PixelAffair shows how to create a mesh growth animation in C4D using two materials, the Mograph Module and Volumes.

Check out this tutorial from Ghana-based PixelAffair that takes inspiration from a Houdini tutorial but breaks down the techniques interpreted for Cinema 4D. The tutorial shows how to create a great-looking mesh growth effect.

The effect uses the Volume Builder toolset in Cinema 4D as the foundation for the animation and the Mograph Module to manage and art-direct the scene.

In a related tutorial, PixelAffair showed how to create the effect of molten metal taking over an object, which is also in this latest tutorial. Check out the tutorial for turning objects into molten metal using the Volume Builder in Cinema 4D here.