Loop Animation with Mixed Illustration Techniques (Animação em loop com técnicas mistas de ilustração digital – PT-BR, Multisub)

Learn to bring your illustrations to life through 2D and 3D animation
Explore what 2D and digital animation have to offer and create an expressive piece filled with character. This is the mission of illustrator Catarina Alves and motion designer Jonas Nunes, founders of the studios Itsacat and Goodog respectively. Together they produce animations for important clients like Amazon, BMW, Nike, Nestlé, and Torres.

In this course, learn to produce a loop animation combining 2D and 3D techniques. With Catarina and Jonas as your guides, discover all the tools necessary to illustrate, animate, model, and transform various creative languages into one unique animation.

Begin this journey by getting to know the brains behind Itsacat and Goodog.tv., illustrator Catarina Alves and motion designer Jonas Nunes. They share their main artistic influences and more detailed information about the final project.

Jonas explains the twelve principles of animation to bear in mind while composing your final piece. Catarina shows you the programs she uses to illustrate and helps you do some initial sketches using Procreate. Compose a storyboard in Photoshop along with a style frame to define your piece’s graphic style.

Now get ready to spread your wings! With Jonas as your copilot, set to work designing a 3D character. Bring your creation to life with textures and lighting in Cinema 4D and Photoshop. He teaches you how to build an animation from scratch using your storyboard, before moving on to the retouching and rendering.

Take a look at how to combine 2D and 3D effects in After Effects. Now it’s over to Catarina to show you how to make basic adjustments and how to use effects such as displace, chromatic aberration, warp, and texture loop. To wrap things up, she’ll give you some key tips for finding your feet in the world of animation.