Expressive Typography in Motion with After Effects
Textural Additions
A course by Mat Voyce , Graphic and Motion Designer
About the video: Textural Additions
Overview
“Now that we have a kick-ass, character-filled type animation, we can have a look at a few little effects to help bring softness and a handmade feeling to our piece.”
In this video lesson Mat Voyce addresses the topic: Textural Additions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Typography in Motion with After Effects. Learn to create letterforms filled with personality and bring them to life through playful animation.
Partial transcription of the video
“So in this lesson, we're going to jump straight back into After Effects and I'm going to show you how to add really subtle textures that will just lift your design off the screen yet again. and give it kind of slight handcrafted feel. It's really going to step it up. It's super simple to follow and really fun to execute. It's a good thing to play with and kind of experiment with. So let's jump straight into After Effects. and apply this textural effect. what I'm going to do first of all. Is I'm going to jump straight into layer, Go Noob. And get adjustment layer. Adjustment layers are basic...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Typography in Motion with After Effects
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Category
3D & Animation, Calligraphy & Typography -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator -
Areas
3D Animation, Animation, Kinetic Typography, Motion Graphics, Typography

Mat Voyce
A course by Mat Voyce
Mat Voyce’s passion for design roots back to his childhood, when he won a cover design contest for Futurama comics held by Matt Greoning, himself. He studied graphic design at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. Since then, his career in graphic and motion design has flourished. He specializes in 2D animation, and describes his work as “experimenting with kinetic typography, infusing letterforms with character and creating animated GIFs, stickers and short films for clients globally.”
His client list includes Adobe, Disney+, BBC, Nike, Netflix, Lacoste, The Los Angeles Times, Facebook, Honda, GoDaddy, Kimemaster, GIPHY and EFFA. Mat’s work has been featured in publications for PRINT Mag, typegoodness, The Designest, Wix, Loop, WeChat and others. He was also voted one of the Top 5 GIPHY Artists in 2020.
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