Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

Put our friend in a background

A course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán , Motiongrapher

Motiongrapher. Madrid, Spain.
Joined January 2009

Learn how to create an animated character, from the initial sketch to the final rigging in After Effects

  • English, Spanish
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11398 students

About the video: Put our friend in a background

Overview

“In this lesson we are going to see how we can introduce our friend into a background and walk through it.”

In this video lesson Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán addresses the topic: Put our friend in a background, which is part of the Domestika online course: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement. Learn how to create an animated character, from the initial sketch to the final rigging in After Effects.

Partial transcription of the video

“IT'S NOT THE END, IT'S THE BEGINNING LESSON 1 We are finally finishing. This unit is called "It's not the end, it's the beginning" because we will see extra tricks and things we can improve so that our virtual colleague has even more life. Some study animation all their lives, so I'm sure you will have entertainment for a while. Since we have our character walking in a precomposition, we'll place it on a stage in such a way that it looks like it is walking around. We will first change the size of this composition at a size of, for example, 1280 x 720. We will do 1920 by 1080, which is Full ...”

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Course summary for: Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

  • Level: Beginner
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11398 students
  • 4 units
  • 16 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 11 downloads
  • Category

    3D & Animation
  • Software

    Adobe After Effects
  • Areas

    2D Animation, Animation, Character Animation, Character Design, Motion Graphics, Rigging

Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán

Carlos Albarrán (Zenzuke) has more than ten years of experience working as a creative director, a 2D and 3D animator, and a motion graphics artist. As a co-founder of the motion design studio Maaambo, he regularly collaborates with some of the most prestigious producers and agencies in Spain. He also combines his creative work with teaching and has been sharing his knowledge on motion graphics and 3D animation for more than six years at some of the most well-known schools and workshops in Madrid, as well as online with Domestika.


English, Spanish
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11398 students
  • 16 lessons (2h 55m)
  • 15 additional resources (11 files)
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  • Audio: English, Spanish
  • Spanish, English, Portuguese, German, French, Italian, Polish, Dutch
  • Level: Beginner
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Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement. 3D, and Animation course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán

Build a Friend: From Pencil to Movement

A course by Carlos "Zenzuke" Albarrán
Motiongrapher. Madrid, Spain.
Joined January 2009
  • 98% positive reviews (323)
  • 11398 students