After Effects: Animate Your Character's First Steps

Start the course by getting to know your teacher, illustrator and animator Moncho Massé, who talks a little bit about himself, his career so far, and some of his biggest influences.

Dive right in as Moncho takes you on a tour of the program's interface and main tools, such as Shape Layers for composing simple designs.

Design your character and learn character rigging to connect each part of their body before creating a walk cycle to get them moving. First, animate the torso and head before moving on to the arms and legs and watch your character spring to life right before your eyes!

Next, it's time to help your character speed things up with a run cycle, following the same process as with the walk cycle. Now add as much energy and personality as possible to your character's movement.

Moncho shows you how to customize the background of your animation to really set it apart from the crowd. Finish up by exporting your project and hearing a few final tips for working with more complex shapes.