3D Illustration: Recreate Your Favorite Brands
A course by Daniel Aristizábal , 3D Artist
Learn to recreate products of your favorite luxury brands, from polygonal modeling to the final composition.
Daniel Aristizábal is a 3D artist focused on creating surreal and absurd images. He mainly uses cinema 4D, Substance Painter, Marvelous and Speedtree. His style is colorful and nostalgic, and these tools allow him to create places of the imagination that would otherwise be very difficult to achieve.
In this online course, Daniel will teach you how to recreate the aesthetics of your favorite luxury brands, to then reinterpret them and give a new meaning to what is exclusive.
What will you learn in this online course?
19 lessons & 20 downloads
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- 124 students
- 19 lessons (4h 30m)
- 20 additional resources (6 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch · Turkish · Romanian · Indonesian
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software & tools for this course
Adobe After Effects
Cinema 4D
Marvelous Designer
OctaneRender
Substance PainterWhat is this course's project?
You will create three luxury products set in a surreal location.
Who is this online course for?
For people with intermediate knowledge of C4D
Requirements and materials
You will need access to Cinema 4D, Marvelous Designer, Octane Render, Adobe After Effects, and Photoshop.
New to Adobe After Effects? In that case, we recommend taking Domestika Basics courses to learn how to use the software: Introduction to After Effects.
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Daniel Aristizábal
A course by Daniel Aristizábal
Daniel Aristizábal teaches us that style is not the way you make your faces or the color palettes you use, but the outward expression of your inner life, something impossible to imitate.
He has worked with brands such as Adidas, Nike, Google, Snapchat, Nissan, Samsung, Pull&Bear, Swatch, L'Oréal, The Museum of Ice Cream, among others, and he was a speaker at OFFF Barcelona 2016 and his work has been shown in galleries in Barcelona, Seoul and New York.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
The Shanzhai and the absurd
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Shanzhai and the art of copying
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Decontextualization: the resignification of luxury
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Inspiration, mood board and digital sketches
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U3
3D modeling in Cinema 4D
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Objects 1
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Objects 2
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Objects 3
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Set 1
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Set 2
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Props in Marvelous Designer
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Composition and Lighting
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U4
Creation of materials and rendering
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BDRF materials 1
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BDRF 2 materials
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BDRF 3 materials
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BDRF 4 materials
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Rendering in Octane and retouching in After Effects
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How to create a loop 1
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How to create a loop 2
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FP
Final project
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3D Illustration: Recreate Your Favorite Brands
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FAQs
You’ll learn to create surreal 3D projects, develop your unique artistic style, recontextualize everyday objects, and reinterpret luxury through modeling, rendering, and animation techniques, plus build a creative portfolio and learn how to make your projects go viral.
The course is designed for those with basic knowledge of 3D modeling or digital art, as it explores intermediate techniques and critical concepts applied to contemporary art and design.
You’ll need access to Cinema 4D, ZBrush, After Effects, and Marvelous Designer, along with a computer capable of running 3D software and an internet connection to access resources and tutorials.
The course includes strategies for organizing your projects, selecting key pieces, and showcasing them on platforms like Behance, ArtStation, or your own website to boost your professional visibility.
Yes, you’ll learn techniques to present, share, and make your 3D projects go viral on social media, increasing your presence and reach within the international creative community.
The course explores surrealism, absurdity, symbolism, existentialism, critiques of luxury and consumer culture, as well as Shanzhai philosophy and its relation to copying and originality in art.
No prior illustration or painting skills are needed; the course focuses on 3D modeling, visual composition, and digital techniques, though it does cover digital sketching and gathering visual references.
Adobe After Effects
Cinema 4D
Marvelous Designer
OctaneRender
Substance Painter
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