My Big Word Bird project returns! And now, more epic than ever because it's in 3D!

I was originally going to make this video with stop motion but then I realized I could learn more doing it in 3D, and it was simple enough for it too.

This is my first real full project using C4D (and AE). I modeled, rigged, animated, and composited the whole thing. It took a while cause I pretty much had to look for a tutorial for every step of what I wanted to do, but I think I'm liking C4D quite a bit now actually.

This might be my favorite one of them all, although I suppose scientifically it's a little inaccurate since the planets should be walking around the sun technically.

PROCESS
Here's the rough thumbnail board I made for it first, and the motion tests I made while learning how to do various things.