Bulgari Spec Ad – Bottle in a Lava Landscape
Personal project, 2025 – particle VFX with X-Particles, Cinema 4D and Octane Render.
About the project
This personal project from 2025 is a spec ad for Bulgari – created without a brief, to demonstrate particle and VFX skills. The scene is set in a volcanic landscape: a bottle stands amid flowing, glowing lava, interspersed with drifting ash.
The goal was a polished, cinematic look typical of fragrance and beauty campaigns: dramatic lighting, glowing lava reflections and product staging that favors mood over plain product display.
Technique
The lava and ash particles were simulated with X-Particles in Cinema 4D, including the viscous flow of the lava and fine ember particles around the bottle. The scene was rendered with Octane Render, bringing together lighting, materials and the glow effects.
Because simulation and rendering both happen directly in Cinema 4D, particle behavior, camera work and shading could be refined in tight iterations – key to the precise, advertising-ready look of this piece.
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