Adobe After Effects for Character Animation

Overview

“Now we will take into account some actions that could arise as a contrast to make our animation more interesting. We will play a bit with the flexibility of our character. Finally we are going to tweak the layout a bit to accentuate our animation and make it look even more interesting.”

In this video lesson Facundo López addresses the topic: Change of expression 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Course 4: Start Animating. Go from the planning to action and animate in a convincing and expressive way.

Partial transcription of the video

“Initially. consider what might contrast this action. For example. i observe that currently. the head is shifting to the other position in a manner that's too linear. as I previously noted. This linearity could be So what comes to mind is to first... Make the mouth fold wide open. as if it were. i don’t know. in motion. Like someone eager to consume that insect. only to conclude with a firmly shut mouth. capturing the essence of a decisive action. This mouth is another element. It's an element with a closed mouth. So. let's focus on the transition. At this point. we'll replace it. This was a...”

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Course summary for: Course 4: Start Animating

• Level: Beginner
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