Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects
Colour Boards with One Colour Palette
A course by Yukai Du , Illustrator and Animator
About the video: Colour Boards with One Colour Palette
Overview
“I will start here with a colour board exercise. I will create several storyboards with different colour proportions and combinations using the same palette. The goal is to try as many colour combinations as possible, to widen our colour range, and not to focus on just one possibility. ”
In this video lesson Yukai Du addresses the topic: Colour Boards with One Colour Palette, 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
“ Colour Boards with One Colour Palette In this lesson, we will do a colour board exercise. We will create different storyboards with one colour palette to explore further the potential of transitions. Let's get into it. I will open my Photoshop. I've already got some sketches ready before. You will find this template in this unit with two boxes. I would like you to do the same to create two scenes you would like to do a transition with. For me, I would like to do half of a girl working indoors on her laptop. Then I want to create a transition from her indoors to her standing in a landscape...”
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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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