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After Effects Blueprint: Master After Effects & Achieve Success Without Years of Learning!

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Lessons in This Class

    • 1.

      Course Trailer

      2:23

    • 2.

      Class Project

      0:40

    • 3.

      Two Problems You will face

      1:50

    • 4.

      Ae Blueprint Explained!

      2:37

    • 5.

      Habits for Animation Skills-1

      6:26

    • 6.

      Habits for Animation Skills-2

      4:14

    • 7.

      Mastering Animation:Graph, Rigging, & 12 Principles

      2:44

    • 8.

      90 Days Of Ae: Day 1-60

      4:59

    • 9.

      90 Days Of Ae: Day 60-90

      3:56

    • 10.

      Overlooked Key to Creativity

      3:06

    • 11.

      Resourcefulness: Overcoming Limitations

      3:28

    • 12.

      Learning to Get Clients as a Beginner

      3:47

    • 13.

      You may not like this!

      0:27

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Abhishek used After Effects Blueprint to become a successful motion designer, going from being broke to owning his own animation studio!

Course Highlights:

  • Breakthrough secret insights from what’s already working
  • Easily imitate proven systems that generated profits & results
  • Save Time and Money with After Effects Blueprint
  • A Systematic Approach to Learning After Effects
  • An easy implementation to skyrocket your career

Who is this course for?

  • For beginners in animators who aspire to become highly paid professionals.
  • For individuals who lack skills for preparation for real-life animation projects.
  • For those looking to turn their passion for animation into a marketable skill and pursue a professional career in motion design, including creating animations for clients and generating income.

Course Outline:

  • Overcome common challenges: Confusion from numerous online tutorials and lack of preparation for real-life animation projects
  • Structured approach: Provides a clear and efficient learning path for mastering After Effects
  • Develop essential habits: Cultivate specific habits that make a significant difference in a motion designer's career
  • Efficient motion graphics creation: Learn techniques to produce animations with greater efficiency
  • Turn passion into a marketable skill: Transform the animation hobby into a skill that can generate income
  • Suitable for professional purposes: Ideal for creating animations for clients and pursuing a career in motion design

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Animator's Oasis

Simplifying the complex!

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Welcome to Animator's Oasis.

Our mission is to help you learn After Effects & Motion design in the shortest time possible so that you can start making money doing what you love.

Our training approach emphasizes creativity and an engaging approach to learning what everyone ignores so that you can turn your passion into profit.

Whether you're just starting in motion design, or you've been making your own graphics for a while with no real career path, we're here to help you succeed.

