Animated Illustrations Inspired by Nature

Shapes and Effects Layers

A course by Andres Rossi | Wildthings Studio , Graphic Designer and Animation Director

100% positive reviews (27)

936 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Shapes and Effects Layers

Overview

“Now we are going to redraw some layers that we brought from Photoshop using shape layers and different effects to emulate as much as possible the original design and achieve more freedom when animating.”

In this video lesson Andres Rossi | Wildthings Studio addresses the topic: Shapes and Effects Layers, which is part of the Domestika online course: Animated Illustrations Inspired by Nature. Make your animation project inspired by nature and bring your illustrations to life with After Effects..

Partial transcription of the video

“In this lesson we are going to redraw some of the elements that we brought from Photoshop with layers of shape and different effects to replicate the design as closely as possible but have more freedom when animating. Let's do it. Before I start animating what I'm going to do is import my files. New composition. New composition. Once we have our file here, what we are going to do first is to organize it a bit and separate some layers by color, but also what I am going to do is replicate these designs with shape layers in After Effects. For example, this sheet or some of the elements that if...”

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Course summary for: Animated Illustrations Inspired by Nature

Level: Beginner
100% positive reviews (27)
936 students
5 units
37 lessons (8h 30m)
14 downloads

Category
3D & Animation, Illustration
Software
Adobe After Effects, Adobe Photoshop
Areas
2D Animation, Animated Illustration, Animation, Digital Illustration

Andres Rossi | Wildthings Studio

A course by Andres Rossi | Wildthings Studio

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Graphic Designer and Animation Director

Andrés Rossi es un reconocido diseñador y director de animación y motion graphics. Con su especialidad en contar historias a través de la animación, se ha destacado en proyectos para marcas como MTV, Disney, Nickelodeon, Facebook, Google, NatGeo y Globosat.

Hace algunos años, Andrés dejó su vida en la ciudad para dirigir su estudio de animación en las montañas, donde encuentra inspiración en la naturaleza para sus proyectos cotidianos. Su enfoque va más allá de las herramientas utilizadas y se centra en los conceptos que dan vida a sus animaciones, ya sea en 2D tradicional, cut-out o 3D.

Andrés tiene una pasión por trabajar en proyectos alineados con sus valores éticos, como la naturaleza, la vida salvaje, la ecología, las energías renovables y temas relacionados con el comportamiento y la salud humana. Su enfoque artesanal y su dedicación a cada acción y keyframe le permiten contar historias cautivadoras a través de la animación.