Animate Character’s Face Using Illustrator & After Effects

Learn How to Bring Your Vector Character to Life With Facial Expressions Animation.

Created by: Yuliya Osyka
Illustrator | Artist | Motion Designer

What Will I Learn?

• How to prepare vector illustration in Illustrator for animation in After Effects
• After Effects basic tools and approaches
• Animating emotion change from one state to another with a head turn using keyframes;
• Adding extra details using effects (glow, fast box blur, wave warp and grain) and a Wiggle expression
• Organizing After Effects file
• Exporting your animation as video and gif

Requirements

• Basic knowledge of Adobe Illustrator
• Familiarity with After Effects
• Access to Adobe Illustrator, After Effects, Media Encoder and Photoshop

Target audience

• Illustrators, who'd like to bring an extra layer of personality to their character work using animation
• Aspiring animators who want to broaden their skillset in character animation