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In this massive 2 part tutorial you will learn how to rig and animate a character using a combination of Illustrator, Photoshop and After Effects and create an incredible, cinematic odyssey piece.
Part 1 covers pre-production techniques, workflow overview and creating and rigging the character. It also covers creating the star field background and creating the eye close-up.
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Requirements:
Adobe Illustrator (download trial version here)
Adobe Photoshop (download trial version here)
Optional:
Trapcode Particular (download trial version here)
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User Comments
( ADD YOURS )Greg July 6th
love the flying dude. Nice work!
( )Alj July 6th
nice one i really like it
( )Rafi July 6th
dude! the preview looks awesome! what song is that? sounds like a “The Great Gig in the Sky” remix
take care!
( )mchapman July 6th
the song is “Moonchild” from M83 off of the album Before the Dawn Heals Us – great selection!
( )Marcin Zeglinski July 6th
Beat me to it.
Rafi July 7th
cheers!
EffectsGroup July 6th
Great work!!!!
( )Arjun July 6th
nice
( )Shadowzproductions July 6th
Holy..
That’s amazing. Reminds me of the I Am Legend Survivor sketches.
Looking forward to part 2.
( )JayDee July 6th
Great job, and the timing is perfect: I was about to start animating a “ghost” and your tut will be a great help.
( )Sean Smyth July 6th
That looks sublime! Fantastic!
http://www.twitter.com/imlostirl
( )Rafael Guerra July 6th
That´s brilliant!
( )eric July 6th
that’s out of this world – literally
( )Owca July 6th
Awesome!
Greetings from Poland
( )Marcin Zeglinski July 6th
Dzieki
( )David K. July 6th
Zajebiste to jest!! hehe
hipek999 November 19th
wow niesamowite
mike July 6th
why my explorer cannot load the tutorial?
( )the tutorial video turns to be blank.
plz,anybody could help?
m July 6th
absolutely horrible! wow a waste of my time!
( )B July 7th
I have to agree with m. This thing sucks!
( )Max July 7th
Why don’t you show your stuff if you’re so hot?
( )Shawn Bridges July 7th
I agree. Really cheesy. What’s with the talking at the beginning of the it…just pile on the cheese. Yikes!
Sorry Max, I don’t think that “M” said he/she was hot.
( )Rami July 7th
BTW I work with this M kid and his motion/video work is top shelf.
( )Max July 7th
Well, M should show his work and be opened to comments that are as rude and not constructive as his.
Jon Draper July 13th
sort of agree….was hoping for more of a fully rigged character not….err…this.
Different though….more of a tutorial to create a heavily stylized animation, than a tutorial to learn a technique that can apply to lots of work, corporate/music video/film etc etc.
( )das_borg July 6th
Marcin!
your timing is impeccable, i’ve had something in pre-prod for sometime, and lost my mojo somewhat… thank you for this amazing introduction to what will ultimately, kick tutorial ass and motivate mine again!!
M83 – good choice!!
peace.
( )JohnM. July 6th
What!? This is ILL!! Really excited for this one
( )Hooper July 6th
Finally!
( )Something cool and fun!
Alex McCabe July 6th
That is beautiful, I couldn’t help feeling the finished video wasn’t long enough, I wanted to watch more =D
Very well done
( )Marcin Zeglinski July 6th
That’s been the general consensus. I’m still at the early stages, but I have something really epic planned in a few months.
( )Adam Sklar July 7th
Can’t wait to see it.
Oh by the way, I commented on your site. I hope you can get back to me soon.
Shane July 6th
Thanks for this. I am looking forward to the second part.
( )Hadi July 6th
It looks awesome, hope to see them done in the tutorial
( )Thanks
Orlando July 7th
Hi this awesome coll tutorial
( )hey where is the second part?
Marcin Zeglinski July 7th
Coming tomorrow.
( )Orlando July 8th
Wow thank you man i won’t lose this
again thank million….this amazing (Great)
Rafael Braga July 7th
Oh man ,,, I can’t believe that finally we’ve got a nice tutorial and this stupid internet at work doesn’t let me download the file … =(
I’ll check when get home.
Thanks for sharing Marcin.
( )Rami July 7th
It has a nice kinda of 70’s or 80’s tripped out vibe but ….
I’m gonna have to say that its got some things that work but a lot that don’t.
It feels too much like a beginners work or a students first project.
Sorry man just MHO.
but keep at it ..
( )nick July 7th
agree….keep at it…needs a lot of work….great for beginners
( )Max July 7th
Looks great! It makes me think of “The Fountain” movie.
( )Miser Zerk July 7th
well… AETUTS sucks… and the others too. PSD, VECTOR, AUDIO, CG…
I was a great fan, but it’s over…
En bon français, je dirais que ce n’est pas intéressant, dépassé et artistiquement maigre.
C’est pas méchant mais ce site donne le mauvais exemple. Ce ne sont pas des tutos mais de simple suivis de travail. On y apprend rien : un vulgaire bricolage à la portée du premier curieux.
bon courage, vous pouvez faire mieux… et je respecte ceux aimerons.
( )Max July 8th
Qu’est-ce que tu veux dire par simple suivis de travail? C’est exactement ça un tuto. Je ne dis pas que ce tuto est parfait, mais si tu n’as rien appris, qu’est-ce que tu fais sur ce site? Tu devrais gagner ta vie comme designer graphique ou faire toi-même des tutos.
( )Wesley July 7th
final result looks a bit cheap
( )Rev65 July 7th
Really enjoyed the building the eyeball portion using AE. Overall would suggest you pick up the pace of things as it felt a bit too slow. Looking forward to Part 2.
( )72pixel July 7th
COOL man~! So cool man~!
( )Diego SA July 8th
Nice preview! It remember the movie “The Fountain”!
( )Dave July 9th
That was beautiful stuff right there!
( )sunil thapa (Nepal) July 9th
he he too much good………. awesome……………. galaxy………..
( )Jon Draper July 13th
Hmm….all a bit too 2001….for my liking.
Be great to see some fully rigged character tutorials. Where characters have walk cycles, running =, jumping etc using the puppet tool….?
( )shadolen White July 17th
Love the work. I’m going to try to convert this tutorial into a flash pre loader.
( )The site it will be for, is http://www.gibarbershop.com. use of your mind.
kamran August 26th
use the great technics dud
( )matthew November 3rd
I love how we never see Billy in the more complicated tutorials
Billy’s #1 fan
( )-Matthew
Billy November 21st
I was just going through old tutorials seeing if there was anything I wanted to try out that I had missed…and I saw Matthew’s comment and just had to, well….comment.
Matthew is a moron. Pretty simple why I don’t comment on the more “complicated” tutorials, Matthew…because they are good. They speak for themselves. Not seeing me is…what….in your small little mind? A sign of what exactly?
I’m glad you are my #1 fan. I hope you learn something about having a critical eye to fx’s that work than those that don’t. I like your obsession with me. But, rest assured, your stalking adoration does not mean that I don’t find you a repugnant little troll. As I have said in other post threads in which you have commented on my critiques….let’s have it out. When you find a tutorial in which I have commented negatively and you don’t agree….feel free to reply intellectually and challenge my findings on a factual basis. Show me where I am wrong in my critique.
I promise I will shred you.
( )Jonathan B December 2nd
Lol Billy, I’m your number 2 secret fan, I’ve read all your comments and lurked for ages, but I actually read your comments as a tutorial in themselves to help me evolve and to take note of things that need work on. For example, your critical responses open up a learning path for me to try to avoid those negative problems in my little projects.
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