Animated Illustrations Inspired by Nature

Preparation and rigging of characters 1

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

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Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Preparation and rigging of characters 1

Overview

“In this lesson I'm going to start the final stage and prepare the characters for animation. We are going to make a simple rig with the After Effects tools and block the animation with the key frames. I'll start by preparing the insect.”

In this video lesson Andres Rossi | Wildthings Studio addresses the topic: Preparation and rigging of characters 1, 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 start preparing our characters for animation by performing some very simple rigs. I'll show you how. The first thing I'm going to start doing is working with this insect. I'm going to import my animatic, that I put it here inside a folder called mobs, for reference of the timing, how long this shot is going to last and when I have to animate these characters, know more or less exactly how long they will be on screen so as not to over-encourage. But getting back here, let's get into the composition of the bug and let's start to work. What I'm going to do is try...”

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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.