Tonight I went back to finish up the header for the WIP page. I decided to change my approach so the text is static with some subtle animation that was loopable. C4D was crashing a ton while making this. I think it is because I used Quad Remesh Nodes to assist with the bend. I think these Nodes were making the scene unstable.

I am liking how this is turning out so far. I still need to dial in some more subtle animation, textures, and lighting but it is coming along!