Basics of Character Animation with After Effects
A course by Yimbo Escárrega , Animator and motion grapher
Learn to bring your characters to life and showcase their true personality
Learn to bring your characters to life and showcase their true personality
Ready to breathe life into your animated characters? Motion designer and animator Yimbo has extensive professional experience in the field and is ready to help you do just that. His collaborations with brands like Sony, MTV, adidas, and Sprite alongside his 365 Rounds project continue to make him a pioneer in the area of motion design.
In his online course Express Animation for Social Media with After Effects, Yimbo introduces you to the process of developing motion graphics projects in record time for digital platforms. Now, in this online course, use After Effects to discover the basic principles of animation and the techniques you can use to bring your creations to life.
What will you learn in this online course?
37 lessons & 23 downloads
- 99% positive reviews (387)
- 11,370 students
- 37 lessons (5h 48m)
- 23 additional resources (16 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · Italian · French · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe After EffectsWhat is this course's project?
Prepare several animations for your characters, from the simplest to the most complicated.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Illustrators, designers, animators, and anyone else interested in learning how to bring their characters to life with Adobe After Effects.
Requirements and materials
Basic knowledge of Adobe After Effects and intermediate knowledge of Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator are required.
In terms of materials, you need a computer with Adobe After Effects, Illustrator, and Photoshop. If you have the CC 2017 or 2018 version, you can download and use the files that Yimbo shares throughout the course.
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 graphic and motion designer from Tijuana who has vast professional experience in the field of 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 - Top 5
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U2
Your first animation
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Our first project
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Position
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Rotation
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Opacity and Scale
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Final animation
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Render
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U3
Your second animation
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The principles of animation
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Ease In - Ease Out
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Anticipation
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Follow Through
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Squash & Stretch
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Comparison
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U4
Illustration for animation
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After Effects + Photoshop
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After Effects + Illustrator
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U5
Avatar
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Illustration
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Organizing the project
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Rigging
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It's alive - Part 1
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It's alive - Part 2
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But I do not illustrate in Photoshop
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U6
Complete character
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Illustration
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Importing into After Effects
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Rig of an arm
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Skeleton
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Ready, loop!
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U7
Take a walk!
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Animating the torso
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Animating the legs
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Animating the arms
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Follow Through and secondary animation
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U8
The promo
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Storyboard
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Setting the scene
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How to animate in Photoshop?
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Importing into AfterEffects
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Final composition - Part 1
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Final composition - Part 2
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FP
Final project
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Your own animated character
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Meet expert teachers
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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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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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iamatt86
Genial, muy practico y comprensible lo que llevo del curso muy recomendado
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sanjosecamino
PlusManejo el programa desde hace muchos años y con este curso he aprendido muchísimo. El contenido es muy profesional y contiene un flujo de trabajo para animar personajes muy bueno. Lo recomiendo al 100%
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veleg83
Genial!
fuyagatzu
esta buenisimo
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saytamayo
Es un curso super increíble y me ha ayudado a mucho a pulir mis animaciones de personajes
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