I was working on a traditional 2D short called Who wants brownies? and wondered if the animation would feel more grounded if I rendered the background in 3D. So I modeled the kitchen background in Cinema 4D.
I first created the objects in Illustrator before moving to Cinema 4D where I applied textures to make it look more hand-drawn.
In the end I felt that the 3D background blended in well with the hand-drawn characters and helped in giving the scene a sense of depth, but I'd love to experiment more!
