Colorcubic

What Colorcubic does

Colorcubic is a technology-agnostic, multidisciplinary design studio based in Portland, Oregon, founded circa 2005 by Michael A. John and operated as Colorcubic® LLC. The studio delivers creative services across branding, product design, web design and development, packaging design, game design, UI/UX design, motion graphics, animation, and marketing strategy to brands and organizations spanning healthcare (HealthGenYZ, Custom Dental Prosthetics), fashion (Pair of Thieves), electronics (Five Wire MicroBench, Bose, Intel), government (City of Beaverton), fitness (MVMNT), and consumer brands (Red Bull, PopSugar, Ninkasi, Umpqua Bank, Brasswood). The core team consists of four named members covering brand strategy, accounts management, mobile UX, and web UX.

The studio's proprietary digital product line centers on SceneLight®, a Cinema 4D HDRI lighting preset plugin priced at $49.99 with lifetime updates and royalty-free commercial licensing, supplemented by 3D model packs (Sports Starter Pack at $19.99; individual soccer/basketball/tennis ball models at $9.99) and free HDRI light sources. These products are sold through a self-serve e-commerce storefront at colorcubic.com, while creative services are sold through direct project inquiries at [email protected]. Distribution is amplified via content marketing channels including a YouTube tutorial series, Behance and Dribbble portfolios, a Discord community, BlueSky, and an email newsletter.

The company is bootstrapped with no disclosed external funding, no parent company, no subsidiaries, and no M&A activity. Three subsidiary brand filings (Design News Weekly®, IdolOutcasts®, Box & Grid®) are scheduled for 2026 activation, signaling expansion into design media, audiovisual broadcasting, and an open-source decentralized CMS built on Django with DAO governance, respectively.

Name

Colorcubic

Legal name

Colorcubic® LLC

Website

https://colorcubic.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Colorcubic is a Portland-based multidisciplinary design studio (founded 2005) that delivers branding, web, product, packaging, and UX design services alongside proprietary Cinema 4D plugins and 3D models. It serves brands across healthcare, fashion, electronics, government, and fitness as a bootstrapped four-person LLC.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Portland

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations

Revenue model

1. Digital Product Sales: One-time purchases of digital products including Cinema 4D plugins (SceneLight at $49.99), 3D model packs ($19.99 Sports Starter Pack), individual 3D models ($9.99 each), and HDRI light sources. Products delivered as digital downloads with lifetime update access. Royalty-free license for personal, promotional, commercial, and entertainment use.
2. Creative Services: Professional design services including branding, product design, web design/development, packaging, game design, UI/UX design, animation, motion graphics, and marketing strategy. Billed through project-based engagements.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Colorcubic is a multidisciplinary design studio that sells proprietary digital products (SceneLight Cinema 4D HDRI lighting plugin, 3D sports-themed models, HDRIs) directly to creative hobbyists and professionals via its website shop, and delivers project-based creative services (branding, web design/development, product design, packaging, game design, UI/UX design, animation, motion graphics, marketing strategy) to brands and organizations via direct inquiry.

Product overview

Colorcubic is a Technology-Agnostic, Multidisciplinary Design Studio that offers a portfolio of digital products and creative services. Their product lineup centers on SceneLight®, a Cinema 4D plugin for HDRI lighting presets ($49.99), complemented by a collection of 3D sports models (soccer ball, basketball, tennis ball) available individually ($9.99 each) or as the Sports Starter Pack bundle ($19.99). The Bucolic Sunrise HDRI is offered as a free companion asset for SceneLight® users. Beyond products, Colorcubic provides multidisciplinary creative services including branding, web design, product design, 3D animation, motion graphics, game design, UI/UX design, and marketing. Their products are distributed as digital downloads with royalty-free licensing for personal, promotional, commercial, and entertainment purposes.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• SceneLight®: A proprietary HDRI lighting preset plugin designed specifically for Cinema 4D. Light your 3D models and scenes instantly with SceneLight®.

Products and services

• SceneLight® Cinema 4D Plugin Proprietary HDRI lighting preset plugin for Cinema 4D, priced at $49.99, providing a fully integrated light rig with 3 independent light nodes on a 360° axis, uniform scalability, full 360° rotation, an independent HDRI light source, optional seamless L-curved backdrop, sun parameter, fog parameter, and toggle between HDRI and artificial sky light source. Compatible with Cinema 4D R21 – 2024 and sold with a royalty-free license for personal, promotional, commercial, and entertainment use.
• Sports Starter Pack 3D Model Set – 1 A bundled collection of sports-themed 3D models for Cinema 4D including soccer ball, basketball, and tennis ball, priced at $19.99 as a Cinema 4D native file. Compatible with Cinema 4D R19 – 2023 and includes lifetime free updates.
• Soccer Ball 3D Model A standalone Soccer Ball 3D Model priced at $9.99, available as a Cinema 4D native file and .OBJ file. Designed for immediate use in Cinema 4D environments or scenes, with OBJ format enabling Blender compatibility.
• Basketball 3D Model A standalone Basketball 3D Model priced at $9.99 as a Cinema 4D native file. Designed for immediate use in Cinema 4D environments or scenes and includes lifetime free updates.
• Tennis Ball 3D Model A standalone Tennis Ball 3D Model priced at $9.99 as a Cinema 4D native file. Designed for immediate use in Cinema 4D environments or scenes, compatible with Cinema 4D R21 – 2024.
• Bucolic Sunrise HDRI A free HDRI of a bucolic sunrise designed for use with the proprietary SceneLight® HDRI lighting preset plugin for Cinema 4D. Included with SceneLight® downloads and available separately as a free download.
• Multidisciplinary Creative Services (Branding, Web Design/Development, Product Design, Packaging, Game Design, UI/UX Design, Animation, Motion Graphics, Marketing Strategy) Project-based multidisciplinary creative services for brands, startups, enterprises, and government organizations, encompassing branding, product design, web design and development, packaging, game design, UI/UX design, animation, motion graphics, and marketing strategy. Sold directly via project inquiry through [email protected] with engagements spanning healthcare, consumer products, electronics, fashion/apparel, government/municipal, and fitness verticals.