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1. Course Trailer: Have a friend, Abishek, who lives in India. He was working as a delivery boy for a local restaurant in India because he came from an extremely poor background. Now, he wanted to be a motion designer who is well paid, just like you, but he had two issues. One, he had a four GB laptop that barely ran after effects and two. YouTube confused him with all the different tutorials and techniques, so he wasn't able to make good animation and get clients. When I met him while traveling, he was completely broke and clueless. I mean, this is what he made even after three months of learning after effects from YouTube. He was having really hard time with animation. That's when I calmed him down, and I, with my friends, created a method to learn after effects without wasting any time. In the next few weeks, we taught him the method which we now call after effects blueprint. After applying after effects Blueprint, a bishek who used to be a delivery boy got paid $100 for this project. Went from here to here in a matter of weeks. Believe it or not, he made all this in a four GB laptop. I don't even want to know how long it must have taken him to render this. As of today, Abishek is no longer a delivery boy. He is running his own small animation studio, and he has high power PC and a laptop that he bought with his own money. All this was possible because he followed a system to learn after effects without getting lost in those tutorials where every channel or new teacher teaches you different things. And more importantly, he never had the mindset for making money with animation. I want to tell you the truth out loud. If you aren't making money as a motion designer, then it is your hobby, not a skill. This course is for anyone who is tired of learning after effects without having any career or clients. This course is for anyone who wants to learn after effects and motion design as quickly as possible. Also, this course doesn't offer any tutorial, as there are plenty on the Internet. This course offers a system to learn after effects as quickly as possible. Okay. 2. Class Project: For the class project you how to create an animated visiting card like this, but it must be made with your last work. Now if you are a complete beginner and you don't have any work, just make something for yourself, but make it quickly so that you can upload an introduce yourself at the beginning and make sure that you add all the details as shown here. 3. Two Problems You will face: Every beginner in animation faces two major challenges. Now these challenges are so complex that the beginners make with because of them. Now let's understand them one-by-one. So the first challenge is to overcome the confusion of the Internet when it comes to learning After Effects. Why? Because every YouTube video shows you a different way of doing the same thing. And the truth is that after effects already is a challenging software to learn as a beginner. And the abundance of these different tutorials only adds to the difficulty. Now e.g. you can achieve mats in multiple ways in After Effects when gentle may use masks or they may use Alpha mates and someone may even use blending mode. Now this will give you the same result, but this may end up confusing a beginner. Second, you have to face hard reality, and that is tutorials and even most courses that you see do not train you and prepare you for real life projects. The left projects and tutorials are way different. Yes, you heard that, right? The left projects are complex, time-consuming, and most of the time they are difficult to achieve. If you sincerely want to make money by doing what you love. And the fourth step is to dawn What do you load into a skill that you can sell? Now, this course provides you with the fourth step. It helps you learn after effects without any confusion. 4. Ae Blueprint Explained!: People that succeed at motion design and people that failed both have the same goals. They want to get good clients and make lots of money. But not everyone is going to succeed in this because girls don't matter if you don't have system. Now After Effects, blueprint provides a three-step system that can help you achieve two things. One, learning hard things fostered, and to producing animations with greater efficiency. I think these two points are the foundations of becoming a highly bade motion designer. Now, let me break down After Effects blueprint for you. Step one, habits. Now, if you want to become an expert motion designer, then you need to help and develop certain habits. I mean, it's obvious, this step shows you the habits that you can adopt easy that will make a huge difference in your career. Step two framework. Now the framework gives you a system for learning After Effects, including things you must master and not ignored, and things that you shouldn't worry about. The framework also provides basic steps for producing motion graphics quickly. Remember, and I want you to tattoo this on your forehead that your clients don't pay you for your passion. Your clients pay you for the production and value you bring to them. Step three is mindset. Some people believe that creativity comes from your software expertise. Now, if that was true, everyone using the same software would create the same thing. Mindset is the reason why two people using the same software to create different results. Some people come up with creative ideas, while others create mediocre stuff. In this section, we will also cover how to get clients as a big enough. While it may sound boring, and I don't blame you if, if it sounds boring, but if you apply the system of After Effects blueprint, I promised your life will never be the same. You will be way ahead of the crowd because you don't get lost. You have a clear path for your career. 