Professional Animation for Brands on Social Media
A course by Yimbo Escárrega , Animator and Motion Grapher
Learn to create striking animations that convey the values of a brand and engage your audience
Learn to create striking animations that convey the values of a brand and engage your audience
With social media dominating the internet, in order to be a successful business you need to know how to captivate users with your content and tell them a story. So, what if you did it with motion? According to designer Yimbo, there's no better way to express the values and style of a brand than with dynamic animations.
In this course, learn how to efficiently create professional animations for brands on social media and transform any campaign into an unforgettable one with scroll-stopping content.
If this course leaves you hungry for more and you'd like to continue learning about how to tell stories in motion, check out Yimbo's other courses: Basics of Character Animation with After Effects and Express Animation for Social Media with After Effects.
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 34 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (98)
- 4,092 students
- 17 lessons (3h 52m)
- 34 additional resources (22 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Illustrator
Adobe PhotoshopWhat is this course's project?
Create four different animations for a brand: a logo, a post, a story, and a sticker for Instagram.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Designers, marketers, and communication experts who create social media content for their clients and want to bring it to life by offering animation.
Requirements and materials
To take this course, you need basic knowledge of Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, and After Effects.
New to Adobe After Effects? In that case, we recommend taking Domestika Basics courses to learn how to use the software: Introduction to After Effects.
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A course by Yimbo Escárrega
Yimbo is a designer and motion grapher from Tijuana who has more than a decade of experience in animation. In 2007, he founded Black Dog studio where he worked with companies like Aeroméxico, Sprite, adidas, and Sony Vaio. He then switched roles to animation lead at Pictoline in 2015, adding motion to stories that were shared daily on social media. The experience he gained during his time there gave him the ability to create animation at the speed of light.
Yimbo currently works as a freelancer and regularly collaborates on different projects and with other designers like Eraboy and Charles Glaubitz.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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Presentation
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Influences
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U2
The logo
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Plan an animated logo
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Prepare the logo
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Animate the logo 1
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Animate the logo 2
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Logo render
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U3
The post
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Plan the post
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Prepare the file
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Animate post 1
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Animate post 2
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Animate post 3
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Render of the post
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U4
Story and sticker
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Animate a story
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Animate a sticker 1
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Animate a sticker 2
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How to publish your stickers
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FP
Final project
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Professional Animation for Brands on Social Media
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
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Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
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Inicié trabajado en Motion graphics y el entorno de las animaciones para publicidad hace un tiempo, pero con este curso realmente pude pulir ciertas técnicas que pasaba por alto, realmente muy recomendable, las unidades muy directas e interactivas, además de un contenido completo y bien explicado, excelente maestro.
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