The Inflatable Bus (1A) is out there sailing our roads. Working together with Gorm X Envision I provided a 3D inflatable image for the bus which was then edited together into a finished look.
Below I describe the process of comming up with the inflatable look.
I created the rubber effect in Cinema 4D using an inflation simulation. In the areas that can’t be printed at I added collider geometry to stop the simulation.
The geometry of the structure is really just a collection of smaller elements that is fused together. This makes it very easy to do corrections and run the sim again.
To create the illusion of depth I created two rows of expanding rubber. One main structure at the back and one around the wheels that needed to pop out.