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Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life

Preparation for Animation: Basic Knowledge and Analysation

A course by Yukai Du , Illustrator and Animator

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About the video: Preparation for Animation: Basic Knowledge and Analysation

Overview

“Before getting into After Effects, let's keep it simple and analyse how the animation is going to work. Here I'll show you how to draw up an animation plan.”

In this video lesson Yukai Du addresses the topic: Preparation for Animation: Basic Knowledge and Analysation, 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, I will talk about some basic knowledge of animation to consider before starting. In order to know how our design can be animated, We need to know what we want to do in the animation and what program can achieve it. If you need to do any animation without changing the shape or characters too much, you can actually do in optic fed by using keyframes. Some things like if you just need to animate position, scale, rotation or color changes. It's more efficient if you're doing after effects than do it by frame by frame. However, if you're doing uptake bets, it might not look as cr...”

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Course summary for: Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (246)
9184 students
5 units
26 lessons (6h 8m)
7 downloads

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

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Illustrator and Animator

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.