Loop Animation with Mixed Illustration Techniques
Preparation for animation 1
A course by Itsacat&Goodog , Illustrator and Motion Designer
About the video: Preparation for animation 1
Overview
“In this class, we're going to prepare everything we've developed so far to start animating. We'll start the class by making a simple "Rig" and creating some necessary controllers to start animating the character.”
In this video lesson Itsacat&Goodog addresses the topic: Preparation for animation 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Loop Animation with Mixed Illustration Techniques. Learn to bring your illustrations to life through 2D and 3D animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“Preparation for animation Before we move on to animation, let's create the rig for our character. We will create the main controllers so we can animate it and we'll organize the project to make the animation process easier. Come on. Before we move on and as we're going to have more elements in our project, it's important to keep it organized and visually organize it. For the character geometry, I grouped it into a Null. For each leg individually, I also grouped the new Null, such as the tail, body and neck. For the head geometry, I created a Null, where I grouped all the elements of the hea...”
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Course summary for: Loop Animation with Mixed Illustration Techniques
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Category
3D & Animation, Illustration -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Cinema 4D -
Areas
3D Animation, Animation

Itsacat&Goodog
A course by Itsacat&Goodog
Catarina Alves is an illustrator, designer, and founder of the creative studio Itsacat. Jonas Nunes is a motion designer, 2D and 3D animator, and the brains behind Goodog.tv. productions.
Together they form the mixed-media duo Itsacat & Goodog to work on illustration and animation projects, as well as producing ad campaigns and original social media pieces for names like Amazon, BMW, Nike, Nestlé, SEAT, Torres, and more.
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