Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects
Connecting One Storyboard with Different Transitions
A course by Yukai Du , Illustrator and Animator
About the video: Connecting One Storyboard with Different Transitions
Overview
“How can a scene transform into another? I will teach you a second exercise to help you see all the different possibilities that exist for creating a transition between two scenes.”
In this video lesson Yukai Du addresses the topic: Connecting One Storyboard with Different Transitions, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects. Create seamless and organic animated transitions from scratch by exploring color, shape, texture, pattern, and timing using both analog and digital techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ Connecting One Storyboard with Different Transitions In this lesson, we'll do an exercise to explore the possibilities of how one scene can be transformed into another. In the previous exercise, we did so many squares and circles, and I would like you to choose one from the squares and one from the circles for this exercise. If you used a different phrase in the last exercise, you can choose one from each set for this exercise, and try to connect them together. In real-life projects, you would need to think about what designs would fit your narrative the best what would fit your work time...”
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Course summary for: Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects
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2D Animation, Animation, Digital Illustration

Yukai Du
A course by Yukai Du
Yukai Du is a Chinese-born illustrator and animator based in London, UK. At just 15 years old, she began training at GuangZhou Academy of Fine Arts where she learned to work with acrylic and still life paintings, pencil drawings, and sculpture. From there, she went on to study animation at college, where her traditional art skills were put into practice. It was there that she discovered her passion for creating craft-like illustrations and animations, and she later moved to London to pursue a Master’s degree in those art forms.
After graduating, she worked at various studios in the UK including M-I-E and Bliink. Since then, as a freelancer, she has collaborated with well-known brands including The New Yorker, Spotify, The Guardian, MTV, Adobe, Apple, and WeTransfer. Her work has also been recognized by Adobe Design Awards, 3x3 International Illustration Awards, and more.
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