this is my most recent animation so far, the setup for this is i use cinema 4d to make a 3d scene, then i use my own materials and light setups to make the final render appear the way it does. after the image has the look i'm going for i then animate the 3d model. i personally enjoy infinite loop animations, so thats what i usually do and what i did here. after i have all my images i import them to flash and make a little continuing movie out of them