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Motion Design for Beginners - Illustrator & After Effects Animation Tutorial

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Overview

Dive into a comprehensive 65-minute tutorial on motion design for beginners, focusing on animating in Adobe Illustrator and After Effects. Follow professional graphic designer and animator Jess Riley as she guides you through the process of creating a custom graphic design in Illustrator and bringing it to life with animation in After Effects, all without using plugins. Learn essential techniques such as designing characters, drawing facial features and hands, creating highlights and shadows, and preparing layers for animation. Master the transition from Illustrator to After Effects, including importing files, fixing layer issues, and parenting layers. Explore various animation techniques, including eye movements, sticker background and text animations, and creating a sticker peel effect. Conclude with learning how to use the posterize time effect for an old-school animated look. Perfect for graphic designers looking to add motion to their work or animators wanting to create custom designs in Illustrator.

Syllabus

Intro
Getting started: design inspiration
Creating your character in Illustrator
Drawing eyes: creating layers for animation
Drawing facial features
Drawing hands: quick tips and shortcuts!
Creating highlights and shadows
Creating the rest of the sticker: type on a path tool
Giving the sticker some texture!
Getting our layers ready for After Effects
Moving over from Illustrator to After Effects
Importing your Illustrator file into After Effects
Fixing any small issue on your layers
Parenting layers
Animating the eyes
Animating the sticker background and text layers
Animating the thumbs up!
Creating the sticker peel animation
Using posterize time to create old school animated motion

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Envato Tuts+

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