Render Challenges!

July 12th, 2016

I've been playing around inElement 3D a lotand I was thinking about starting some kind of animation challenge. It's actually been a fun free-form exercise to create something without specific parameters or rules. To design this way feels very organic and mistakes help to drive new ideas. Plus it's an excuse to practice new techniques.

I love seeing othersdesigners that do daily/weekly renders like Beepleand see how it evolves over time. Have you guys started a daily or weekly render challenge? What helps keep you consistent? What have you been able to learn from it?

I'm going to try and do a few designs every month and see where it goes! And I'm sure there could be a tutorial or two based on some of my favorites. I was actually thinking about this more, doing a few design tutorials that just get into my process and show how a design evolves and be a little less linear...

Orange Peel #Element3D #Take2

A video posted by Video Copilot (@andrewkramer) on Jul 11, 2016 at 6:56pm PDT

WhipSplash #Element3D Deform and twist.

A video posted by Video Copilot (@andrewkramer) on Jul 7, 2016 at 5:11pm PDT

Reloading. #element3d & Motion Design 2 with Animation engine!

A video posted by Video Copilot (@andrewkramer) on Jul 6, 2016 at 6:38pm PDT

Revolve #Element3D

A video posted by Video Copilot (@andrewkramer) on Jul 11, 2016 at 5:23pm PDT

Andrew Kramer

POSTED:

9 years ago

65 Comments

pcmate

8 years ago

thnx a lot

chandan jena

9 years ago

thxs Andrew

Robin Mark Pereira

9 years ago

I did a little something like this a while ago using sound to trigger 3d element objects check it out here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eiw6dqcTveI

JÃ¼rgen Rabatscher

9 years ago

Awesome stuff!!
I try to do this from time to time. Check them out on my behance:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/22194627/Element-3D-Experiments

Ankit Singh

9 years ago

These are amazing!

JÃ¼rgen

9 years ago

Awesome stuff!!
I try to do this from time to time. Check them out on my behance:
https://www.behance.net/gallery/22194627/Element-3D-Experiments

Joe Pingleton

9 years ago

I have been trying to do daily experiments with Element 3D to learn the software. Lately I have been trying to make crowds with OBJ sequences. Here is a link to my latest experiment [ https://youtu.be/keKM5fq0jdQ ]. It's very rough, but it has over 700 characters. I'd love to hear any tips you could provide on making crowds in Element 3D.

Thanks for all your hard work and inspiration.

adam

9 years ago

My everydays!
All inside of After Effects i used mainly Element 3d and other AE plugins

https://www.behance.net/gallery/30839605/AE-everydays-(october)

Javascript function

9 years ago

Great. Now we can find VideoCopilot on Instagram.

Fatmir

9 years ago

CG Actor & Live Footage
Render Element 3D V2.2
Hope you like it
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jT9cmxN7LMo

Mike

9 years ago

I was doing tests weekly for a while. here's my favorite.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9eqND0RPinU

Mark Moran

9 years ago

Love seeing the videos you come up with!. Can't wait to see the next post!

Eddie Potros

9 years ago

Loving these renders (loooooooooped) is just awesome!

Richard

9 years ago

A video on your design process, combined with the examples you just demonstrated, would be extraordinarily helpful!

StevenJ

9 years ago

Hey Andrew, does this tutorial
http://www.videocopilot.net/blog/2013/10/new-tutorial-tip-selective-glow-fx/
take us in the right direction for the amazing glow effects we are seeing here?

Stephen

9 years ago

Hey Andrew,

I've been wanting to mix in VR live action material using skybox and compositing in some obj sequences via E3D... It's a bit of a render monster to be honest...

Would you be planning on doing any VR tutes in the forseeable future?

Hopefully I can make some good VR comps while the rest of the world is keeping busy chasing pokemons.

Thanks for the Star Wars Pack btw... awesome

Kevin

9 years ago

I can't ever get glow fx to look like that.

Nazmul Hossain Akash

9 years ago

it's been so long, I've been waiting for a tutorial or a blog show.

pink top

9 years ago

i thought youre the one shirtless in that mag cover.

A. C. Rusinov

9 years ago

Hi Andrew. I've used Element extensively. Unfortunately there's no support for CS6, so I need the other one, V2. Unfortunately I can't afford it. It's a shame really, 'cause I'd really love to enter the contest.
Anyway, my input on your contest is this: Assemble, disassemble, deform... these are all things Element was designed for. How about making it really challenging and making a motion graphic with Element that Element was not designed for? I've done a few of those. That pushed my boundaries far more than anything else. To simulate SSS and in Element V1, or to use animated meshes instead of using the engine's builtin capabilities were real technical challenges I faced, made me push the boundaries of your engine and it was fun. Just some food for thought.

