Start Here
  • "Who Is Better" Short Film
  • Introduction
  • Two Secrets To Do Awesome Animations
  • Example of Simple and Interesting
  • Interesting Character in a Good Story
  • Analyzing "Who Is Better"
  • Review: Getting Started PDF
  • Getting Started
Character Emotion
  • Emotional Expression And Body Language
  • Character Relationships
  • Relationship Examples
  • Review: Character Emotion PDF
  • Character Emotion
Character Design
  • Designing Characters With Geometric Shapes
  • Body Language From Geometric Shapes
  • Expressing With The Mouth
  • Working With References
  • Designing Simple Characters
  • Klay Tutorials
  • Review: Character Design PDF
  • Character Design
Planning a Project
  • Planning Your Animation With a Storyboard
  • Hiring Voice Talent
  • Download the Project Files
  • Preparing for the Animatic
  • Editing The Animatic
  • Finished Animatic for "Who Is Better"
  • Review: Planning a Project PDF
  • Planning a Project
Introduction to Rigging Tutorials
  • Introduction to Rigging Tutorials
  • Getting Adobe After Effects (For those who don't have it yet)
  • New Composition in After Effects (For absolute Beginners)
  • Creating the Body for Simple (The circle)
  • Creating Arms and Legs for Simple
Rigging The Character
  • Automation Using Expressions
  • Getting Duik Plug in and Project Files for the Tutorials
  • Setting Forward Kinematics
  • Setting Inverse Kinematics
  • Rigging the Right Arm and Legs
Prepearing Controllers
  • Creating and Aligning Controllers
  • Connecting the Body with Controllers
  • Cleaning the Timeline
Working with the Mouth
  • Mouth Expression Research
  • Drawing The Mouth Variations
  • Prepare Mouth for Emotional Lip-Sync
  • Animating the First Two Mouths for the Lip Sync
  • Animating the rest of the Mouths
  • Preparing the Mouth with Expression Controls
  • Head Turn Effect
  • Activating the Flip Switch to rotate the Mouth
Emotional Lip Sync
  • Emotional Auto Lip-Sync using Expressions
  • Adding Dialogue to test Auto Lip Sync
  • Wiggly Body for Maniac Effects
  • Simple Shading
Technical Tips to Know Before Animating
  • Introduction to Animation Tutorials
  • Getting EASE AND WIZZ
  • Tips on Changing the Elbow/Knee Angles Part 1
  • Tips on Changing the Elbow/Knee Angles Part 2
  • Refining the Lip Sync
  • Basic Frame Units in Animations at 24 fps
  • Basic Frame Units for Reaction Movements
  • Applying the 5 to 10 frame rule
  • Basic Frame Units for Aggressive Movements
Animation Tutorials
  • Preparing the Timeline for the Posing
  • Adding two more markers
  • Posing the 1st Keyframe: "Like Me"
  • Posing the 2nd Keyframe: Body, Hand and Mouth
  • Posing the 2nd Keyframe: Left Hand and Hips
  • Posing the 2nd Keyframe: Correcting the Left Leg
  • Posing the 3rd Keyframe
  • Adding Markers for Anticipation and Aftermath
  • Animating the Anticipation of the 1st Pose
  • Animating the Aftermath of the 1st Pose
  • Applying Ease and Wizz
  • Animating the Anticipation of the 2nd Pose
  • Fixing the Left Leg
  • Fixing the Right Arm
  • Animating the Anticipation of the 3rd Pose
  • Fixing the Right Hand Drop
  • Fixing the Left Leg for Final Position
Wrapping Up The Course
  • Closing thoughts on Body Language Animation
  • CHALLENGE: Animating 3 seconds
  • Prepare Composition for Rendering
  • Rendering for YouTube in After Effects
  • Getting Adobe Media Encoder
  • BONUS LESSON: "What's Next?"