Resources to become a better Motion Designer #STAYHOME

While we are all stuck at home, social distancing, we can use our time to its fullest potential to sharpen our skills as Motion Designers. 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:
2. 2:53 - Go Back to School
3. 5:50 - Take the plunge into Illustrator
4. 6:53 - Channel your inner Nerd; learn expressions
5. 10:26 - Practice! Practice! Practice!

#1 Become a Master Of Text Our video about 7 simple professional text animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gJBwE2psOBU School of motion tutorial about using text layers to create some creative animations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=plbsdkRhy8g Gareso tutorial about creating a custom text to create a zipper animation: https://youtu.be/nwpguCMd7HU?t=615 very clever! Ben Marriott always has great easy to follow tutorials: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_z6XJ-b9bE Broken has some text animation tutorials for those who want to level up: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1m744M8QffU

#2 - Go Back to School If you’re interested in SkillShare’s 2 month trial sign up using this link: https://skl.sh/3bBbnrq VFX central use code: StayHome for 30% discount on this course: https://www.vfxcrashcourse.com/courses/vfxcrashcourse School of motion, lots of great course starting soon: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/ https://motiondesign.school/ Color for Creatives: https://thefutur.com/course/color-for-creatives JingSketch All Access for portraits in Procreate: https://gumroad.com/jingsketch#rnPNZ

#3 Take the plunge into Illustrator Our video about working between Adobe Illustrator and After Effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vO94V7n_JtQ Another video we made about how to become a better Illustrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-n__2p3bfMs 13 beginner tips for Illustrator - these are a must know from Tutvids: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cubZGKpajXU Another really insightful tutorial that shows the process of designing inside of Illustrator: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z2SNeH9v-Ug Easy to follow tutorial on the flat design: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTV2n7fT4fk

#4 Channel your inner Nerd School of Motion Expression Session: https://www.schoolofmotion.com/expression-session Motion Design School Expression trip: https://motiondesign.school/products/expressions-trip Join the After Effects Discord server here: https://discordapp.com/invite/aftereffects Zack Lovatt’s expression resources: https://zacklovatt.com/ae-expressions-resources/ ECAbrams has a great tutorial on sourecrectattime() that is really in depth, and explains thoroughly the process of using that expression: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kI3yzx6CATg&t

#5 - Practice! ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zp5nLq-Fp5Y