I've been massively busy lately but I just found out about @sndbox's monthly __"State of the Sandbox"__ thumbnail competition and I just knew I couldn't let this opportunity pass by, specially since it's the first installment of it.  First and foremost, here is my entry:

![Final_render_sndbox.png](https://steemitimages.com/DQmRbdrrKE4hRRNSAPaK8AzA9hU4dhwyDP9sE9iDeupTz19/Final_render_sndbox.png)

I've been closely following @sndbox since its inception and I have to say that I'm specially a great fan of their brand image. I tend to think that they are the only Steemit "presence" with a clear and well defined image. I guess I wouldn't expect anything less from a group of artist and designers trying to help other creatives through Steemit and the __blockchain__, but it's still worthy of being praised. Having said that, I knew from the very beginning that I wanted to do something that respected their aesthethic values and ideas but that aslo conveyed my "voice" and style. 

After a little bit of experimenting inside Cinema 4D, I settled on doing something with a __parametric__ view. I wanted that sense of having the objects and typography look "staged", not "caged", but "staged". Although, I immediately found interesting parallelisms between my "square" view and the idea of designing something for a brand with "box" in their name. Immediatley afterwards I got the idea of covering the "walls" with graph paper. I started to develop a theme. I wanted the scene to "discourse on" about the design process and the tools used in building or creating something. 

![Proceso.JPG](https://steemitimages.com/DQmSgs1KS4tYxVAvGNZLJjGEKaY37Q77crteSHUWbw4YS3L/Proceso.JPG)

I started to rig up the letters of @sndbox in different styles of building blocks. Also, the parametric view gave me the sense of looking not at a normal stage, but a miniature one. So I decided to integrate "miniatures" into the whole concept. Nonetheless, I ended up also integrating everyday small objects at a more grandiose scale, like the paintbrush. I ended up really liking this ironic and playful change of scales. I think this reminded me of thinking outside the box, even if you might find yourself inside one. I just loved the poetry in that. 

Since I designed my image in 3D space, I could not help to do something that felt also somewhat  __"retro futuristic"__. That is where the robot hand, the neon letters (with a little bit of offsetting of color, just like in the @sndbox style) and all the glossy materials come in. 

This was a really fun project to work on, even though I had very little time to put it all together. I tried to create something that used geometry and perspective to create something clean, forward thinking and fun, just like @sndbox's aesthethic and design philosophy. What did enjoy doing the most, you ask? Well, I think it must've been putting a __Physically Based__ little light on top of the crane. See if you can find it. 

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