Artwork and animated short films about science and the natural world
You’ll also find writings, videos, tutorials, and courses that help artists learn to create with digital tools.
Recent Work
Here is a quick look at some of my latest work. If you would like to learn about work available for sale, please visit the Available Work section.
Latest Posts
Here, you’ll find writings about digital art techniques and the tools used to create digital artwork. You’ll also find occasional writings about my own work.
- How to Become a Medical Illustrator Without A Degree (Step by Step Approach for 2026)
Going to school for medical illustration is a great option, but what if you simply can’t? This guide will help you along your way. - How to Become a Medical Illustrator – All You Need to KnowLearn everything you need to know about becoming a medical illustrator – what one is – what one does – and how you can become one yourself.
- How to Become a Medical Animator | Everything You Need to KnowLearn all about the steps and qualifications for how to become a medical animator and the different paths you can take to get there.
- Must-Read Books For Artists and Creatives in 2026I love reading books for inspiration in my art-making and in my teaching. These are some of the best books for artists I’ve ever read. I recommend them to my students often, and now I want to share them with you.
- Two Easy Inkjet Image Transfer Techniques You’ll LoveDo you want to take your pigment-based inkjet print to the next level? I’m going to show you my two favorite methods for getting my digital artwork onto hard surfaces like wood panels or artboards. As a digital artist, I’ve…
- How to Quickly Overcome a Creative Art BlockAre you feeling stagnated in your creative process? Just can’t get past it? You probably have a creative art block. It happens to just about every creative person at some time or another – no matter what kind of artist…
- 9 Reasons to Add X-Particles to Your C4D WorkflowAre you a Cinema 4D user but feeling like you can’t get the cool particle effects, smoke effects, and liquid simulations you’re seeing on everyone’s reels these days? Do you want to make branching growth simulations or have tons of…
- My First Main Title DesignI’ve been in love with title design for years now. I teach students about them in my motion design courses at CU Denver and I think about them constantly. I even dream about them. Last year (2022), I was lucky…
- How to Create the Stranger Things Intro TitleI absolutely love looking at title sequences and thinking about how they might have done what they did. The STRANGER THINGS title sequence is stunningly gorgeous in my humble opinion. I wanted to figure this out, so I spent some time creating an After Effects tutorial that shows you just how to do it.
![Network 002 [earth]](https://www.travisvermilye.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/Network-002-earth-web-2-150x150@2x.jpg.webp)
Latest Videos
Here, you can view some of my tutorials and reviews about digital art-making tools.
![This is the fourth and final video in a four-part series that teaches how to create an upside-down-esque world from Stranger Things using Cinema 4D. This is an homage to the Season 5 opening sequence. This tutorial is great for beginner and intermediate Cinema 4D users. Stay tuned for parts 3 & 4, coming before the Dec 25, 2025 release of season 5 episodes 5-7.
Covered in this video:
Finishing touches like shallow depth of field
Particle Refinements
Rendering and Render Settings
Editing and Adding Audio
Stranger Things Homage Four Part Series:
Chapter One - Upside Down Trees - https://youtu.be/-lIF58F0vDQ
Chapter Two - Particles and Cameras - https://youtu.be/NTL3gzbW-Uw
Chapter Three - Lighting and Lightning - https://youtu.be/fR_eKzVeLRk
Chapter Four - Editing and Audio - (This Video)
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Tree making video here: https://youtu.be/uPQGaq4xYjk
Want to learn every step required for making high-quality medical and scientific animations? Sign up for my course, Biomedical Animation: From Storyboard to Finished Animation with Cinema 4D: https://cinematic-science.teachable.com/p/biomedical-animation-with-c4d
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#c4d2025 #c4d #branching #3danimation #fx #simulation #networks #proceduralgrowth #proceduralbranching #tree #organic #strangerthings #upsidedown #particles
00:00 Introduction
00:36 Add in a few more vines to our tree
03:17 Refine our flaky particle system
08:15 Set up Shallow Depth of Field for the cameras
15:11 Redshift Render Settings
17:26 Import and add the audio in After Effects
29:40 Color adjustments and vignette
32:14 Final results and wrap up
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Audio clips used in this series of videos from https://freesound.org
Huge Thunder Crack [XY + MS] by -CASK- | License: Attribution 4.0
balfron thunder D.wav by hokstnator | License: Attribution 4.0
Esperance Wind Farm II by kangaroovindaloo | License: Attribution 4.0
The Stranger - Theme (Stranger Things Inspired) by Mark_Murray | License: Attribution 4.0
WhatAstrangerThing01.wav by TheTunk | License: Creative Commons 0
Super Strange Synths by YellowTree | License: Attribution 4.0](https://www.travisvermilye.com/wp-content/plugins/feeds-for-youtube/img/placeholder.png)