Dynamic Animation with 2D and 3D Illustration
Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 3
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About the video: Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 3
Overview
“In this part of the lesson, we will work on the bottom part of the body and finish the rest of the character.”
In this video lesson Advntr Studio addresses the topic: Starting 2D Animation: Building Your Character in After Effects 3, 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 So for the bottom half, similar to the arms, I'm gonna break up the legs into top, thigh area and then the bottom, so break it up in these two segments. And for the foot, we won't be animating the foot at all here, so I won't worry about separating out the toes or anything like that. I'm gonna create one single shape. We don't need to be so particular of breaking it up into segments. We'll make one singular shape for the foot since it won't be animated. Anything closest to the torso, similar to the arms and the fingers, I'm gon...”
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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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