https://www.skillshare.com/classes/Create-a-looping-character-animation-in-After-Effects/804915406

In this class I will show you how to animate a character illustration in After Effects. We will go over how to make a looping animation that any beginner or intermediate student can accomplish.

Preparing an illustration to animate
We will go over different ways to separate sections of a character for animating
Rigging a character
Shows how to properly prepare each section of your character in after effects for animating
Animating
Here are the specific parts that we will animate
Head
Hair
Arm
Coat
Eyes - blinking and moving
Accessories
Finishing touches
We will go over ways to finalize an animation
This includes how to render it out both in and out of After Effects