Isometric Animation with Illustrator and After Effects

Animating the Main Objects 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: Animating the Main Objects 1

Overview

“The illustration is finished, but it doesn't move yet. It's time to animate some elements of the image to bring it to life! In this lesson, I will show you how to animate your favorite object using keyframes that are smoothed with the speed graph. I will talk about how to parent things, and how and where to add expressions. Another part of the process will be masking and playing with paths, using the downloaded plug-ins and the “by hand method”. ”

In this video lesson Ana Pérez López addresses the topic: Animating the Main Objects 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

“ Animating the Main Objects We'll move to the fun part of the project: animating what we've drawn. We'll be using keyframes, Speed Graph, expressions, and a lot of what After Effects has to offer. Don't get overwhelmed because we'll go through it step by step. Eventually, it'll become second nature to you. We'll use the After Effects plug-ins we've talked about, which are EaseCopy and Motion Tools. However, you can follow without them. Feel free to go along with the files that I provided, use them as your practice, and then do the real important thing with your own project. The most compli...”

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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.