Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement
Under construction 3
A course by Martín Tognola , Illustrator
About the video: Under construction 3
Overview
“Now comes the time to animate the character's thumb and stretched nose.”
In this video lesson Martín Tognola addresses the topic: Under construction 3, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement. Learn how to use animation as a narrative tool to emphasize an idea and develop a concept.
Partial transcription of the video
“Under Construction Just as we've animated our Twitter bird before, now we're going to animate our thumb. Set aside what we've done so far in our timeline. I'm adding a layer at the beginning. For now, I'm working on both. We have our bird animation. Now we're going to work on our thumb animation and then we're going to figure out how to connect these two animations so they become part of the same illustration. Now what we need to do is, with our background selected, we're going to add a frame. Now we're going to start from scratch, from our frame one, where we're going to work on. I have to...”
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Course summary for: Animated Illustration in Procreate: Tell a Story with Movement
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Procreate -
Areas
Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Narrative, Traditional illustration

Martín Tognola
A course by Martín Tognola
Martín Tognola is an Argentinian illustrator who has been living in Barcelona for more than half of his life. He has over 25 years of experience in the industry and specializes in print publications and editorial content. His work can be found in major newspapers, magazines, and ads around the world. As the media transitioned to the digital era, Martin adapted by adding animated loops to his repertoire.
His client list includes The Washington Post, The New York Times, Time Out Barcelona, BMW, Samsung, Citibank, and Budweiser. Since 2015, he has regularly collaborated with The Wall Street Journal, The Telegraph Magazine, and La Vanguardia where he publishes an animated GIF every week in the digital issue and illustrates the opinion column written by journalist Jordi Évole.
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