Shaving Cream

The next object that I made for my barbers shop was a shaving cream tube. I will be talking about the steps that I had to take to make the shaving tube. I wanted a shaving tube in my barbers shop because I wanted to show that my barbers do cut throat shaving. The first step I took was to design a logo which would go on my shaving cream tube. I started by creating a mind-map which helped a visual idea on how my shaving cream tube is going to look.

After creating a variation of ideas I finally had a design that looked good and eye catching and had a good vibe to it. Next I went on  Photoshop to design the logo of my shaving cream tube. I wanted the tube to stand out and to be eye catching, also I wanted to make the tube look old fashioned which will reflect well with my vintage barbers shop..My step was to work on the top half of the tube.I used the pen tool to create the shapes. Next I chose a design to be on my shaving cream tube. The colour of the tube is green white and a hint of yellow.

Here is a photo of the design I created in Photoshop

Next I went on Cinema 4D and started to create the tube. Firstly I had to make a flooring so the shaving cream could be on a surface. Following this, I had to chose a shape. This is important because, when making your objects on Cinema 4d you have to use shapes to start off the process. The shape that I chose to use was a cube and then extruded this 3D shape and made this into a cuboid. I then put the shape in the centre of the area to help get the correct measurements. If you don't put the shape in the centre of the area, when using the x and y axis, it will not be accurate

After extruding the shape in the form of a cuboid, I then wanted to add the design what I made earlier. To do this I clicked on "materials" and then went on to the desktop of the mac and then chose the materials that I had made. Once I had  selected the material I then transferred over the material to the cuboid  that I made before. Here is a screen shot of the material on the extruded shape.

Finally I added a light to project onto the shaving cream. I did this to add more an effect to the tube and to make it more realistic. Without the light, the shaving cream will just look dark, dull and flat.. I used a Omni light. A omni light is a light that shines all around the room like a light bulb.