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Illustration for Animation & Motion Graphics: Illustrator & After Effects

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Overview

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Illustration for Animation and Motion Graphics with Adobe Illustrator & Adobe After Effects.

Would you like to create eye-catching designs and animate them in a simple way? 

Join Carminys Guzmán class and learn how to easily turn a simple sketch into a beautiful design for 2D animation.

Learn how to speed up your animation process by adding lights, shadows, and textures directly in adobe Adobe After Effects and obtain professional and amazing results. 

 Key lessons include:

  • Looking for references
  • Sketching
  • Vectorize your designs
  • Handy tools and tricks to color your designs
  • How to use gradients
  • Layers organization process in Adobe Illustrator
  • Adding lights, shadows, and textures in Adobe After Effects
  • Simple 2D animation workflow in Adobe After Effects with Motion Graphics
  • And much more!

 Who is this class for?

This course is ideal for animators, illustrators, graphic designers, creative artists, and generally, anyone who wants to learn how to make charming designs and animate them without complications.

 Requirements:

  • To complete this course, you will need to have Adobe Illustrator and Adobe After Effects installed on your PC.
  • This is an easy-to-follow course. However, I recommend having a basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects. If you haven't used After Effects before, you can take my previous course, "Animate your illustrations in record time using Adobe After Effects," first.

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Syllabus

  • Intro
  • Project
  • Looking for References
  • Tools & Shortcuts
  • Sketching
  • Let's Design
  • Let's Design 2
  • Color Palettes
  • Colors & Gradients
  • Preparing Files for AE
  • Shortcuts in AE
  • Lights
  • Shadows
  • Textures
  • Let's Animate 1
  • Let's Animate 2
  • Next Steps
  • Rendering
  • Final Thoughts

Taught by

Carminys Guzmán

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