Do you want to get started in character animation? Well, if you just starting out or have been dabbling in it for a little while then this class is for you! This is a two-part series, covering character creation and then animation.
In part one we will be designing and rigging a charter completely in After Effects. No need to worry about downloading or paying for third-party plugins either.

You designed a character, gave him a name and a personality, but not sure where to go next? This class will help you get there!

I’m Amanda Frens, a Communication and Multimedia Design student, specialising in illustration and animation. Over the last couple years I've been so inspired by others and learned so many, that I really wanted to share and give some of that knowledge back.
In this course I want to show you how to create a character in Adobe Illustrator and make it ready for Adobe After Effects. In Adobe After Effects I'll show you how to rig the character with the free plug-in duik and then we can start on some dance moves!

https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Character-Animation-Make-Funny-Animated-Loops-with-After-Effects/1567942715

We will start preparing the designs in Adobe Illustrator so we can work effectively in After Effects.

Then, we will get in touch with the After Effects interface and prepare our character to animate it simply.

Next, I will show you how to easily animate the character and 4 different ways to create amazing animated loops.

To finish, you will do an extra exercise to apply everything you have learned by making a character animation from scratch.

In this class, I show you all the steps I take to create a character animation with Callipeg.