In this video I share everything you need to know to get started with shape layers. Shape layers are one of the foundations of every motion graphics piece. Since shape layers in After Effects are vector based, they are ideal for animation. Shape layers are used in character animations, explainer videos, transitions and broadcast packages. Understanding how shape layers work is important to becoming a creative motion designer. In this video, we go over the types of shape paths in After Effects and what is different about the two types of shape paths: Parametric and Bezier. There are distinct differences and it can sometimes be confusing.
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0:00 - Intro 0:15 - Shape Layers are vector layers 0:36 - Basic components of shape layers 1:23 - Two types of Shape paths 2:48 - Shortcuts for navigating shape groups 6:19 - Adding Shapes to a shape layer 7:29 - Extras 7:58 - Convert parametric paths to bezier paths 8:13 - Hold to draw bezier paths automatically 8:29 - ways to customize shapes 8:53 - Scale shape without scaling stroke thickness 9:05 - Scale Bezier paths without scaling stroke thickness 9:30 - One more stroke trick 9:48 - Outro
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Getting Started with Motion Graphics: Shape LayersKeyframe Academy2021-08-13 | Shape Layers in Adobe After Effects are the backbone of motion graphics. Learn After Effects here: keyframeacademy.retrieve.com/store/#
In this video I share everything you need to know to get started with shape layers. Shape layers are one of the foundations of every motion graphics piece. Since shape layers in After Effects are vector based, they are ideal for animation. Shape layers are used in character animations, explainer videos, transitions and broadcast packages. Understanding how shape layers work is important to becoming a creative motion designer. In this video, we go over the types of shape paths in After Effects and what is different about the two types of shape paths: Parametric and Bezier. There are distinct differences and it can sometimes be confusing.
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You can visit my personal website: keyframeacademy.comWork it!Keyframe Academy2025-07-01 | Made in After Effects using Limber 2I made 5 walk cycles in After Effects in a few hoursKeyframe Academy2025-02-18 | #characteranimation #aftereffects #walkcycle I explore character animation in After Effects 2025, showcasing five different walk cycle animations! Using tools like Limber 2, DUIK Angela, and Joysticks n' Sliders, I dive into motion design and character rigging to bring these character puppets to life. Watch as storytelling meets animation in this quick, playful journey through character animation techniques!
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Unlock the full potential of character animation in After Effects with our top 4 workflow tips for using Limber! This detailed tutorial is perfect for motion graphics artists and animators looking to streamline their character rigging process. Dive into the world of efficient animation with Limber and learn how to bring your characters to life more effectively. Whether you're new to character rigging or looking to enhance your existing skills, these insights will revolutionize your approach to animation in After Effects. Don't miss out on these essential tips - elevate your motion graphics projects today!
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Discover the power of RubberHose 3! This concise review explores the updated user interface, streamlined workflows, and advanced features that make character rigging and animation a breeze. Gain insight into its impact on my workflow as an animator and witness the enhanced control and fluid motion it offers. Whether you're a seasoned pro or new to animation, this review will help you decide if RubberHose 3 is the perfect tool to elevate your creations. Subscribe for more animation insights and let's dive into the world of RubberHose 3 together!
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Master the art of character animation with our concise tutorial on Inverse Kinematics (IK) and Forward Kinematics (FK). Explore the key differences between these techniques and learn when to apply each for optimal results. Perfect for animators at any level, this video covers character rigging, bone hierarchy, and keyframe animation. Elevate your workflow and bring your characters to life with our essential guide on IK vs. FK!
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If you're here, it's probably because you've tried After Effects in the past, and like me, you've been overwhelmed by it. Its tons of features can be hard to navigate and its workflow can be hard to learn. In this video I go over 7 tips that will help you master shape layers in After Effects and get a lot more out of one of its most powerful but hidden features.
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Adobe After Effects is a fantastic tool, but it can be a bit overwhelming at first. There are a ton of features and workflows that you can use. But luckily there are also a ton of third party extensions and plugins available to help you speed up your workflow and get 'in the zone.' In this video, I share 3 such tools with you that will really help you save time in After Effects. As always, I hope you like my videos, and I hope that by the time you're finished this video you'll be well on your way to saving time.
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I created this animation to celebrate hitting 7 thousand followers on Instagram (@keyfram.ed). I made this animation primarily using Limber for After Effects, which was crucial for creating this fake 3d effect where the camera rotates around the character.
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It is important for video editors to become better so that they can produce amazing content for clients. If you are a video editor that doesn't use After Effects, it can be easy to dismiss the program as something that is too difficult and time-consuming to learn. Learning Adobe After Effects doesn't have to be as intimidating as it seems. Sure, there are a lot of effects and tools to learn but the basics are easy to pick up and you can be doing some cool stuff in no time.
