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In this tutorial, you'll make your very own cracking Easter egg. To create the cracks, you'll use Cinema 4D R18's Voronoi Fracture tool.

You'll learn how to control where fractures appear using a MoGraph Selection. In this case, you'll create cracks across the middle of the egg.

Then you'll learn how to simulate the spread of the cracks over time.

To add an explosive finish to your animation, you'll add 3D text that breaks its way out of the egg using Cinema 4D's Dynamics.

Along the way, you'll add painted stripes to the eggshell. You'll use the Stick Texture tag to stick the stripes onto the eggshell so that as pieces break off, the texture stays stuck to those pieces. You'll also add lighting and a clean background and render out the animation.

Have a cracking Easter!

Cinema 4D is 3D animation software that is used for all kinds of artwork. It is regarded as one of the easiest to use professional 3D applications that can handle any 3D task.