Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life
Thumbnails
A course by Yukai Du , Illustrator and Animator
About the video: Thumbnails
Overview
“First, you'll start working on your storyboards in thumbnails on paper. ”
In this video lesson Yukai Du addresses the topic: Thumbnails, which is part of the Domestika online course: Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life. Transform your unique drawings into playful motion graphics with Photoshop, After Effects, and Animate.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we are going to sketch our initial ideas on paper for our storyboards. And we're going to put them in boxes to have an idea how the animation will progress. Static animation sometimes can be intimidating. because there's so many things you need to think about. I always start my animation with the easy and simple steps. doodling on paper. So I'm going to do something on my notebook now. Don't worry if you need to draw it over and over again, because that's exactly the way to help us to think and develop our ideas and get our storyboard in a good shape. and you can keep your m...”
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Course summary for: Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Animate, Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
2D Animation, Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Motion Graphics, Traditional illustration
Yukai Du
A course by Yukai Du
Yukai Du is a Chinese-born illustrator and animator based in London, UK. At just 15 years old, she began training at GuangZhou Academy of Fine Arts where she learned to work with acrylic and still life paintings, pencil drawings, and sculpture. From there, she went on to study animation at college, where her traditional art skills were put into practice. It was there that she discovered her passion for creating craft-like illustrations and animations, and she later moved to London to pursue a Master’s degree in those art forms.
After graduating, she worked at various studios in the UK including M-I-E and Bliink. Since then, as a freelancer, she has collaborated with well-known brands including The New Yorker, Spotify, The Guardian, MTV, Adobe, Apple, and WeTransfer. Her work has also been recognized by Adobe Design Awards, 3x3 International Illustration Awards, and more.
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