Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media

Sketches of Various Ideas 1

A course by Carlos Alegría , Animation Director and Illustrator

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2,095 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Sketches of Various Ideas 1

Overview

“It's time to pick up the pencil. In this lesson, you will make the first sketches and explore different ideas. When you have the illustration that suits you best, I'll show you how to clean it up a bit and make some quick color blocks to guess how it might end up.”

In this video lesson Carlos Alegría addresses the topic: Sketches of Various Ideas 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media. Learn animation techniques to bring your vector illustrations to life using After Effects and discover how to stand out on social media.

Partial transcription of the video

“Sketches of various ideas Now it is time to pick up the pencil. In this lesson we will develop our first ideas making some very quick sketches. We will take the one that we like the most and we will try to clean it a little. As a result of that we will make a color block to try different color combinations and know where the shots of our illustration are going to go. Let's see it. Simply here I will tell you to follow your process. Try to stay true to the process with which you feel comfortable and don't worry about how other people do it. For example, I usually make some pretty dirty sketc...”

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Course summary for: Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (53)
2095 students
4 units
22 lessons (4h 55m)
7 downloads

Category
3D & Animation
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator
Areas
2D Animation, Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration, Traditional illustration

Carlos Alegría

A course by Carlos Alegría

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Animation Director and Illustrator

Carlos Alegría is a graphic designer specialized in illustration and animation in the field of motion graphics. His favorite personal projects are turning illustrations into animated GIFs—short pieces where the illustration comes to life thanks to the animation and reels in the viewer with a new narrative layer.

He has worked for several years as a freelancer for animation studios and international brands, with a particular focus on new technologies. He currently works as an art director at Bien, a motion graphics studio in Los Angeles. His primary focus is the storytelling aspect of the projects they create.