Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects
Stylising Transitions 4
A course by Yukai Du , Illustrator and Animator
About the video: Stylising Transitions 4
Overview
“I will now use After Effects to apply the textures I have just created to my animation as well as patterns. You'll also see how to do some colour corrections directly on the software.”
In this video lesson Yukai Du addresses the topic: Stylising Transitions 4, 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
“ Stylising Transitions Now we have our watercolour texture animated in Photoshop. For the next step, we will go to After Effects and apply those textures and patterns to the transition animation. Let's go to After Effects. I will set up a New Composition. For this composition, again, make sure it's the same settings. 1920 x 1080, Square Pixels. I'll go for 24 again because our textures were done in 24. Although the transition is on twos in 12, it's good to keep it open to 24, so we have a bit more freedom in terms of the animation frame rates. For Duration, I'll put it a bit longer for now...”
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Course summary for: Animated Transitions with 2D Illustration & After Effects
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Areas
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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