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.

Here's what will be covered:

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

Who am I:

My name is Katie. I am an illustrator and graphic designer who loves to animate in after effects.

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Music Attribution:

Where The Waves Take Us |Sugar Coat | Alone Time | Shipwreck Cove | Crescent Moon | by Purrple Cat https://purrplecat.com/

On My Way | Still Awake |Morning Routine | by Ghostrifter Official https://soundcloud.com/ghostrifter-official

Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

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Wish You Were Here | Floating Castle | by Purrple Cat https://purrplecat.com/

Music promoted on https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)

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