5. Habits for Animation Skills-1: If your dream to become an awesome motion, design it and make good money with it, then let me tell you a secret. You must done your passion into a skill that you can sell. Now, in this chapter, we will go through some habits that will help you turn your passion into a skill. I have divided animation habits into two categories. One is primary habits, and the second one is the secondary habits. The primary habits are the habits that will impact your performance as a motion designer. Secondary habits are the habits that will impact your career and the amount of money you make directly. Now of course it goes without saying, but you don't have to pick all the habits, habits that you feel like the right ones. Okay, so let's get started with number one, keep an animation journal. Now as you start learning animation from courses or YouTube tutorials, break it down in clear steps. And as you move on animating, keep on noting down these steps. Now I know this may sound like a lot of work, but it is a lifesaver and I'm going to give you a few reasons why this is a lifesaver, okay, so the first one is that it saves time. And here is how, let's say you saw a tutorial on an effect called a roughen edges. And now you are working on a project that needs the same effect. Now, if you have written it down, all you need to do is go through the steps in your animation journal. Meanwhile, for a tutorial, you have to find the right one and then scroll there. And then you have to switch between browser and After Effects. Can you see the difference? I'm sure you can. The second reason is that when you write things down or even when you type things down, you will remember things posture. You might not even need to look in your journal. How it number two, is visualization. I'm sure you must be scratching your head. What is visualization? So the research has proven that all the world-class athletes and other peak performers use visualization. Visualization is a practice where you imagine yourself performing activity like you want. So basically, our minds cannot tell a difference between imagination and reality. I'm sure you have experienced this, right? So in your dreams, you believe that your dream is reality, but when you wake up you realize, Oh, that was just a dream. So if you imagine you are good at something, you will start getting good at it. Now, we can use this principle in animation as well. So before you start your animation or even turn on your computer, sit in front of the screen. Close your eyes and imagine that you are doing really well as an animator. Now if you are working on a project, imagine the final animation. Imagine happy clients. If you are working for them. Once you feel it and see it vividly, open your eyes and start if you're skeptical, and I know some of you are Google visualization and peak performance. I promise you will be blown away by it. Don't take my word for it. Google it. Habit number three, creating strategy. Now, before you begin animating your projects, always create a rough thumbnails in your notebook. Now you don't have to be a professional just to make it for yourself. Once you make thumbnails for scenes, you will be able to see how objects are, characters are moving. Now from these thumbnails, you will be able to create strategy. Now a strategy is a set of steps that you will take to finish the project on a scene. Now just a little bit of warning before I give you a detailed example. If you are a beginner, this may sound too complex. What I want you to see and understand what clarity can do for you. So here is an example. Now, Abishek created this as his project. I hope you remember him. He is from the intro we can have here is what he did first. He sketched to the steps in a pretty rough way on paper. Now as you can tell, he's no painter. I can barely read what he has written, but I can tell what he wants. Second, he broke down steps on paper. So here is what I mean. So we have six thumbnails here and here. What he will do for each of them, e.g. here he wrote scale down yellow solid and then replace it with the same size of rectangle. Then he rode create a path for the rectangle and use the equal effect to give more to the motion. I don't know what does that mean? And replace it with a pen tool at peak speed. Now use the graph editor to decide the peak speed. Here he wrote, now break all letters in two separate layers and then find a way to make the letter appear one by one. Then place the pen tool where those letters are. The pen tool becomes the box to the position and emission. Now these are the steps that he has written. And I'm sure that you can tell by now that almost 50 per cent job is done because of the clarity. This is what clarity can do for you. Of course, as a beginner, you may not have any idea on how to create the steps. But don't worry, just like Abhishek, by the end of this course, you will be able to make your moon strategy. I promise. Now of course it goes without saying, but for complex project strategies becomes more complex. But this idea gives you clarity like no other. Also, I have to point this out. If you develop this habit in a really positive way, like you can draw your thumbnails very clearly. You will be hired really quickly compared to the people who can't draw, you will be at an advantage. And especially if you can create strategy with thumbnails. Oh my God, you are going to get hired quickly. 6. Habits for Animation Skills-2: Secondary habits are the habits that will impact your animation code yet, and the amount of money that you make. Directive, habit number one, regular practice. I mean, come on, it's obvious, but without the daily practice of animation, you are not going to try, especially in the beginning, it's a must. Most people begin by watching a random tutorial. Well, everyone begins with YouTube, but the first thing after that is to develop fundamentals. So set aside at least 1 h daily to practice fundamentals. Now, more on fundamentals in the framework section. Habit number to communicate, find the best animators, studios, and potential clients, then communicate with them. Yes, you heard that, right? Even if you are a beginner, start making a list of potential clients. Say hi to the pitcher, ideas to clients and ask animators and studios for some tips and jobs if you need any, if you are capable of doing that. Now this habit is going to be the most uncomfortable one and most difficult one to develop for some because it comes with fear of rejection and low self-esteem. Now getting clients is extremely important. I mean, what's the use of your skills? If you can even land a client? Who are you going to use your skills for if you can't deliver your service or if you can't find someone to deliver your services to. So this is why getting in that zone, where do you think about getting clients, even when you don't know this software is really important. Selling is the most uncomfortable part of animation. That's why nobody teaches it to you, everyone P tissue the tutorials, but nobody gives this information. Why? Because it's not easy, and more importantly, it's uncomfortable yet it is the most rewarding habit you can adopt. So every week connect with one client at least are list of glands. Habit number three, stay