The ability to create motion graphic title sequences, lower thirds, and logos in After Effects is a skill that is highly sought after in the video editing world. It creates a higher level of flexibility and efficiency, allowing editors to spend more time doing what they love, rather than having to hand off projects to be completed by post-prod professionals.
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I review 22 different problems that you may have come across while you embark to learn After Effects, and I show you how to solve them.
These common solutions are both practical and clever. What is your layer moving between two identical keyframes? Let's look at the spatial interpolation. Need to move a bunch of layers that you've already animated? Use a null to save your work. What to reposition your anchor point without moving the layer? Thats what the pan behind tool is for. Why 22? because it is 2022 and I am good at coming up with themes. That's why! There isn't usually a problems that there aren't solutions that can fix it. This video is all about finding the solutions to the 22 problems I highlight in the video. If the last few seconds make you sratch your head it's because I'm trying to fight my SEO keywords in as many time as I can and it's creating so many problems!
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00:00 - Introduction 00:23 - No. 1 Spatial Interpolation 00:55 - No. 2 Anchor point messed up YO! 1:49 - No. 3 Keyframe throwing off my groove 3:26 - No. 4 Oops, I animated it wrong 4:34 - No. 5 Do I need to get my eyes check? 5:11 - No. 6 I want to move all my layers 5:58 - No. 7 Where's my track matte yo!? 6:31 - No. 8 I'm so sick of copying keyframes 8:28 - No. 9 Why can't I create a new layer? 8:54 - No. 10 Why are the effects greyed out? 9:19 - No. 11 Boy you lookin' thicc 10:03 - No. 12 Where did my animation go? 10:22 - No. 13 Why is everything so slooooow? 11:09 - No. 14 Where is my shape path? 11:25 - No. 15 Where did my bezier handles go? 11:50 - No. 16 Why am I drawing a mask when I draw a shape? 12:26 - No. 17 What's going on with my frame rate? 13:31 - No. 18 What has cursed me? 14:01 - No. 19 Where is my trust h.264? 14:38 - No. 20 How did you do that?! 15:48 - No. 21 I'm lost... 16:35 - No. 22 Why did everything disappear!?Easy Character Rigging in Adobe After Effects with LimberKeyframe Academy2021-12-07 | #Limber #Characterrigging #Sweepstakes Limber is the easiest Character rigging tool out there for Adobe After Effects.
Adobe After Effects character rigging is an important tool in the tool belt of a motion designer. There are a lot of tools that have been developed for Character Rigging in Adobe After Effects. One tool stands out amongst the others for me, and that is Limber. Limber takes an intuitive and innovative apporach to character rigging. In this video I'll share with you exactly why I think Limber is the best tool for character rigging in Adobe After Effects.
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You can email me at john.preece@outlook.com for a complete list of rules for the give away. 0:00 Introduction 0:20 What is Limber 1:02 Why I love Limber 1:39 Getting started 1:58 Using "rig and pose" 5:23 Using bones 7:25 IK and FK 11:00 Forshortening 12:03 Settings 12:18 OutroDUIK Secret trick #1: Extract controllersKeyframe Academy2021-12-02 | Use the extract controller feature of DUIK Bassel to keep your timelines tight and your sanity in check.
Go watch the full video: youtu.be/NqQhEzSXFhs4 things you didnt know about DUIK Bassel and After EffectsKeyframe Academy2021-11-30 | #DUIK #CharacterAnimation #AfterEffects I'll reveal 4 more little lesser known tricks in DUIK Bassel that you might not know!
DUIK Bassel After Effects is a well known tool used for character rigging. Unfortunately though, a lot of DUIK Bassel's other features are often not talked about or mentioned. But they are so useful. So in this video I expore some of the tools that make DUIK Bassel a truly killer tool for After Effects users. If you thought this video was helpful make sure you show your appreciation and hit the like button.
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0:00 - Introduction 1:18 - Extract Controllers Deep Dive 4:12 - Optimize DUIK and After Effects 6:43 - Parent Across Comps 9:28 - Sponsor Segment 10:22 - IK/FK switch 12:18 - Outro5 Things You Didnt know about DUIK BASSEL 2 That Will Blow Your Mind!Keyframe Academy2021-11-03 | #DUIK #AFTEREFFECTS #CHARACTERANIMATION Along with showing you what you can do with duik bassel 2, I'll show you how to do them.
