Mat Voyce – Expressive Typography in Motion with After Effects

Learn to create letterforms filled with personality and bring them to life through playful animation

Letters can say so much more than words in the world of typography, especially when animation is thrown into the mix. Graphic and motion designer Mat Voyce is known for his expressive typography, which he transforms into fun and dynamic animations. He’s collaborated with the likes of Netflix, Disney+, Adobe, and the BBC.

Enter a world of animation and learn how to bring typography to life. Express an idea, a quote, or a phrase by creating an original design in Illustrator and putting it into motion in After Effects. Create an original animated typography design and share your message with the world.

What You’ll Learn In Expressive Typography in Motion with After Effects

1. Introduction
2. Kinetic Typography and How to Prepare for the Fun Part
3. Vectorising and Animating Our Phrase
4. Animation Exporting
5. Final project

Who is this course for?

This course is great for illustrators, designers, or anyone who wants to explore the world of animation and typography.

About Author

Mat Voyce’s passion for design roots back to his childhood, when he won a cover design contest for Futurama comics held by Matt Greoning, himself. He studied graphic design at Sheffield Hallam University in the UK. Since then, his career in graphic and motion design has flourished. He specializes in 2D animation, and describes his work as “experimenting with kinetic typography, infusing letterforms with character and creating animated GIFs, stickers and short films for clients globally.”

His client list includes Adobe, Disney+, BBC, Nike, Netflix, Lacoste, The Los Angeles Times, Facebook, Honda, GoDaddy, Kimemaster, GIPHY and EFFA. Mat’s work has been featured in publications for PRINT Mag, typegoodness, The Designest, Wix, Loop, WeChat and others. He was also voted one of the Top 5 GIPHY Artists in 2020.

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