organized and emitters could be messy. And now I say this with all due respect, but if you want a fulfilling career than you must stay organized both in your life and on your computer. So the first thing that you should always do is to have an organized desk? I do. I just said it. Yes. Organize your desk every single day before you start working and then organize your projects in efficient way, we add an emitter. So it says, use Notion for organizing, communicating, and creating stuff. Notion is a lifesaver. If you are a complete beginner, this is how to organize. First, you have to create a list for potential clients. I already said that create a project database that includes clients, names, project deadlines, and expenses after that create board for each personal project in your database. Now this includes thumbnails, scripts, voiceovers, et cetera. Basically collect all the things in Notion so that you can access them anywhere you are. You don't need your computer with you all the time after that. Number four is to collect references, inspirations, and notes on one board. We have too many options these days, like that is dribble than Pinterest and be hands. So what happens is you collect inspiration on every site and then you may never see them. After that, collect important tutorials, tips, and courses on one board. Number six is to collect an upload all the official documents on one board, then collect important template links in one book. Templates are really important. You don't have to do everything on your own. So make sure that you make a list of templates. And the last one is to track your progress on one board 7. Mastering Animation:Graph, Rigging, & 12 Principles: This section will provide you with simple ways to learn after effects and produce animation quickly without getting lost or overwhelmed. Now sometimes you'll see a new script or cool tutorial and you start wasting your time on it, even when you don't need it. Now at times after effects may feel dove, uninteresting or scary. Now, this may cause you to fear some tools and techniques. Now, in this course, we do things differently. I'm sure you are aware of that. We face our fears forced and now we're going to overcome this fear and improve our skills by facing things that most beginners might ignores. And this results in mediocre animation career. You don't want it that you must face your fears first. Okay, so the first thing that every beginner might ignore is Graph Editor. Graph Editor is basically a controller of motion that allows you to create motion that looks realistic and professional. Now Graph Editor gives you more control than just those key frames. I've noticed that many teachers and even YouTube channels fail to show how important and powerful graph editor really is. Mustering graph editor will take your motion to new heights. The second one is my personally hated technique, and that is character digging. I hate it. It's a monotonous and tedious task. It takes practice, reel practice. And if you mess little thing here and that you might have to redo the entire thing. But I realized that it's an essential part of learning animation and you should realize that too. So don't slip on character rigging. It's not as fun as character animation. Finally, the third one is the 12 principles of animation. Now so many beginners may not even know such principles even exist. Learning these principles is super easy, but executing them is a different story. Now, if you want to become an expert at an emission, then you must learn these principles. I cannot exaggerate how important these principles really are. Now you must face this uncomfortable things and guess what? When you face them, everything else becomes easy, really easy? 8. 90 Days Of Ae: Day 1-60: The main part of the framework is 90 days off After Effects. This 90 days are divided into two parts. One of them is learning phase, and the other one is the production phase. Learning is great and I'm sure you low lawn, but it must be balanced with production. Most people spend the majority of their time on learning. And the question is not how much do you know? The real question is, how much do you apply an execute, what you learn? Most importantly, if you don't practice Production, you are going to have a hard time with clients. Why? Because learning doesn't prepare you for clients. Some clients can be difficult, some projects can be difficult, and you have to realize this as soon as possible. And lastly, I want you to remember this. Your clients don't pay you for your passion. They pay you for the production and the value you bring to them. Anyways, here are the 90 days of After Effects. So first of all, we're going to see days one to 60, which is a learning phase. So there is one to 60 or the toughest days as a beginner, this is going to be a tough time. So the first thing that you must learn is the fundamentals. Learn the basics of After Effects, like how all these tools work. Learn tools to create basic shape layers and animate them. Learn to use texts layers and its basic animation. And learn how to use transplant properties. Learn how to set up a workspace, learn how to rename, learn how to use effects. One of the key stuff here is also how to create graphics. Remember, it's called motion graphics for a reason. So graphics are important. Now for beginners, you must be able to create graphics in Illustrator, separate layers, and save a file for animation. Now of course, every beginner can't draw, so that is a useful website called free pig darker, but you have to learn to separate layers in Adobe Illustrator. That's the one thing that you must learn. Now in the PDF that is included with this course, you will find all the tutorials related to the topic. So don't worry about that. Now, you may be thinking, this seems like a lot to learn. So why should I even start? I would suggest buying a course for fundamentals of After Effects. Like I already said, YouTube is great, but it is a mess. Don't fall for it. And Jake in motion is my favorite teacher, and all of his classes are fantastic, is glass on After Effects fundamentals is a must for you. And of course, I'm not sponsored, are connected to Jake in any way. I just consider him to be the one of the best teachers on After Effects. Number two is graph editor. Once you learn the fundamentals, jump into Graph Editor, just take a look at how things are to give you the basic ideas. There are two types of graphs. One of them is speed graph and the other one is value graph. Now speed graph helps you change the speed