Yukai Du – Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life

Transform your unique drawings into playful motion graphics with Photoshop, After Effects, and Animate

Through illustration and animation, you have the power to translate complex topics into playful visual languages. Yukai Du specializes in creating digital illustrations and animations that look hand-crafted. She helps brands to visualize the message they want to communicate with their audience and has worked with clients including Adobe, Spotify, WeTransfer, and MTV.

In this course, Yukai teaches you how to combine the art of illustration with 2D animation to create striking digital artwork of your own. Are you ready to bring your illustrations to life and start animating your ideas?

What You’ll Learn In Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life?

Introduction

• About Me
• Influences

Research and Development

• Compiling References
• Creating a Mood Board
• Colour Palette

First Steps on Photoshop

• Thumbnails
• Creating a Storyboard
• Adding Colours
• Style Frames 1
• Style Frames 2
• Style Frames 3
• Style Frames 4

Animating with Adobe Programs

• Preparation for Animation: Basic Knowledge and Analysation
• Preparation for Animation: Photoshop Assets 1
• Preparation for Animation: Photoshop Assets 2
• Adobe After Effects 1
• Adobe After Effects 2
• Adobe After Effects 3
• Adobe After Effects 4
• Adobe Animate / Flash 1
• Adobe Animate / Flash 2
• Adobe Animate / Flash 3
• Adobe Animate / Flash 4
• Finishing in After Effects

Rendering and Sharing

• Rendering Different Formats and Sizes
• Posting on Social Media and Portfolio Platforms

Final project

• Hand-Drawn Digital Animation: Bring Illustrations to Life

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