Named customers6 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration3 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

Nine partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• HealthGenYZcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare advocacy and technology company partnership. Colorcubic designed and developed HealthGenYZ web platform on WordPress with Elementor Pro, Advanced Custom Fields, and custom post types. Extended visual system into institutional partnerships with Oregon Health Forum and Oregon School Based Health Alliance. Partnership continued through 2020 COVID-19 pivot to public health education.
• Pair of ThievescoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerInclusive sock and underwear brand (Los Angeles, California + Portland, Oregon). Colorcubic commissioned to provide innovative packaging solutions. Developed sustainable packaging design solution allowing exploration of new designs without wasting paper and ink resources. Created soda-pop-sock 6 pack package solution.
• Five WirecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMicroBench tool company. Colorcubic commissioned to establish brand and logo identity, design software UI for data visualization, design product chassis, and design packaging. Product manufactured locally through ControlTek for quality control.
• City of BeavertoncoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerOregon municipal government partnership. Colorcubic commissioned to create interactive experience for annual State of the City event. Delivered Mayor's Quest 2 video game, five custom mini arcade cabinets, and promotional illustrated prints featuring city mascot Billy the Beaver.
• MVMNTcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerFitness mobile application company. Colorcubic commissioned to conceptualize and design UI/UX for social fitness platform. Delivered visual design system and use case scenario documentation covering Home, Profile, Workout, Coach, and Club sections.
• Custom Dental ProstheticscoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerDental laboratory specializing in removable and implant prostheses. Colorcubic commissioned for comprehensive brand identity and multi-channel marketing. Delivered brand strategy, visual identity, promotional video production, print advertising, and full website design and development.
• ControlTekminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerLocal manufacturing partner for Five Wire MicroBench product. Manufacturing partnership enabled quality control standards for hardware product.
• Oregon Health ForumminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare organization partnership through HealthGenYZ brand extension. HealthGenYZ visual identity placed inside Oregon Health Forum's GenNext webinar series.
• Oregon School Based Health Alliance (OSBHA)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerHealthcare organization partnership through HealthGenYZ brand extension. HealthGenYZ visual identity placed inside Oregon School Based Health Alliance's public-facing campaigns.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Marmoset: Develops 3D visualization, rendering, and viewer tools for game and VFX artists — overlapping with Colorcubic's product offerings and serving the same Cinema 4D / 3D modeling community.
• Poly Haven: Open-source library of HDRIs, textures, and 3D models used by 3D artists — directly comparable to Colorcubic's freemium HDRI and paid 3D model strategy for Cinema 4D users.
• Kitbash3D: Premium 3D asset marketplace selling model kits and HDRIs to motion designers and 3D artists — competes with Colorcubic's 3D Sports Starter Pack and HDRI offerings.
• Buck: Independent creative studio offering branding, motion graphics, animation, and interactive design — a larger multidisciplinary design studio with the same service mix as Colorcubic's professional services arm.
• Greyscalegorilla: Direct competitor in the Cinema 4D plugin and HDRI/material asset market, selling presets and lighting tools to the same 3D artist audience that Colorcubic's SceneLight® targets.
• Ueno: Multidisciplinary design and branding studio serving global brands across web, product, and advertising — directly comparable to Colorcubic's enterprise creative services offering.

Broad incumbents

• Instrument: Independent creative agency with established branding, digital product, and interactive capabilities for global brands — a larger incumbent serving the same enterprise client profile as Colorcubic.
• CGTrader: Large 3D model marketplace with tens of thousands of assets — a scaled competitor to Colorcubic's small Cinema 4D-native 3D model catalog.
• Maxon: Developer of Cinema 4D, the platform on which SceneLight® depends — sets the API, pricing, and roadmap that Colorcubic's flagship product must track.

Emerging players

• Motion Design School: Online education platform offering motion graphics and Cinema 4D courses — overlapping with Colorcubic's planned subscription-based creative course library targeting the same self-taught 3D designer persona.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks7 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/colorcubic
• Instagraminstagram.com/colorcubic
• Xx.com/colorcubic

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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