Simple Character Animation: Walk Cycle in AE with No Keyframes

Character rigging and animation is an essential part of motion graphics. In this class, I will walk you through simple and easy process where you will learn to build a rig to a simple character and automate walk cycle in seconds. You can share your work as a gif on the internet.

Due to the updates of DUIK ( the free character rigging plugin of After Effects) , walk cycle is not as hard as it was before and it can also be automated without any keyframes.

DUIK free download link here: https://rainboxlab.org/tools/duik/

Today, I will show you the easiest and most efficient way to rig a character and automate a walk cycle. Anyone with basics understanding of After Effects will be able to take this course and follow along.

• Complete professional workflow from storyboard to final render.( AI to AE workflow)
• How to prepare and build character in Illustrator before rigging
• Character rigging
• Automating walk cycle without any keyframes
• Export gif file

This is an introductory course of character rigging and animation, there are a lot of things that we need to cover in this course, so a basic understanding of After Effects will be recommended before taking this course. If you are a beginner and want to learnt After Effects fundamentals, I have other two course that can help you grasp the basics of After Effects before taking this one.

Join our Motion Circles Community, get together with other motion designers and learn together.

How to animate illustration in After Effects. https://skl.sh/3aCoIyH

How to animate logos in After Effects. https://skl.sh/3aPEmqD

Find more character rigging courses on Skillshare Here

Thanks for taking this course and happy animating!

• Introduction
• File Preparation in AI
• Set up files in AE
• Install Duik Bassel for Free
• Character Rigging
• Automate Walk cycle
• Finalize and Export
• Congratulations!