About This Workshop
About This Workshop
About This Workshop
It’s January, the holidays have passed, and you’re ready to start a new year fresh. The time has come to stop procrastinating and sink your teeth into improving your animation style. Join me in this exclusive three-week workshop to learn how to take control of you motion design!
Through two classes we’ll focus on how to create motion graphics using shape layers in After Effects and taking complete control of your motion. You’ll come out of the workshop with two completed animations: a house build, and a minimalist-style design based on your favorite movie. By the end of the workshop you’ll have total confidence in creating completely custom motion graphics with unique personality, behaving exactly the way you want them to.
This workshop is for students who are ready to go beyond the basics and improve their critical eye for motion design and are hungry for more detailed feedback. You’ll go from knowing your way around after effects to having complete confidence in your motion design ability.
There are only 50 seats available for this workshop. That way I can provide each and every one of you with extra support and 1-on-1 feedback every step of the way.
What You’ll Get
- Structure: A structured learning environment with milestones and reminders keep you on track
- Critical Feedback: Personalized, specific, 1-on-1 critical feedback to help improve your project
- Events: Exclusive access to a live AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session on Saturday, January 16th at 1pm PST
- Community: Opportunity to learn and create alongside other engaged, creative motion designers
Prizes
- All students who successfully complete the session will receive a Motion Design certificate from Skillshare to show off their new skills
- I’ll be giving away a year of Skillshare Premium + Mt. Mograph’s Motion2 plugin to my favorite completed student project.
This workshop is going to have feedback similar to a traditional classroom setting. I’m going to be more critical and detailed in my feedback on your projects. The goal is to push your skills as a motion designer and end up with a better-designed animation than what you started with.
I want to encourage you to be ambitious with the class projects. Generally I tell students to keep their artwork simple, but for this workshop try to make something more detailed. I’ll be at your disposal for every step of the process: concepting, designing, animating, exporting or anything else you’d like direct feedback with.
I’ll also be hosting a live AMA (ask me anything) session via Google Hangouts On Air on Saturday, January 16th at 1pm PST where I’ll be taking any and all of your questions relating to the workshop. I’ll even do live in-program demos to show how I’d approach the animation types you have questions about. If you’re unable to attend the live AMA, the entire hangout will be recorded and available for replay. Just be sure to post your questions ahead of time to the Workshop Discussions page. You’ll receive an email invite to attend the AMA.
How It Works
- Join the workshop today to claim your spot
- Watch the class video lessons to learn the skills you need to complete the project
- Share your project phases in the class project gallery according to the workshop timeline below to get feedback
- Upload your final GIFs or videos by January 30th to successfully complete the workshop
Timeline
Post questions you’d like answered during the live AMA at any time on the Questions thread in the discussions page.
Part I: Animating With Ease in After Effects
Design Phase | Jan 11th - 13th
- Watch videos 1 - 5 and post any inspiration, sketches, and rough designs to the project page for feedback.
- Finalize your house design and prep the artwork in After Effects for animating by Jan 13th.
Animation Phase | Jan 14th - 20th
- Animate your house, export a GIF or video and post it to your project page for feedback by Jan 20th.
Live AMA session | Jan 16th at 1pm PST
Part II: The Ultimate Guide to Shape Layers in After Effects
Design Phase | Jan 21st - 23rd
- Watch videos 1 - 7 and post any inspiration, sketches, and rough designs to the project page for feedback.
- Finalize your design and prep the artwork in After Effects for animating by Jan 23rd.
Animation Phase | Jan 24th - 30th
- Animate your design, export a GIF or video and post it to your project page for feedback by Jan 30th.
Final Projects Due | Jan 30th
- Be sure your final projects are posted to your project pages by Saturday, January 30th to successfully complete the workshop and be eligible for the workshop prize. I’ll be giving final personalized feedback for all projects posted by the deadline.
Can’t wait to see all of your projects, I’ll see you in class!