Ryan

9 years ago

I would love to see you do a "tutorial" or series of videos where you start with a more or less blank slate and end up with a unique render, just to see your process and problem solving at work.

Javier Delgado

9 years ago

I made this logo entirely with E3D and Motion Pulse Pack.
https://vimeo.com/171979241

Thank you very much for your products Andrew!

Javier Delgado
sinnerpixel.com

Javier Delgado

9 years ago

Wrong link, this is the real one:
https://vimeo.com/160938965

Washington

9 years ago

@Javier that is cool.

Mr Visual

9 years ago

Nice one, but you ruined it with the basic text "Prodction & post-prod.."

vipin

9 years ago

whenever i think i can't able to do more than this in Element 3D and out of nowhere you showed up and make me reconsider my thoughts. thanks a ton for keep inspiring me Andrew.

Duncan

9 years ago

Sounds like a great idea. I am all for seeing you push your artistic skills further

xbox_one

9 years ago

Element 3d ready for Nvidia 1000 series?

Michal Piatek

9 years ago

I've been using Element3D version 1 extensively in pre-rendered cutscenes for a game called Ancient Space. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkBh1nTBHA4 . I even done some human face renders when there was no SSS shader! https://youtu.be/w9Ov97xYKng?t=40s

Techno-Tek Studio

9 years ago

Awesome , Guys take a moment and come check out my
Youtube channel , I make After Effects cc tutorials !
Link:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVsKnS9mzFjGQhu9jhYWqmg

Ken O'Donnell

9 years ago

I've been using element 3D for all of my daily artworks and posting them on instagram. Every single animation that you see on my page was entirely done in element 3D.
It was also featured a couple times under "Surreal Graphics"

www.instagram.com/ken.odonnell

Thanks to your plugin, I've been able to post at a much consistent pace and people seem to love it. Check it out when you get a chance!

Josh

9 years ago

Hi ANdrew,
what do u think is the best graphics card for element 3d?
At the moment I like to buy the EVGA GTX 780 Ti but iam open for all

digiphic.com

9 years ago

Such a great pack Andrew!
Element 3D is really great plugin and realistic!

Thanks for your great renders.

Digiphic Studio
http://www.digiphic.com

TJ Koker

9 years ago

Matt, I've been working with Anime Pro 11.0 for character animation. Do you think Element 3D with After Effects would help up its dimensionality? I have 30 short stories to ramp up my site and want to get it right.
Thanks.

pink top

9 years ago

instant telegram huh? oh the irony!

Jason R(thesetapart1)

9 years ago

Love all the work you do! Been using all your tutorials and some plugins throughout my career. However a year ago I started dailies using element 3d. I purchased it promising myself that I would use it for at least one month in my dailies. So here I am still a year later using element3d and Cinema4d on my instagram account. Check out my daily renders on instagram "thesetapart1"

Thanks for being and inspiration man!

Tieu Long

9 years ago

Hi Andrew Kramer!
How to creat more goups in Element 3D? (Only 5 groups defaul)

Stephen Keating

9 years ago

Hey Tieu... You can create groups within groups... plus you can use aux channels... It's in the E3D tutorials around the time when the v2 launched. Your only limitation is the size of your computer's memory

Tony ismail

9 years ago

i do some daily render in my instagram, but not as good as yours

instagram.com/tonyismail_

Ineedrevelation

9 years ago

I'm having trouble with element... when I group and object and try to rotate it with the axis at the center, it rotates but as if the axis is at the top of the object. Is there any way to force the group axis to the center?

Eddie

9 years ago

When. Selecting model you should have a window on right property that has an import from centre axis.

Tinem

9 years ago

Sure, I'm always open to challenges.
Hope you like this (attempted) photorealistic render of an AC-130 flying by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3q0MB6ZiwG4&feature=youtu.be

HeckyPecky

9 years ago

*raises hand*

I made one too.. but this was back in May. lol

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acxmRo1cTLQ

Matt

9 years ago

That looked awesome

TJ Koker

9 years ago

Outstanding Hecky Pecky. If you don't mind, what programs did you use to create your construct.

HeckyPecky

9 years ago

I'm glad you like it guys. It's all made using Element 3D and nothing else.

Chris

9 years ago

Andrew Kramer is evolving. I will tell my kids of this day. The day man became legend. The day legend...became god. (stares contemplatively into the distance thinking of Andrew Kramer)

Eliseo

9 years ago

Esta genial!

Franz Iskus

9 years ago

You should add the Donau waltz Music to the "revolve"

David Vizurant

9 years ago

Amazing! Is every Model from the motion Design pack ?

Daluz

9 years ago

This glowing lights from ELEMENT 3D is really amazing. Would love to see how you done it.

