Dive into the world of digital lettering and animation in this comprehensive live tutorial with lettering artist Belinda Kou. Follow along as she creates and animates two custom food-themed quotes using Adobe Fresco. Learn techniques for creating wiggle animations, animating on paths, and developing strategies for complex animations like drippy pizza cheese. Gain insights into freelancing, licensing art, and social media strategies for artists. Explore tips for improving hand lettering, book recommendations, and valuable Fresco features. Discover the process of animating cloud typography, timing effects, and creating floating motions. Benefit from Belinda's experience in client work, project completion, and navigating the creative industry.
Overview
Syllabus
Start
Belinda’s work
Overview of the work so far - Pizza illustration walkthrough
Creating motion - making a “wiggle” animation
Animating on a path in Fresco
Strategy for “drippy pizza” animation
Drawing the frames for the drippy cheese
Previewing the frames - making adjustments
Creating sparkle wiggle animation
Discussing output for Instagram
Belinda’s tips for showing work/finding clients
Animating clouds with paths
Switching to the Good Soup illustration
Benefits of TikTok
Tips for improving hand lettering - book recommendations
Hungrily Ever After project overview
Belinda’s freelance experience - licensing art
Starting to animate the Good Soup cloud type
Timing the Good Soup “poof” out
Client work and jobs that led to more work
Continuing to animate the clouds in Good Soup
Belinda’s favorite soups - dialing in the animation
Belinda’s social media strategy
Artist Spotlight of Huyen Dinh https://www.behance.net/HuyenDinh
Belinda continues her Good Soup animation
Working with clients when they want to license outdated work
Animating the spoon with a floating motion
Fresco Tips - color margin fill - snap line - shape tools - ruler
How Belinda finishes a project in Fresco
Recap and wrap-up
Taught by
Adobe Creative Cloud
