Uploaded May 2017 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In Part 1 of this 2 part tutorial series, David Ariew dives into Adobe Illustrator and After Effects to demonstrate how to create custom 8K displacement maps to make complex greeble style surface geometry in Cinema 4D using Otoy Octane to recreate this amazing work by Robert Sundelin (instagram.com/p/BQiyU0eD-Au/).
Watch Part 2: youtu.be/068g41cTrYY
Helpful Artists & Links David mentioned:
Robert Sundelin (Blues4D): instagram.com/blues4d
fvckrender: instagram.com/fvckrender
TechIt Pack: tfmstyle.com/techit-pack
Beeple: beeple-crap.com/resources.php
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Website: arievvisuals.com
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New to 3D? Watch my FREE Cinema 4D Lite for the 2D Animator series! eyedesyn.com/cinema4d-lite
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Creating Displacement Map Textures for Cinema 4D Topics Include:
• Learning about greeble textures
• How greeble textures are used by prominent C4D artists like beeple
• Creating greeble textures quickly and easily inside of Adobe Illustrator
• Creating color maps based off the greeble textures inside of Adobe After Effects
Check out my other tutorials at eyedesyn.com
If you have any questions about Creating Displacement Map Textures for Cinema 4D, post them in the comments section! If you create anything using this technique, be sure to share it with me!
Share your work with me:
instagram.com/eyedesyn
twitter.com/eyedesyn
facebook.com/eyedesyn
Thanks for watching!
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In Part 1 of this 2 part tutorial series, David Ariew dives into Adobe Illustrator and After Effects to demonstrate how to create custom 8K displacement maps to make complex greeble style surface geometry in Cinema 4D using Otoy Octane to recreate this amazing work by Robert Sundelin (instagram.com/p/BQiyU0eD-Au/).
Watch Part 2: youtu.be/068g41cTrYY
Helpful Artists & Links David mentioned:
Robert Sundelin (Blues4D): instagram.com/blues4d
fvckrender: instagram.com/fvckrender
TechIt Pack: tfmstyle.com/techit-pack
Beeple: beeple-crap.com/resources.php
Please LIKE and SUBSCRIBE if you enjoy this tutorial & check out more tutorials at eyedesyn.com
Want to see more tutorials from David? Be sure to LIKE and show him some love on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook and leave some comments in the comments section & let us know about any Octane tutorials you'd like to see in the future!
Follow David & his amazing work on the interwebs:
Website: arievvisuals.com
instagram.com/davidariew
twitter.com/davidariew
facebook.com/david.ariew
New to 3D? Watch my FREE Cinema 4D Lite for the 2D Animator series! eyedesyn.com/cinema4d-lite
Got an idea for a tutorial you'd like to see? Contact me here:
eyedesyn.com/contact
Creating Displacement Map Textures for Cinema 4D Topics Include:
• Learning about greeble textures
• How greeble textures are used by prominent C4D artists like beeple
• Creating greeble textures quickly and easily inside of Adobe Illustrator
• Creating color maps based off the greeble textures inside of Adobe After Effects
Check out my other tutorials at eyedesyn.com
If you have any questions about Creating Displacement Map Textures for Cinema 4D, post them in the comments section! If you create anything using this technique, be sure to share it with me!
Share your work with me:
instagram.com/eyedesyn
twitter.com/eyedesyn
facebook.com/eyedesyn
Thanks for watching!
To get alerted for future live design casts & get sneak peeks at new tutorials before anyone else, sign up for the Eyedesyn Newsletter: bit.ly/1e22BRG