DUIK Bassel is widely known as a character rigging tool for After Effects. Not many people know that DUIK Bassel 2 comes with a lot of little tricks and gadgets up its sleeve that allow you to accomplish some really good things. From it's simplified rigging process, to connecting different properties, all the way to extracting character controllers for a simplified down timeline. DUIK Bassel 2 can do it all. If you don't leave this video learning at least one new thing you can do with DUIK than I'm a piglet.
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In this video I show you how to replicate the frosted glass effect, otherwise known as "Glass Morphism" using After Effects and putting it all together for a nice presentation.
Adobe After Effects is used to mockup an app to demonstrate the navigation animations, or to use as a reference to programers for how the app should look and how the animations should behave. Glass Morhpism, (frosted glass effect) has become a new design trend embraced by macOS and Windows 11. So in this video I show you how to achieve the Glass Morphism effect and integrate it into a nice animation to show off your app. By the end of this video you'll know how to create a nice app mockup animation.
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0:00 - Intro 0:14 - Composition Settings 0:47 - Create Rectangle 1:39 - Changing fill to gradient 3:05 - Create Adjustment layer 3:33 - Add a mask to the adjustment layer 3:44 - paste shape path to Mask path 4:12 - Parent adjustment layer to shape 4:37 - Add fast box blur 5:49 - Selecting a template 6:51 - Place app mockup into template 7:50 - OutroHow to create a Glitch Transition In After Effects (no Plugins)Keyframe Academy2021-10-01 | #Aftereffects #MotionGraphics #Glitch How to create a glitch effect that wipes across the screen to transition your animation.
In this video I go over how I made this animation of a feathered glitch effects that gives your animation a digital dissolve using After Effects. This effect is done in two parts. The first part is the digital wipe, where we make the pixelated wipe. The next part is the displacement of the pixels that gives it the real glitch effect. The Displacement Map effect and the fractal noise effect is key to making this happen. (as well as a really simple expression) I hope you find this video helpful and if you do, leave a like.
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0:00 - Intro 0:10 - Set up 0:35 - Creating the digital wipe 4:42 - Create the glitch effect 10:24 - Sponsor segment 10:44 - Adding texture 11:11 - Channel shift 12:37 - Stylizing and finishing touches 13:08 - Outro 13:54 - PuppyIs Bao Bones the king of Character rigs? [After Effects 2021 Comparison]Keyframe Academy2021-05-25 | #CharacterRig #CharacterAnimation #AfterEffects There are lots of tools to create character rigs in After Effects. Which tool should you use? Bao Bones is a great option for those who want to get good results fast!
Bao Bones is a lesser known character rig tool among the list of many other more well known character rig plugins for After Effects on the market. 2d character animation is a skill more and more motion designers are equipping themselves with.
Among the most popular Character Rig tools is DUIK, a free tool that makes creating limbs with inverse kinematics possible inside of After Effects. Sometimes it can feel like you’re fighting with DUIK rather than utilizing it to express your creativity. Then there are tools like Puppet tool, Limber or Character tool that are all different attempts at simplifying the process of creating character rigs in After Effects so that you can spend less time setting up everything up, and more time perfecting your animation. Bao Bones is a truly unique approach to character rigs in After Effects. Bao Bones is the only character rig tool that is a plugin and not a script. That means that it works faster, has better distortion and is optimized for performance...Or so they say.
In this video, I share my experience using Bao Bones on a recent project. Bao Bones was a huge time saver for what I needed on this project and for that reason I feel like the purchase was worth it. But will Bao Bones be my go to character rigging tool for all future projects? I don’t think so. Bao Bones will however, be one of the many tools equipped to my After Effects tool belt.
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0:00 - Intro 0:37 - Recap 1:32 - Overview 2:35 - What I liked 5:03 - what I didn't Like 8:34 - Final Thoughts 11:04 - What I reccomendHow the Tourbox works for After EffectsKeyframe Academy2021-05-11 | #Tourbox #motiongraphics #Aftereffects The Tourbox Neo is the ultimate controller for creators. I've been using the Tourbox Neo over the last 3 months and now I want to share my insights.
Is the Tourbox Neo a worthy companion to Adobe After Effects. Could the Tourbox Neo be the turning point in your motion graphics workflow?
To get started I go over the basics of how the tourbox works by showing you how to set it up so that you can hit the ground running. I share some of the road bumps I ran into while using the device, and how I currently have it configured to work with my set up. This is a neat little controller that has a lot of potential for creators. It's versatility means that no matter what creative software you are using, there is a way to take advantage of the control it gives you over your work load. A big thank you to Tourbox for sending this over for me to tinker with.
