Free Looping Background

As I posted yesterday, I think it is critical for every motion graphic designer to constantly be learning. And it’s even better when that learning yields tangible results. Although work and learning can be separate endeavors, they shouldn’t always be mutually exclusive. Which means, if you’re taking time away from paying work to learn something new, that new knowledge should eventually show up in your projects in order to make it profitable.

This whole personal learning diversion started with an actual paying job. I’m currently working on a logo identity piece where the client asked me to make the logo look less like plastic – roughen it up just a bit – and at the time I didn’t know how to achieve what they were asking for. So, armed with a manual, Google, and couple tutorial sites, I got to work and was able to create the results they desired. And now that I know what I’m doing, I can get back to the real job, finish up my project, and make my discoveries pay for themselves.

On top of that, I thought I should make my discoveries profitable to you as well. So I’m offering my test scene from yesterday as a free looping background for use in your own work. Feel free to use it as an animated background in a project, use it as a displacement map, put it in your worship software, or use it for whatever else you come up with – and if you end up with something you are really proud of, I’d love to see what you did. After all, we’re all supposed to be learning.

Stats: TMG Cube Loop

Frame Dimensions: 720 x 1280
Duration: 3600 frames, 2:30 @ 24fps
Number of Cubes: 50 x 50 grid array; 2500 – Render Instances
Render Time: 19.45 hours – C4DR11.5, Mac OS 10.5.8, 2 x 3 Ghz Quad Core Intel Xeon, 10 GB

Download the Full Resolution Cube Loop here or click the banner for a preview.