Shaun

9 years ago

I love the idea of experimentation, as it will cause me to slow down and take time for myself to grow as opposed to rushing through everyday trying to complete client projects or looking for new money makers. What about a tutorial or two on one of the shorties you created here...from start to finish?

Emmanuel

9 years ago

Simply Awesome.

StevenJ

9 years ago

One thing I have been doing that has helped me learn a lot has been trying to match some of the renders from your product page. I agree 100% that a daily render challenge is an awesome way to learn. Are the mechanical models from the Motion Design 2 pack?

Josh

9 years ago

I rendered some cool stuff inside E3D!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nleWQGz45CA

Would be very cool if u support me and give me some feedback for my YouTube channel!

I hope u enjoy it.

Andrew Alexander

9 years ago

Well, Andrew... would you be so kind to donate me a more advanced rig so i can efficiently render more than 10 frames at a time?

I can start a daily, weekly, monthly and yearly challenge, if need be

wes

9 years ago

Andrew, could you make a new category in the forums for people to submit their E3D art?

John

9 years ago

Starwars killed Videocopilot !

Where is the tutorial ?

Dave

9 years ago

True man! Since Star Wars 7 VideoCopilot is pretty outdated and useless. No more blogs or cool funny tutorials. :S

RaphaelBaker

9 years ago

yh would be cool. to have a community blog post on the video copilot website. keep and drive constant traffic

i would love to share my stuff and see other peoples stuff and perhaps come u with fun and interesting ways of using element beyond its reach

Jardine Patten

9 years ago

If you can, can you show us how you made the landscapes in Element 3D for the Saber plugin video?

Mohamed Treka

9 years ago

We miss you Andrew wish you a good luck

Daniel

9 years ago

Andrew,

What if we send to you our renders and you post weekly the best works of the Video Copilot community? I'd really love to see how Element 3D is used by the artists around here, and also it could be a motivation for us to get better and explore new possibilities.

Just about doing something like the "Matte painting challenge", but with Element 3D.

What do you guys think?

Mohamed Treka

9 years ago

Great Idea

William

9 years ago

That sounds good!

Seth

9 years ago

I second this idea. I've been wanting something like this for awhile now.

After-FX

9 years ago

hi
very nice GLOW
thanks

Tai

9 years ago

Great to see you start reply to comment again

Rick Allen Media

9 years ago

One thing that we will see in our lifetime possibly is the internet of things. The idea is that everything that you own would be connected to the internet giving information about what you need, want, use, etc. But along with this is the idea that everything could also be a smart device in some way or connected to a smart device. Your morphing designs get me thinking about the idea of electronics, communications, and robotics being embedded in every day devices such that they cannot be seen except from an exploded view.

TJ Koker

9 years ago

I think that's coming soon.. Its going to be called SKYNET! Ha ha. Terminators unite.

Andrew

9 years ago

Nice Render Andrew,i would love to try your plugin but my computer graphic really sucks(it is InterHd 4000) i like your hard work for vfx lovers,you inspire me.
Salute from Rwanda.

channy

9 years ago

i took design graphic is as hobbies, i think about it everytime i go online.
i search the internet for graphics i like.. but my skill progress depends on you kramer. thank you sir

kazhwan

9 years ago

Hello
Your content is very useful
Thanks

videovfx.ir

Tony Cappello

9 years ago

Very cool stuff (as always), would love to learn how the liquid piece is created. Element?

Andrew Kramer

9 years ago

It's an element from the Motion Design 2 pack.

Washington

9 years ago

Maybe you should start playing around with Intercept... just throwing something around out there...

Andrew Kramer

9 years ago

Jamming on it some everyday! Just don't want to leave community hanging while I finish!

Dwaine

9 years ago

Hey Video Copilot community, here are some of my renders I did using Element 3D. It is the best 3-D Program I have ever used.

https://www.facebook.com/dwaine.vassell/videos/10156291432500323/?l=3027009967089725345

https://www.facebook.com/dwaine.vassell/videos/10156272646820323/?l=86527786773139284

Shamus Johnson

9 years ago

These are amazing! I started my dailies 238 days ago and haven't missed one yet. It's been a great learning experience. Having to come up with a new design everyday that you know people will see causes you to learn new techniques and tools that you otherwise wouldn't have. It's also has opened up a bunch of great freelanced opportunities. You can see my renders @shittyrenders on Instagram if anyone is interested.

Thanks for all the inspiration Andrew!

Willie Frazier

9 years ago

I thought of you instantly when I saw this blog post...

roger

9 years ago

i think is a good idea render a day make you you get bitter

eddie

9 years ago

yea we all like bitter

solaiappan

9 years ago

Is this Ark Reactor.....
Hoo My God...

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