of the object on the property. Value graph helps you change the value of the property. Both graphs are equally good and important. And what I've noticed is that most YouTube channels uses Speed Graph because well, they need to get things done faster. But I suggest you use both of them. Now of course, you won't be able to master them in our day, it will take time. Now, key things to remember when you use graph editor. This first and important skill to develop is predicting the motion by just looking at the graph and vice-versa. Second, in value graph, steepness equals speed. Steeper the curve faster. The object. Number three in Speed Graph, higher equals speed, higher the curve faster the object. Now number three, is to learn and master at least two principles of animation. As I said earlier, principles of animation are inevitable. So go through all 12 of them and know the basics of it. So Allan Bakke, credit on YouTube, has provided all the 12 principles of animation on his YouTube channel. I will provide that link as well. We'll get the good news is that you don't have to master all, dwell on them. Now, just begin with two of the most important principles that could really make your work stand out. And they are, the first one is followed through and the second one is squash and stretch 9. 90 Days Of Ae: Day 60-90: Now we are in the most uncomfortable yet fun phase of framework, and that is production. The reason why we included production is that beginners spend the majority of their time load knee, and when they get hired, they don't have the practice of production. Now this will end up in burnout. This chapter will make you a production beast. That's why I want you to remind two things. First, that time that is given is a preparation time. And the second one is that makes sure that you record time for each step so that it prepares you to meet deadlines. You'll you'll see what I'm talking about. So days 60 to 90. Now your true battle begins when you learn after effects because no one teaches you production. So I have created a basic framework for production that you can apply to practice producing motion graphics. Step one will take five to 10 min. So in the field of four-step you how to find inspiration or an idea to animate. As a beginner, you help to keep things as simple as possible. Don't go overboard. This is not a race. You have to go easy on yourself, pick one idea and just go with it. You have to kill your perfectionism here. Step two will take five to 10 min. Remember that primary habit from animation habits, it was drawing thumbnails. Here, draw rough thumbnails, show how the object moves innovate, acting like now, the animation is too simple, e.g. it's just a wiggly animation. You how to draw thumbnail. Step three might take five-minutes. In this step, you have to create a strategy. As a motion designer, I can not exaggerate enough how important this skill is. It will not only save you time, but it will save you from the pitfalls you face during production. Now as a beginner, you might struggle with this, but plan something you don't have to be accurate, but you have to take the steps. Now, step forward. We'll take ten to 20 min. Now here you have to create illustration in Illustrator, or you can use Shape layers in After Effects. All you can download illustration from the three big.com, okay? But after you have downloaded, you have two separate layers. Step phi 30 to 60 min. This is going to be your favorite step. Why? Because we are going to animate things now. Use imported layers, are created layers and get your animation started. Keep your thumbnails and strategy in front of you so you remember and make this a habit. Step six is to render and share. Now this is a production. So don't leave your project saved on your computer and jump to another project. Finish what you start by entering the project and shared it with the world and don't forget to tag us. Now you may have question, what if you can't finish an emission in the specific time that you have decided. Now here, don't beat yourself up. Z-value made mistakes, then correct them. Now we're practicing production for this reason, we want to make as many mistakes as possible during this, don't be afraid of mistakes. You are not going to be perfect or you are not going to be a row from the first day. So you should anticipate mistakes. It's okay to make mistakes, but every time you make mistakes, you should go back to them. And to be honest, you practicing production in itself separates you from the crowd 10. Overlooked Key to Creativity: Now we are in the most important and overlook the part of animation, and that is mindset. Have you ever wondered why do people use the same software? But one is extremely creative and the other one sucks. Now, if you have noticed the difference, then let me break it to you that creativity is not about tools or software, or even about plug-ins. Creativity is about mindset. It's how you think your thinking is your greatest asset. That is this principle called Pareto principle. I'm sure you have heard it. So Pareto Principle is an aphorism that asserts that 80 per cent of output results from all 20 per cent of inputs. Now, in animation, most people focus 80% of the time on the least important things. And that is running behind tools and techniques. But the truth is, all tools and techniques will give you 20% results. What really drives 80 per cent of your result is you're thinking this is how it really is. This is the reason why 80 per cent of motion designers or average, they are either good at software, but can be creative. They are good at both, but can't get any glands. So your thinking is your greatest asset and it will be overlooked in the animation industry. Always, people will always sell you Tools, plugins, and courses to master software, but they will never sell your creativity. So let's see how to be creative. So creativity is a result of healthy mindset and thinking patterns. So there are two ways to be creative. Number one is to look outside resources like the Internet, social media, and Mother Nature's deal from the already existing resources and combine three or more resources to create completely new one. Now, I got this idea from this book. It's an awesome book. You should buy it and you should read it. Number two is look inside. Now this approach is less known. Nobody is going to talk about this, but this one is my personal favorite. So people normally rely on the first idea of being creative, but in my opinion, it's overrated here is what I mean by look inside. Our mind is creative and it's a problem-solving machine. To look inside, you have to rely on yourself and your imagination. So before you start a project, come to clear decision on what it is that you want. Then imagine the results in your mind, e.g. if you are working for a client, imagined and result in beat it. Now, if you can create this, we read images in your mind. You will be easily able to create an awesome animation on your computer. 