Basics of Character Animation with After Effects
Comparison
A course by Yimbo Escárrega , Animator and motion grapher
About the video: Comparison
Overview
“Now we will put together all the animations in a single composition and, we will make a render with which we can see the great difference that makes applying these principles to our animations.”
In this video lesson Yimbo Escárrega addresses the topic: Comparison, which is part of the Domestika online course: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects. Learn to bring your characters to life and showcase their true personality.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, we will take all the animations that we did before and we will put them together in a video. This video will serve as a reference, like to compare and see the importance of applying these principles to our animations. Let's see from the linear we did at the beginning, which is boring and robotic, until the latter, that of "squash and stretch", which is seen with much more life, with personality. And although we only made little balls, it implies that it has a certain weight, which is made with certain material, and, well, let's put it together. Here we have our five animatio...”
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Course summary for: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects
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Category
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Software
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Areas
3D Animation, Animation, Character Animation

Yimbo Escárrega
A course by Yimbo Escárrega
Yimbo is a graphic and motion designer from Tijuana who has vast professional experience in the field of animation. In 2007, he founded Black Dog studio where he worked with companies like Aeroméxico, Sprite, adidas, and Sony Vaio. He then switched roles to animation lead at Pictoline in 2015, adding motion to stories that were shared daily on social media. The experience he gained during his time there gave him the ability to create animation at the speed of light.
Yimbo currently works as a freelancer and regularly collaborates on different projects and with other designers like Eraboy and Charles Glaubitz.
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