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You can visit my personal website: keyframeacademy.com 0:00 - Intro 0:14 - Disclaimer 1:03 - The Obligatory Overview 1:38 - Setting it up 3:13 - Effective keyboard replacement? 6:07 - Is it Practical? 7:24 - Final thoughtsWant to create KILLER Motion Graphics?Keyframe Academy2021-03-01 | Here are 21 little morsels of truth that will make you a better motion designer. Want to learn After Effects? keyframeacademy.retrieve.com/store/#
I go over a mixture of useful tips, handy tricks, helpful scripts and educational resources for After Effects.
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#motiondesign #AfterEffects #AdobeHow to rig any character in After Effects (using DUIK)Keyframe Academy2020-10-22 | In this video I walk through my method for creating a fully functional character rig using Duik Bassel. I take a stock character design and retrofit it so that it can easily be rigged up and animated.
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My music: https://soundstripe.com?fpr=keyframeacademy My Instagram: instagram.com/keyframe_academy My website: keyframeacademy.com Chapters: 0:00 - intro 0:13 - Envato Elements sponsor 1:13 - picking the character design 2:02 - Retrofitting the arms 8:35 - Retrofitting the legs 13:32 - Moving to After Effects 17:32 - Rigging the arms 20:17 - Rigging the Legs 23:31 - Moving legs into place 25:26 - Thanks for watching
#Characteranimation #DUIKBassel #Aftereffects6 After Effects shortcuts you need to knowKeyframe Academy2020-08-25 | Todays short video is brought to you by the Alt (option for you mac users) key. Here are 5 ways you can use the alt key to do different things in After Effects.
These tricks help to speed up your work flow. Did I miss one? Leave your suggestion down in the comment section below.
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...Insanely Easy Lip-Sync Animation in After EffectsKeyframe Academy2020-07-29 | In this video we go over the easiest way to create a mouth rig for lip-sync animations in After Effects.
A new tool called SF Caddy helps skip the complicated mess of expressions and slider controllers and simplifies and stream lines the whole process to a couple of steps. In this tutorial I show how to create your character rig, and set up your lip-sync so its ready in just minutes.
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...Master Text Animators in 15 minutes | After EffectsKeyframe Academy2020-06-22 | In this video, we go over eight ways you can animate text in Adobe After Effects with sleek, professional results. The best part is these animations are super simple to do.
Text animation is the bread and butter of motion designers. The best thing about animating text is that getting slick, professional looking text animation is not hard to accomplish in Adobe After Effects. This tutorial is so easy, that even the most novice After Effects users can follow along. In this video, we break down how we approach text animation in our projects.
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...An ULTIMATE guide to After Effects Character RiggingKeyframe Academy2020-05-28 | There are so many tools for character rigging in Adobe After Effects. With so many tools to pick from, we'll help you know which one is best for you and your situation.
00:00 - Intro 00:31 - Is the puppet pin tool worth it? 1:37 - Duik Bassel Overview 3:28 - What I like about DUIK 6:08 - Why DUIK might not be the right choice. 6:53 - Rubberhose Overview 10:59 - One of DUIK's pitfalls that Rubberhose solves 11:42 - Some of the limitations of Rubberhose 13:06 - Limber Overview 16:55 - Some of the Limber's shortcomings 19:22 - Character Tool Overview 20:05 - My biggest gripe with Character tool 21:17 - Puppet Tool Overview 22:42 - Puppet tools biggest weakness
Character animation for Motion graphics is becoming more and more popular. If you've ever try to delve into character animation in Adobe After Effects, you've probably heard of Duik Bassel. Duik Bassel is the de facto character rigging tool for Adobe After Effects used by people all over the world. But did you know that there is a plethora of different character rigging add-ons available for After Effects? Each tool has it's own unique approach to character rigging in After Effects.
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...This is the Best workflow for DUIK!Keyframe Academy2020-04-24 | #duikbassel #AdobeAfterEffects #Characterrigging After this vdieo you'll be an expert at designing character with seamless joints for Duik Bassel. Get this rig free: keyframeacademy.com/simple-duik-rig
As we review character animation workflows in DUIK Bassel, a common pitfall when creating your character rigs with DUIK Bassel in Adobe After Effects arises when the joints become misaligned. In this tutorial, I show you how to design your character rig in Adobe Illustrator so that when you import everything into Adobe After Effects, setting up the character rig with Duik Bassel will be a BREEZE! If you follow this character design workflow, you'll never run into this problem again.
If you follow this steps than you'll never have to deal with this problem again!
