Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media

Animating the Main Elements 2

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: Animating the Main Elements 2

Overview

“I will continue working on the animation of the main elements of the illustration with After Effects. I will focus mainly on the movement of the eyelashes and the eyelid when the eye is closed.”

In this video lesson Carlos Alegría addresses the topic: Animating the Main Elements 2, 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

“Animate main elements I already have my animated tab. In the end I have used all these frames and the result goes like this. This is the blink. And then once I have this same tab, it's about doing the rest, that I have them hidden here and I have already done them using that as a reference. These are all our eyelashes and, copying the movement of that one, more or less because I have also done it by hand, now all the tabs move us. It's just about going one by one. So if I hit play, this is the move I already feel comfortable with. Things to keep in mind? The volume or weight of things. For ...”

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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.