More space, more explosions, more ships!

In learning Cinema 4D it was inevitable that I create a space combat animation. This seems to be something I have a knack for, and no matter what I am working on I always find ideas to use in my "next" space animation.

This one is a combination of many different things that I have created over the years. My biggest accomplishment in this video is the Earth which was completely modeled by me. The next big thing is the big ship, which was the 9th iteration of the vessel in a backburner short-film PEARL. The small ships are a simple model I made last week.

Lots of different programs were used as well, many different layers of animation, background, lighting, and general compositing. 3DS Max, Cinema 4D, After Effects, Soundbooth and Premiere were all used in creating this animation. This video was made in about a week which is pretty good considering my last animations several years ago.

It's still not perfect, I didn't like the sun, and some of the compositing and sounds were sloppy, but I just wanted to move on, I've learned what I wanted to learn with this animation.

Cinema 4D Space Battle test from Dave Spooner on Vimeo.