Isometric Animation with Illustrator and After Effects

Textures 1

A course by Ana Pérez López , Illustrator and Animation Director

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1,943 students

Audio: English

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About the video: Textures 1

Overview

“Textures are quite hard to manage on Adobe Illustrator. For that reason, I work with them in Adobe Photoshop, import them back into Illustrator, and then export the fully finished illustration. I recommend keeping your textures in a folder just in case. ”

In this video lesson Ana Pérez López addresses the topic: Textures 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Isometric Animation with Illustrator and After Effects. Learn to how play with lines, shapes, and perspective to create isometric illustrations in Adobe Illustrator and bring them to life with After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“ Textures Textures are quite hard to manage in Illustrator. For that reason, we'll work with them in Photoshop. Feel free to use whatever you usually do with textures. I like working with brushes. Make sure that you do everything in layers because then we'll export them as PNGs and use them in our animation in After Effects. However you decide to approach your textures, make sure that you make everything in layers. We'll export them as PNGs and then work with them in After Effects. Texture is one of those things that you might not think about much if you are used to working with vector ill...”

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Course summary for: Isometric Animation with Illustrator and After Effects

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (36)
1943 students
5 units
31 lessons (7h 22m)
8 downloads

Category
3D & Animation, Illustration
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
2D Animation, Animation, Digital Illustration, Vector Illustration

Ana Pérez López

A course by Ana Pérez López

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Illustrator and Animation Director

Madrid native Ana Pérez López is a digital illustrator and animator based in London. As a restless spirit, she’s changed career paths and countries multiple times, but has always been driven by storytelling. She started as a journalist in Chile and went on to study animation in California before landing in the UK. Her illustration style is characterized by expressive color palettes, playful shapes, and a creative use of perspective that adds a touch of surrealism to her art.

Since switching from written to visual narratives, Ana has worked with clients like Culture Trip, Spotify, Vimeo, Samsung, UN Women, The New York Times, Harvard Business Review, and The Economist. Her films have been featured at festivals such as SXSW and have earned her several awards, including a Young Guns in 2020 and an Emmy for her collaboration on an animated short for CNN.