Dynamic Animation with 2D and 3D Illustration
Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 1
A course by Advntr Studio , Animation Studio
About the video: Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 1
Overview
“In this lesson, let's head back to After Effects to build and rig our character for animation.”
In this video lesson Advntr Studio addresses the topic: Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Dynamic Animation with 2D and 3D Illustration. Learn to create original animations by combining different formats of digital illustration.
Partial transcription of the video
“Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects Willy's done with 3D animation. In this lesson, we'll build our 2D character in After Effects and prep them for animation. It's time to make our character move, but first we need to get set up in our After Effects file. We'll start building and rigging out our character. An important thing to do before starting animation is organizing your file, bringing in all your assets and labeling everything correctly. You are setting yourself up for success, so the more clarity and organization here, the better. I have After Effects open ...”
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Course summary for: Dynamic Animation with 2D and 3D Illustration
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D -
Areas
2D Animation, 3D, 3D Animation, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Advntr Studio
A course by Advntr Studio
After graduating from Parsons School of Design in New York City, Willie and Jill Russell started working freelance in their respective disciplines. Willie worked with motion and production studios, and Jill with marketing agencies. After collaborating on various projects, clients began requesting the married duo as a team. Thus, in 2014, Brooklyn-based Advntr Studio was born.
Willie has worked with renowned animation studios like Buck, Imaginary Forces, Perception, Ready Set Rocket, First Born, and more. Jill has freelanced for agencies such as AKQA, Havas Worldwide, HUGE, Method, and Loyal Kaspar. Together, they've collaborated for brands like Google, Dell, JP Morgan, Verizon, and Marvel Studios.
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