Button Bash
Experimental CG Series
Button Bash
Experimental CG Series
Role – Design, Direction & Animation
Self Project
Animating Without Keyframes
This personal series is a continued process on material development and animation in C4D using Redshift. I set out to explore simple scenes loosely based around control panels, sliders, buttons and dials that all had a life of their own. I wanted to create a piece that explored
motion with as little keyframing as possible.
motion with as little keyframing as possible.
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/d099cc8eef3c306132ecebacdac3f6296cbafeff244671cba7513ddd21970e09/DIAL_BTS_v01.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/ec09b35ca7cbef2c70013e8118b6b4cab6c507245f65820631dda22af26c2663/CylinderStacks_BTS_v01.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/641a8186f3177e33261850e5dab75cf4d040cb59efdd5be35238b5d6c4b1f95a/XOs_BTS_v01.gif)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2fb777f0dda077c32ca162abc117cff770c3122bfaf8b1aca94f2884b3f6015e/Audio_Mixer_BTS_v01.gif)
Motion Breakdown
This piece was created at 12fps to mimic the feeling and physicality of traditional stop motion capture.
To achieve motion without keyframing I adopted a few different techniques. The most effective was applying noise shaders to drive specific parameters of the contraptions I had made. These shaders were then animated through speed and even looped in some cases for seamless transitions.
Adjusting the noise type, scale and speed created a range of motion and stacking the noise effectors added detail and unexpected results.
Project Stills
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5dd11c8a82299780873c308f3cee4ff45d64026ab8d77fb67df6ea05a2fc6f85/181230_BB_LOCK_Cam01_v02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/c7b6f9a8112a599bd33df6c323a680a47e744662e32c0b6596577b1a1d824686/190122_BB_CircleSquareTriangle_Cam03_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/4010a358434633f815acc52e76be7038f94fff543b8311fc455d092b65fb710f/190122_BB_CYLINDER_STACKS_Cam03_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/21e82043dfceeb5608c4b511b75dfbae255b770c195ae366204d54aa73ff785d/181229_BB_CircleSquareTriangle_Cam01_v02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/266d6237c868071bf6c420706a4fbb3247f09217c1faad28c88aa1d3daa2e918/190124_BB_PhoneDial_Cam02_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/fcea2a0715f1c37ff6312f816ed1fef532cf8096e4a49207ce0ff08bdffc8d6d/190124_BB_LIGHT_PANEL_Cam01_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/2b139dac7d913b3d261dac07a1ad6be86358ee43ef3c013955fc596b9e29ff9a/190202_BB_LOCK_COMBO_Cam03_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/775b964b52c00a56b0b30e9b22bfd97fd04476a2a05682ebb9304edf97130c5d/190122_BB_AUDIO_MIXER_Cam02_v03.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/7aedf09d7926117474c8bfa54a7920c4d35a76168b60e14e91bb193bf53a6129/190106_BB_SQUARE_LINKS_Cam01_v02.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1be231eae51211302165e5f79491187e0927f14ec5040e2646f55418c3f30ece/190127_BB_XOs_Cam01_v03.jpg)