Motion Design for Beginners | Illustrator & After Effects Animation Tutorial

Learn how to animate in Illustrator and After Effects in this motion design course for beginners. Find all the Envato Elements trending fonts and assets used in this video here: https://elements.envato.com/collectio... Are you a graphic designer looking to add a little motion to your characters? Or maybe you're an animator who wants to learn how to create your own designs in Illustrator. Either way, this course has something for you. Join professional graphic designer and animator Jess Riley as she takes you through her round trip from creating a custom graphic design in Adobe Illustrator to animating it with some cute movement in After Effects—and we're doing this without any plugins! 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:11 Getting started: design inspiration 00:02:02 Creating your character in Illustrator 00:03:01 Drawing eyes: creating layers for animation 00:08:18 Drawing facial features 00:13:08 Drawing hands: quick tips and shortcuts! 00:17:23 Creating highlights and shadows 00:24:09 Creating the rest of the sticker: type on a path tool 00:32:33 Giving the sticker some texture! 00:33:22 Getting our layers ready for After Effects 00:38:55 Moving over from Illustrator to After Effects 00:39:30 Importing your Illustrator file into After Effects 00:40:25 Fixing any small issue on your layers 00:40:51 Parenting layers 00:43:01 Animating the eyes 00:50:30 Animating the sticker background and text layers 00:51:33 Animating the thumbs up! 00:59:10 Creating the sticker peel animation 01:03:30 Using posterize time to create old school animated motion ► Read more on Envato Tuts+: https://photography.tutsplus.com/moti... ► Download unlimited photos, fonts, and templates with Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/?utm_camp... Learn more about After Effects animation in our free course:    • How to Animate in After Effects | FREE COURSE   Read free motion design tutorials on Envato Tuts+: https://tutsplus.com/tutorials/search... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Envato Tuts+ Discover free how-to tutorials and online courses. Design a logo, create a website, build an app, or learn a new skill: https://tutsplus.com/?utm_campaign=yt... Envato Elements All the creative assets you need under one subscription. Customize your project by adding unique photos, fonts, graphics, and themes. ► Download Unlimited Stock Photos, Fonts & Templates with Envato Elements: https://elements.envato.com/?utm_camp... ► Subscribe to Envato Tuts+ on YouTube:    / tutsplus   ► Follow Envato on X:   / envato   ► Follow Envato on TikTok:   / envato   ► Follow Envato on Instagram:   / envato   ► Follow Envato on Facebook:   / envato   ► Explore Envato's full stack of AI tools, all included in your subscription: https://labs.envato.com/?utm_campaign... - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -