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3D SOCIAL MEDIA ICONS

A personal exploration focused on creating a playful collection of 3D social media icons, widgets and mobile interfaces. The objective was to study shape language, color, lighting and interaction design through a series of stylized digital products. The project combines icon design, UI experimentation and motion-ready assets built entirely in Cinema 4D — every icon, widget and interface element modeled, textured and rendered from scratch. The result is a vibrant collection of modern digital objects inspired by contemporary mobile ecosystems and social platforms.

3D Social Media Icons — row of stylized phone home screens

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EVERY FRAME EARNS ITS PLACE.

A personal exploration focused on creating a playful collection of 3D social media icons, widgets and mobile interfaces. The objective was to study shape language, color, lighting and interaction design through a series of stylized digital products. The project combines icon design, UI experimentation and motion-ready assets built entirely in Cinema 4D — every icon, widget and interface element modeled, textured and rendered from scratch. The result is a vibrant collection of modern digital objects inspired by contemporary mobile ecosystems and social platforms.

DELIVERABLES

  • 3D Icon System01
  • Custom Widgets02
  • Mobile Interface Concepts03
  • Motion-Ready Assets04

HIGHLIGHTS

01

MODULAR ICON SYSTEM

Each icon was modeled to a shared grid and lighting setup — consistent across every app while preserving each platform's recognizable identity.

02

WIDGETS AS OBJECTS

Notes, folders and the music player were treated as tactile 3D products, not flat UI — paper, glass and plastic with real depth and shadow.

03

BUILT FROM SCRATCH

Every element modeled, textured and rendered in Cinema 4D with Redshift — a full study of shape, color and light, motion-ready from day one.

VISUAL GALLERY

Two phones — widget home screen beside the app grid
01Two screens — widgets and the 3D app grid.
Close-up of the top row of 3D social app icons
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Icon detail — messenger, youtube, line, discord.

Full 3D social media icon grid in close-up
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The full icon grid — extruded, lit, badged.

Two phones floating with a ribbon connecting their screens
04Home screen and app grid, tied by a ribbon of UI.
Widget home screen — Note, Bank, Social and a music player
05Widget layout — note, folders, now-playing.
Angled close-up of the Note widget and folder icons
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Note widget — paper texture, glass folders.

Exploded UI study — note, music player and floating 3D objects
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Exploded study — UI elements as standalone objects.

Detail of the Note widget header and lined paper
08Detail — the Note header and ruled paper surface.
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