Level up your motion design skills by mastering animation curves in the graph editor in my new class!

Learn animation fundamentals, how to analyze motion, and how to read and manipulate the graph editor to create more realistic, interesting, and professional looking animations.

The graph editor can feel like an intimidating math tool sandwiched in design software, but avoiding it is the biggest mistake that holds beginning motion designers back (trust me, I’ve been there).

While you intuitively know a lot about math and physics–likely all you need for animation–just by living in this world, you need to learn how to apply that to your animations. That’s what this class is for.

Achieving realistic motion is the focus of this class, but when you understand how to control the motion of your animations, you can push the boundaries for a dramatic or cartoony effect, that’s playful and full of personality.

We’ll talk through definitions to give you the vocab to communicate with other motion designers. And, you’ll put these concepts into practice with a fun exercise and class project.

While this class uses Adobe After Effects, the knowledge you'll gain can be applied to any form of animation, whether it uses different software or is hand-drawn.

Watch the class here.

New name?!

For anyone who’s paying close attention (thank you!), you may have noticed that I changed my “username” from "Explanimated" to "Animation Explained" (on Instagram, YouTube, etc). That’s because I plan on creating educational animations on topics that I’m interested in or passionate about. I thought it made most sense to post those under the name “Explanimated” so I’m now posting content on how to animate under the name “Animation Explained”. The logo and my real name are all staying the same

To celebrate the new class, I’m giving away one year of Skillshare membership!

To keep with the theme of changing things up (btw, notice the new recording studio in the new class?!), I’m doing the giveaway a little differently this time. There are multiple ways to enter, and the more you do, the more chances you get to win!

Here are the ways you can enter:

10 entries - Post a new class project in any of my classes.

5 entries - Write a new review in any of my classes.

5 entries - Tell me what you want to learn next. (Comment on this post or enter in the entry form below)

1 entry - Follow me on Skillshare.

1 entry - Follow Animation Explained on YouTube. I post motion design tutorials here.

1 entry - Follow Animation Explained on Instagram.

1 entry - Follow Explanimated on YouTube. This is my very new, very lonely channel where I plan to post educational animations on topics I care about (mostly related to the climate crisis and how we can create a better future).

1 entry - Follow Explanimated on Instagram. Same deal as the new YouTube channel.

5 entries - Sign up for my email newsletter (enter your email in the entry form below)

If you’re already following me on a platform, that counts!

***Fill out this form to submit your entries.***

If you win and you already have a Skillshare membership, you’ll get an additional free year added on.

A winner will be selected on Friday, October 21st, 2022.

Happy animating!

Megan

Megan Friesth

Motion Designer

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