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Study 01Motion direction study

Chromatic orbit

A looping study in weightless ribbons, soft impact and product-scale rhythm. Hover to start the motion.

Role
Motion direction, 3D, lighting
Toolkit
Cinema 4D, Redshift, After Effects
Duration
5s seamless loop
Year
2026
Chromatic orbit — 5 second loop, no sound.

Chromatic orbit began as a timing exercise: how slowly can a shape travel before an audience stops believing in its weight? The answer became a loop of iridescent ribbons circling a matte core, each pass tuned so the highlight lands on the beat rather than on the frame.

The palette is deliberately narrow — electric blue against warm orange on cream — so the eye reads motion first and color second. Every ribbon shares one easing curve, which keeps a busy composition feeling like a single breath.

The result is a system rather than a one-off: the same rig re-times for a six second social cut, a fifteen second product bumper, or an endless in-store loop without redrawing a frame.

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