2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move
A course by Nuria Boj , Digital illustrator and Motion Designer
Joined November 2021
Animate subtle movement in your character designs using After Effects and Procreate.
Animate subtle movement in your character designs using After Effects and Procreate.
¨Animation is the perfect discipline to enhance our characters, captivate the viewer’s attention and immerse them in the narrative of your artwork¨, says the experienced digital illustrator and motion designer Nuria Boj. She's worked with Stoke to create looping animations for an Adobe project, created a Google Doodle representing the Scottish team on the 2019 Fifa Women's World Cup. She has been commissioned by Studio Bullpen to illustrate collaboration, togetherness and creativity and also, collaborated with various animation studios such as Ordinary Folk, designing for motion on a wide variety of projects.
In this online course, Nuria shows you how to implement simple animations to a character illustration using After Effects. She also teaches you to use Procreate to enhance details in your composition. The final project will be a looping animation of your own character, ready to share online. Give a special spark to your illustrations and bring them to life!
What will you learn in this online course?
27 lessons & 31 downloads
- 96% positive reviews (25)
- 1,266 students
- 27 lessons (6h 8m)
- 31 additional resources (8 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: English
- English · Spanish · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
Recommended software for this course
Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
ProcreateWhat is this course's project?
Animate a 2D illustration of a main character, with other narrative elements in the background.
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to add subtle, looping animations to their illustrations.
Requirements and materials
Students should be familiar with After Effects and Procreate.
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.
Reviews
Nuria Boj is a digital illustrator and motion designer based in Scotland. She found her passion for all things digital at a young age when her mother taught her how to use a computer. She became interested in using Photoshop and creating her own animated GIFs to develop forum signatures and blogs.
Nuria moved from her native Spain to Edinburgh to study Graphic Design in 2016 and started using her free time to learn how to master After Effects. Eventually, realized her passion was in motion graphics. Since beginning work as a freelance motion designer, she has developed work for Google, such as a Google Doodle representing the Fifa Women's World Cup and created a series of blog animated illustrations for Stoke, on their Adobe project.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Getting Started
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The Creative Brief
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Reference, Inspiration, and Colour
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Rough Sketch and Colour Script 1
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Rough Sketch and Colour Script 2
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Refining the Illustration 1
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Refining the Illustration 2
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U3
Preparing for the Animation
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What Are the Principles of Animation?
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Planning the Animation
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The After Effects Interface
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U4
Animation in After Effects and Procreate
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After Effects: Basic Character Animation 1
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After Effects: Basic Character Animation 2
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After Effects: Basic Character Animation 3
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After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 1
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After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 2
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After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 3
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After Effects: The Character’s Clothes
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After Effects: Animating Flowers and Details 1
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After Effects: Animating Flowers and Details 2
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Procreate: Animating the Leaf 1
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Procreate: Animating the Leaf 2
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After Effects: Combining and Adjusting
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U5
Extras, Rendering, and Sharing
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Adding Reflections
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Colour Adjustments and Glow
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Rendering for Social Media 1
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Rendering for Social Media 2
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FP
Final project
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2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
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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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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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
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
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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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Adobe After Effects
Adobe Photoshop
Procreate
yesimdesignerx
It was a great learning. The course is very well explained, Just that you need to have idea about character design and drawing, thats a pre requisite I feel but other than that the main motive of this course was animation and it did fulfill that.. So definitely I would recommend people to try this.
crystal_flakes
Me encantó!
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namiss
Gostei muito do curso. Explicação fácil e de rápido entendimento pra quem ja tem uma pequena prática com os programas. Recomendo!
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artpaccino
me gustó mucho! tiene info que otros cursos no mencionan, ya que en otros cursos dan por sentado que uno las sabe.
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julia.bartelsart
Ich bin sehr zufrieden. I am happy.
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