11. Resourcefulness: Overcoming Limitations: Now I have saved this guilt for last because I want only committed people to learn this skill. And this skill is resourcefulness. Now, this quote by Tony Robbins really captures the essence of the skill. It's not the lack of resources, It's your lack of resourcefulness that stops you. So first of all, let me define the source fullness so that we both are on the same page. Now, resourcefulness is the ability to find quick and clever ways to overcome difficulties with what is available to us right now. Now not everyone starts life with money, privileges, or connections. Some of you may not have a good system that runs after Effects that well, some of you may be watching this on a pirated website because you can't afford the course. Or some of you may be using the Pi dated version of After Effects. Now there is no judgment here, but I want you to know that it's not about what you have, it's what you do with what you have. That really, really matters. Everything you tell yourself, like, I don't have a good computer or are there are many battles motion designers than me, so I can't get clients or there are new clients or motion graphics requires time and money. I don't help hold all these are the excuses of resources. Now you don't fail because you don't have resources, you fail to get clients are alone After Effects faster because you lack resourcefulness. Now, I'm sure you must be excited about this. So you might have a question like, how do I even developed resourcefulness? Developing resourcefulness will turn your life around. And I'm not just talking about an emission, it will turn your life around. It's like having a skill that lets you get anything you want with what you have. If that doesn't impress you, I don't know what will. Anyways, to develop resourcefulness, all you have to do is ask questions. Yes, ask questions and not just questions. Better questions. E.g. how do I do this? Or how do I get clients that pay me $10,000 as a beginner? Or how do I find my glands? Or where do I find my clients? Or how do I present myself in a way that makes me look professional in front of my clients. Now, these are all the questions and you must This asking yourself a powerful question. Now my favorite questions are this. How do I turn this around? Odd? What's the easy and efficient solution? Or how do I do this? Ten times faster with efficiency will get. Now, if you want to learn more about this, I got this idea from this book 12. Learning to Get Clients as a Beginner: You should start thinking about getting glands as soon as you start learning innovation. I know that sounds stupid. And I'm sure you must be asking, why should I even do that? Because what's the use of all the skills? If you can land a client? This is uncomfortable to realize. I know that the member you want to do what you love to make money. And I'm not saying that making money should be your only goal, but you should be able to get clients whenever you want. You should at least have those skills. And so this chapter will help you establish those. So here is what you can do as a beginner. Because the first one is building a list of potential clients. So as a beginner, the best potential clients, our social media pages, who uses animations? E.g. if there is a restaurant in your area with using animation on that page, go approach them, or at least add them to the list, because social media animations are really easy to create, but don't limit yourself to this as well. Going Social Media, see clients who are using animation and now add them to your list. Now once you have solid work to show contact your glides contact your potential clients. Make sure you contact one potential client per week. Now this is the most uncomfortable yet rewarding pain. Also, one of the best way to find clients is to attend seminars, workshops, and events, especially those business expos and events. Yes, that is your target audience. You should visit that as soon as possible. Number two is you should start building your portfolio. You don't need a website. You can use Notion to create your portfolio or just upload your work on YouTube. Now of course, you may have this question, but I don't have work. How am I supposed to show work when I don't have a walk? Well and create your wall, you go passion project. Create one logo animation to one, explain that offer popular brand. And then create as much as you like until you like. And then once you're satisfied, once you have enough work to show, go ahead and approach clients that you want. Number three is be a copycat. Now, you may not like this. You're not going to like this, but you have to connect with other motion designers and see and ask them how they are getting clients. As a beginner, you should copy whatever they are doing. Now of course, you have to be mindful. Be authentic to yourself. If you don't like it, don't copy, but if that is successful motion designer that you like, then you should copy them. The beginning, you, you will develop your own path as you progress. But in the beginning, it's better to be a copycat than being an original who doesn't do anything, who doesn't achieve anything. Everything begins with any mutation. I know this is going to hurt a lot of people, but it is what it is. Number four is build a skill of negotiation. Now, negotiating to get clients is like walking through ****. It's not easy. You get asked some questions that may throw you off guard for this guy, what you can do is buy some books on negotiations and build communication skills. Now this will not only get you ahead in your career, but it will get you ahead in your life as well. Your life is a result of communication. If you don't learn it, you won't know it 13. You may not like this!: Attention, dear students, I know you have spent countless hours staring at your screens, listening to my voice and probably judging my grammar and I need your help. I want you to leave a review on discourse. It keeps me and my team inspired. Also, make sure you follow us on social media. This is important, so please do so. And I know you want to skip this part