2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move

Animate subtle movement in your character designs using After Effects and Procreate.

• Introduction
• Getting Started
• Preparing for the Animation
• Animation in After Effects and Procreate
• Extras, Rendering, and Sharing
• Final project

¨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!

• About Me
• Influences
• The Creative Brief
• Reference, Inspiration, and Colour
• Rough Sketch and Colour Script 1
• Rough Sketch and Colour Script 2
• Refining the Illustration 1
• Refining the Illustration 2
• What Are the Principles of Animation?
• Planning the Animation
• The After Effects Interface
• After Effects: Basic Character Animation 1
• After Effects: Basic Character Animation 2
• After Effects: Basic Character Animation 3
• After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 1
• After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 2
• After Effects: Overlapping Character Movement 3
• After Effects: The Character’s Clothes
• After Effects: Animating Flowers and Details 1
• After Effects: Animating Flowers and Details 2
• Procreate: Animating the Leaf 1
• Procreate: Animating the Leaf 2
• After Effects: Combining and Adjusting
• Adding Reflections
• Colour Adjustments and Glow
• Rendering for Social Media 1
• Rendering for Social Media 2
• 2D Animations: Make Your Character Illustrations Move