Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
Influences
A course by Desmond Du , Motion Designer
About the video: Influences
Overview
“I will now tell you about the artists and works that have influenced my work and become a major reference for what I do.”
In this video lesson Desmond Du addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design. Take your motion design skills to the next level by learning to code expressions with JavaScript to create complex animation rigs with style.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this lesson, I will share with you some artists and works that have influenced me and my career. The first reference I want to share with you is a tile sequence from Psychopath, Sinners of the System Case 3. So what I really love about this title sequence and also the anime is how technology influenced society And you can see it throughout the iconography used throughout the title sequence right, using geometry shapes, there's a lot of like bits of technology and bytes. you know, symbolize truth like squares and circles. And it also reviews the artifice of this panopticon society. That i...”
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Course summary for: Advanced After Effects: Coding for Motion Design
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Category
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Areas
Animation, Motion Graphics

Desmond Du
A course by Desmond Du
Desmond Du is a Motion Designer based in Savannah, Georgia. He specializes in animation using JavaScript expression rigging and scripting, procedural workflow, tool kitting, and automation. His past experience includes working in broadcast motion graphics at WarnerMedia Studios for brands and networks such as NBA, Turner Classic Movies, E-League, Cartoon Network, and Bleacher Report. He has also done animation work for clients and studios such as STATE Design, ThinkMojo, Saatchi & Saatchi, MTV, Salesforce, SCAD, and ACI Worldwide.
Although he is passionate about motion design, Desmond finds immense joy and fulfillment in teaching, and believes his mission is to help everyone realize their true potential, and transform their design career for the better! Currently, he is an MFA candidate at the Savannah College of Art and Design, with the aim of teaching professionally at a college level.
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