out the little demo
https://www.dropbox.com/s/340rs8006x1bs5z/CV3_2023_drs_22_ANlm_01.c4d.zip?dl=0

Enjoy

Thank you for the reply Dr. Sassi, much appreciated.

You’re very welcome, anthonymminto.

My best wishes for your project