2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move

Overview

“Now that we have a brief, I will show you my process for doing research and gathering inspiration and references that will help me create an interesting illustration. I like to divide this step of the process into two: visual references and stylistic inspiration. The first round of research is aimed at understanding how to shape or construct elements within my composition, based on real-life references. The second round of research is more about style, colours, and textures. Let's jump right into it!”

In this video lesson Nuria Boj addresses the topic: Reference, Inspiration, and Colour, which is part of the Domestika online course: 2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move. Animate subtle movement in your character designs using After Effects and Procreate..

Partial transcription of the video

“ Reference, Inspiration, and Colour In this lesson, we'll start doing our research and gather inspiration and references to create an interesting illustration for our class. Now that I have a set of keywords, I can narrow down a few references and key visuals that help me create an illustration for my project. Firstly, I'll create a mood board for visual references that will help me define the pose of my character and the sort of animal companion it may have. Maybe also some inspiration in terms of patterns and the sort of flowers that I want my composition to incorporate. The second will ...”

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Course summary for: 2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move

• Level: Beginner
• 97% positive reviews (30)
• 1413 students
• 5 units
• 27 lessons (6h 8m)
• 8 downloads

• Category

  3D & Animation, Illustration

• Software

  Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop, Procreate

• Areas

  2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Digital Illustration