5 things that will make you a better Motion Designer

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:
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#1 Become a Master Of Text in Adobe After Effects
Our video about 7 simple professional text animations:
• Become a master of Aft...
School of motion tutorial about using text layers to create some creative animations: • Creatively Using Text ...
Gareso tutorial about creating a custom text to create a zipper animation: • WORKFLOW #02: Characte... very clever!
Ben Marriott always has great easy to follow tutorials: • Stretched Type In Afte...
Broken has some text animation tutorials for those who want to level up: • Stretched Text - After...
#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: skl.sh/3bBbnrq
VFX central use code: StayHome for 30% discount on this course: www.vfxcrashcourse.com/course...
School of motion, lots of great course starting soon:
www.schoolofmotion.com/
motiondesign.school/
Color for Creatives:
thefutur.com/course/color-for...
JingSketch All Access for portraits in Procreate:
gumroad.com/jingsketch#rnPNZ
#3 Take the plunge into Illustrator
Our video about working between Adobe Illustrator and After Effects:
• EVERYTHING you need to...
Another video we made about how to become a better Illustrator:
• How to illustrate for ...
13 beginner tips for Illustrator - these are a must know from Tutvids: • 13 beginner tips and t...
Another really insightful tutorial that shows the process of designing inside of Illustrator: • Glass Planet Vector Il...
Easy to follow tutorial on the flat design:
• Flat Design Potted Pla...
#4 Channel your inner Nerd
School of Motion Expression Session:
www.schoolofmotion.com/expres...
Motion Design School Expression trip:
motiondesign.school/products/...
Join the After Effects Discord server here:
discordapp.com/invite/afteref...
Zack Lovatt’s expression resources:
zacklovatt.com/ae-expressions...
ECAbrams has a great tutorial on sourecrectattime() that is really in depth, and explains thoroughly the process of using that expression:
• SourceRectAtTime() Exp...
#5 - Practice! Practice! Practice!
Here are some Channels that make cool workflow videos:
Olof Storm. Not specifically After Effects but shows the process of animation
/ @olofstorm
Gareso has a lot of different videos that take you through the whole process of creating an animation:
/ gareso
Emanuele Colombo has some great workflow videos:
/ colombolele
Justin Oshido has a series of videos explaining every effect in After Effects:
/ @justinodisho
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