Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media

Creating the Illustration 4

A course by Carlos Alegría , Animation Director and Illustrator

100% positive reviews (53)

2,073 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Creating the Illustration 4

Overview

“I'm going to focus on some details of the illustration to perfect it with Illustrator.”

In this video lesson Carlos Alegría addresses the topic: Creating the Illustration 4, 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

“Create the illustration We already have our illustration completely vectorized. I personally feel comfortable with this design, I already consider that it is ready to be animated. I have been changing some things along the way regarding the sketch, but basically I have respected everything that we had proposed. I changed the colors a bit I have added this kind of rectangle behind to frame the illustration a bit, has simplified eyes and I've been updating the design a bit as I go. It is something that will also happen in animation when we add details, like some textures, or let's change the ...”

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

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (53)
2073 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.