Isometric Animation with Illustrator and After Effects

Textures 2

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 2

Overview

“In this lesson, I will apply texture to the different elements of my illustration like the light poles and the trees. Remember, even textures that are subtle can bring a lot of character and personality to your work. I will use different kinds of brushes, because this is my preference, but feel free to experiment with your preferred tools to add textures to your illustration.”

In this video lesson Ana Pérez López addresses the topic: Textures 2, 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 The next thing we'll make are these lights. Remember, W to select where you want to put your texture. Then, make sure to make a new layer, select the colour that you want, and let's see if an Overlay will look good here. I'm trying things out. In this case, I'm having the opposite problem where my texture is a bit too big than what I would like it to be. We will make the texture big and then, we will make it smaller. To transform something, you click Cmd + T. That will allow us to scale it. These are also the panels for Cmd + T. If you click Shift, you can scale it but not lose t...”

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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.