This means they can be very detailed, with textures, shadows and small details, which would be impossible if you had to draw each frame by hand like with more traditional 2D animation.Ī few months ago, I’ve decided with Rainbox to create a comprehensive animation course on video (in French for now, but an English version is on its way), to be released on the internet. What’s great with animation in After Effects, is that you work on the actual illustrations, you don’t have to re-draw them. The technique I used, Duik in After Effects, seems to be one of the easiest way to do this, animate illustrations, without having to adapt the style. They were not meant to be animated at all, so it could be a bit tricky to adapt them.
What’s interesting is that those characters were… Well, illustrations. I’ve been very happy to work on Justine Cunha‘s wonderful illustrations recently, and I’m going to share my process with you.
