Animated Illustrations with After Effects for Social Media

Final Details: Textures 2

A course by Carlos Alegría , Animation Director and Illustrator

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2,073 students

Audio: Spanish

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About the video: Final Details: Textures 2

Overview

“Now I'm going to roughen up some strokes and apply different effects for a more handcrafted look.”

In this video lesson Carlos Alegría addresses the topic: Final Details: Textures 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

“Final details: textures Let's try to give it this rough effect now according to what strokes or according to what forms that interest us. For example, a highly recommended technique for individual strokes, like these by the hand or like this that could be above the eye or some that we have here in the chalice... They look very straight and vector, so let's try to give them this rough look. If I enter the hand, for example, here we see what we have. We have the bottom of the hand, this kind of mask, and all the strokes on top. This way to make the stroke more dynamic it is done directly on t...”

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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.