Jake
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About This Workshop
It’s January, the holidays have passed, and you’re ready to start a new year fresh. The time has come to stop procrastinating and sink your teeth into improving your animation style. Join me in this exclusive three-week workshop to learn how to take control of you motion design!
Through two classes we’ll focus on how to create motion graphics using shape layers in After Effects and taking complete control of your motion. You’ll come out of the workshop with two completed animations: a house build, and a minimalist-style design based on your favorite movie. By the end of the workshop you’ll have total confidence in creating completely custom motion graphics with unique personality, behaving exactly the way you want them to.
This workshop is for students who are ready to go beyond the basics and improve their critical eye for motion design and are hungry for more detailed feedback. You’ll go from knowing your way around after effects to having complete confidence in your motion design ability.
There are only 50 seats available for this workshop. That way I can provide each and every one of you with extra support and 1-on-1 feedback every step of the way.
What You’ll Get
- Structure: A structured learning environment with milestones and reminders keep you on track
- Critical Feedback: Personalized, specific, 1-on-1 critical feedback to help improve your project
- Events: Exclusive access to a live AMA (“Ask Me Anything”) session on Saturday, January 16th at 1pm PST
- Community: Opportunity to learn and create alongside other engaged, creative motion designers
Prizes
- All students who successfully complete the session will receive a Motion Design certificate from Skillshare to show off their new skills
- I’ll be giving away a year of Skillshare Premium + Mt. Mograph’s Motion2 plugin to my favorite completed student project.
This workshop is going to have feedback similar to a traditional classroom setting. I’m going to be more critical and detailed in my feedback on your projects. The goal is to push your skills as a motion designer and end up with a better-designed animation than what you started with.
I want to encourage you to be ambitious with the class projects. Generally I tell students to keep their artwork simple, but for this workshop try to make something more detailed. I’ll be at your disposal for every step of the process: concepting, designing, animating, exporting or anything else you’d like direct feedback with.
I’ll also be hosting a live AMA (ask me anything) session via Google Hangouts On Air on Saturday, January 16th at 1pm PST where I’ll be taking any and all of your questions relating to the workshop. I’ll even do live in-program demos to show how I’d approach the animation types you have questions about. If you’re unable to attend the live AMA, the entire hangout will be recorded and available for replay. Just be sure to post your questions ahead of time to the Workshop Discussions page. You’ll receive an email invite to attend the AMA.
How It Works
- Join the workshop today to claim your spot
- Watch the class video lessons to learn the skills you need to complete the project
- Share your project phases in the class project gallery according to the workshop timeline below to get feedback
- Upload your final GIFs or videos by January 30th to successfully complete the workshop
Timeline
Post questions you’d like answered during the live AMA at any time on the Questions thread in the discussions page.
Part I: Animating With Ease in After Effects
Design Phase | Jan 11th - 13th
- Watch videos 1 - 5 and post any inspiration, sketches, and rough designs to the project page for feedback.
- Finalize your house design and prep the artwork in After Effects for animating by Jan 13th.
Animation Phase | Jan 14th - 20th
- Animate your house, export a GIF or video and post it to your project page for feedback by Jan 20th.
Live AMA session | Jan 16th at 1pm PST
Part II: The Ultimate Guide to Shape Layers in After Effects
Design Phase | Jan 21st - 23rd
- Watch videos 1 - 7 and post any inspiration, sketches, and rough designs to the project page for feedback.
- Finalize your design and prep the artwork in After Effects for animating by Jan 23rd.
Animation Phase | Jan 24th - 30th
- Animate your design, export a GIF or video and post it to your project page for feedback by Jan 30th.
Final Projects Due | Jan 30th
- Be sure your final projects are posted to your project pages by Saturday, January 30th to successfully complete the workshop and be eligible for the workshop prize. I’ll be giving final personalized feedback for all projects posted by the deadline.
Can’t wait to see all of your projects, I’ll see you in class!
Jake
