From a light strip to a floating waveform — an 8-second loop in Cinema 4D
It all started with a static reference of a music controller. As the project developed, a simple light strip turned into a glowing 3D waveform that lifts off the surface.
Made in Cinema 4D, rendered with Redshift. AI helped edit the scene through MCP. I set the visual direction and reviewed each iteration, while AI helped build and refine the geometry, materials, and animation.
There was some backtracking along the way. One attempt to bring the housing closer to the reference distorted the geometry, so I had to revert to an earlier version. After that, it was all about the details: toning down the secondary icons, softening the highlight on PLAY, and smoothing out the waveform’s rise and fall.
The waveform itself is an animated spline with a Sweep, so its shape and motion can be adjusted directly in the scene.
What do you think?