Basics of Character Animation with After Effects
Rig of an arm
A course by Yimbo Escárrega , Animator and motion grapher
About the video: Rig of an arm
Overview
“We will learn to use the tool DUIK, a free script that will help us to create the skeleton of our character and in this lesson we will use it to create a simple one arm rig. ”
In this video lesson Yimbo Escárrega addresses the topic: Rig of an arm, 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
“That tool has already become almost a standard to animate characters in After Effects, since it's quite complete. I use it every time I am going to animate 4 00:00:15,720 --> 00:00:17,680 a new character and the coolest It’s free. So let's try. Now that we have our file, more or less, organized, let's start with the Rig. But before passing to the full body Rig, let's do the Rig from the opposite arm to go step by step and get to know the process. For this we will be using Duik again and, if you remember, last time we focused only in this second section of Links and Constraints, and we we...”
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Course summary for: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects
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Category
3D & Animation -
Software
Adobe After Effects -
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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