The Donut | Blender 3D Animation

A passion project. I have been wildly inspired by shoe commercials and how they utilize 3D modeling to really show the technology that goes into the materials used in the shoes. I went exploring and began a 15 hour course in Blender (3D modeling/animation) to create every aspect of the donut animation you see here.

Figure 2a shows the full scene created from simple shapes. An additional aspect that I enjoyed is lighting the scene similar to a real shoot. The crossover in skills was well appreciated.

Figure 2b shows the wireframe design that creates the body and the coffee cup in the background. Creating the organic body of the icing was a fun process of shading a molding to create the realism.