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...5 things that will make you a better Motion DesignerKeyframe Academy2020-04-02 | Just because we are all stuck at home, doesn't mean we can't continue to progress as motion designers. If we are smart, we can this time to our advantage and sharpen our Motion Design skills. I give you a few suggestions on where to start as well as provide links to resources down below.
Here you can skip to the section you are most interested in: 1. 1:02 - Become a Master Of Text in Adobe After Effects 2. 2:53 - Go Back to School and take a course in motion design, vfx, or anything you want to really. 5:50 - Take your motion design skills to the next level and take the plunge into mastering Adobe Illustrator. 4. 6:53 - Channel your inner Nerd; learn expressions for Adobe After Effects 5. 10:26 - Practice! Practice! Practice! Never stop practicing motion graphics. There is always a new motion design skill to learn!
Resource for each section below: ------------ #1 Become a Master Of Text in Adobe After Effects Our video about 7 simple professional text animations: youtube.com/watch?v=gJBwE2psOBU School of motion tutorial about using text layers to create some creative animations: youtube.com/watch?v=plbsdkRhy8g Gareso tutorial about creating a custom text to create a zipper animation: youtu.be/nwpguCMd7HU?t=615 very clever! Ben Marriott always has great easy to follow tutorials: youtube.com/watch?v=H_z6XJ-b9bE Broken has some text animation tutorials for those who want to level up: youtube.com/watch?v=1m744M8QffU
#2 - Go Back to School and take a course in motion design, vfx, or anything you want to really. If you’re interested in SkillShare’s 2 month trial sign up using this link: https://skl.sh/3bBbnrq VFX central use code: StayHome for 30% discount on this course: vfxcrashcourse.com/courses/vfxcrashcourse School of motion, lots of great course starting soon: schoolofmotion.com https://motiondesign.school/ Color for Creatives: thefutur.com/course/color-for-creatives JingSketch All Access for portraits in Procreate: gumroad.com/jingsketch#rnPNZ
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...How To Easily Achieve the hand-drawn look | After Effects 2020Keyframe Academy2020-03-25 | In this tutorial I walk through the process of creating the line boil effect commonly found in cel animation. This effect can give your animation a hand drawn look, and it is very easy to achieve.
There are a lot of different ways to stylize your animations with in After Effects. Stylizing your animations can help to make them look a little bit more organic as it were. Sometimes animations can look a little too clean, and boring. By using this technique you can give your lines a pencil look with imperfections that come with using a pencil.
Line boil happens in cel animation when an object is redrawn for every frame even when that object isn't moving. When this happens, because the lines wont always line up, they have a wobbly, boiling effect.
We can replicate this effect in After Effects to give our clean, keyframed animations a more organic, hand drawn look.
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View some of my short After effects tutorials here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=smNBK...20 Tricks in After Effects for 2020Keyframe Academy2020-01-02 | Starting off the new year with a list of 20 tips and tricks to improve and speed up your workflow in After Effects.
Start the new year off by mastering After Effects. In this video I go over 20 tricks and tips to make you an After Effects master.
0:00 - Intro 0:26 - Increase handle and point size 0:43 - Project Templates 1:16 - Mini Flowchart 1:38 - Advance Frame By Frame 1:54 - Next Keyframe 2:04 - Overlord - battleaxe.co/overlord 2:26 - Continously Rasterize 2:52 - Creatively using Nulls 3:19 - Quickly Trim Composition 3:39 - Shortcut for Comp Settings 3:51 - Staggering Layers 4:13 - Snap to Layer 4:34 - Replace Layers while retaining attributes 5:10 - Shadows with CC Slant 5:31 - Time- Reverse Keyframes\ 5:49 - Transform Effect 6:11 - Retiming Keyframes 6:34 - coolors.co 7:07 - Move Mask 7:31 - Select layers by group 7:50 - Buttcapper by BattleAxe - battleaxe.co/buttcapper
My Gear Keyboard: amzn.to/3mBadT3 Monitor: amzn.to/2ZTairz Mouse: amzn.to/2ZTGviw (best mouse for AE) Mic: amzn.to/35TRv2YHow to illustrate for Motion Graphics | Adobe IllustratorKeyframe Academy2019-12-28 | In this video, I go over my approach to creating the illustrations for motion graphics using Adobe Illustrator. You can use this approach to create compelling illustrations.
What is great about this approach is that it can be used by those who aren't good at drawing. By using simple shapes to create the basic silhouette of an object, and then use the additional tools Adobe Illustrator provides, you can make some really good illustrations despite not being a experienced artist. The best part? Nobody will be the wiser, and everyone will think you're some kind of artistic prodigy.
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