Instructor: Mike Charal

When: June 15th, 22nd 2022 6:30pm – 9:30pm

Where: IN-PERSON at 1411 Dufferin St, Toronto, ON

Cost: $90.00 for TAIS Members; $110.00 CAD for Non-Members

In this intermediate After Effects workshop, we’ll design a character head, rig it to be animated, and start animating a short scene. We’ll be using a free script called DuIK Bassel 2 to assist us. We’ll also be diving into “expressions” (little snippets of code) in After Effects to help us automate and problem-solve as many things as possible. Automation is very valuable when rigging because you want to have as few manual things to tweak as possible when animating.

The main focus will be how to approach rigging based on what we need the character to do. What facial expressions does it need to make? Will it be speaking? How much will its head rotate? All of these things must be considered when designing and rigging a character. This 2-part class will be a jumping off point to give you the tools you need to rig your own character heads for animation.