Easy Animation: Make Fun, Cute GIFs For Your Instagram

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Scott Martin

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01 introduction.mp4

01:33

02 getting started.mp4

02:03

03 first animation hand washing.mp4

05:29

04 second animation toilet paper.mp4

04:37

05 third animation doomscrolling.mp4

06:15

06 exporting and uploading to giphy.mp4

04:04

07 final thoughts.mp4

00:37

Description

Want a fun, simple new way to express yourself on your social media? Want to expand your following and learn a brand new skill? Sticker packs are the way to go!

Ever find yourself unable to find the perfect gif for your Insta story? Now you can create your own! Join artist and animator Scott Martin of Burnt Toast Creative to create a unique, fun sticker pack of gifs that you can use — and so can everyone else! Scott’s iconic, bright style is perfectly suited to the internet, especially social media. Through trial and error, Scott has figured out which animations are best suited to Instagram’s ephemeral ecosystem. Now, Scott’s sharing his knowledge with you!

In this charming and comprehensive class, Scott walks you through three core animation principles, helping you understand them and create them yourself without the overwhelming time commitment of more elaborate animation. Alongside Scott, you’ll learn how to:

Develop a sticker pack concept
Adapt your sketches and illustrations to animations
Use keyframes to create movement and life
Trick the eye with smear frames and other effects
Upload to Giphy and use your stickers on Instagram

By the end of the class, you’ll be able to create Instagram stickers to your heart’s content, and simply animate your illustrations just for the fun of it.

While anyone can enjoy this class, it is designed specifically for illustrators and animation beginners who are comfortable with the basics of Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, and Adobe After Effects.

What You'll Learn?

Adobe Illustrator
Animation
Adobe After Effects
Creative
Gif
Instagram
Gifs

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Burnt Toast is the working alias for Scott Martin, a Canadian–based freelance artist, illustrator, and co-founder of the NFT art collection Doodles. Scott’s exuberant but technically impeccable style is widely respected, and he has become an internationally known artist and freelance commercial illustrator. His art and his design process have been featured in numerous publications and campaigns worldwide, with a roster of clients that includes Google, Facebook, Dropbox and Red Bull.

Along with two cofounders, in 2021 Scott launched an art collection called Doodles, made up of 10,000 NFTs which sold out in minutes. The Doodles series includes colorful pastel-hued characters with whimsical and joyful expressions.

The key to Burnt Toast’s popularity is Scott’s instantly recognizable work, populated with characters that are fun, cheeky, and sometimes a little macabre, all rendered in his trademark non-threatening pastel palette. Scott’s college training in 3D animation and design is evident in his drawings. They start life as pencil sketches, then are refined digitally using Adobe Illustrator. The next step is to colour and add shading to indicate a light source. “I always put pressure on myself to produce the best work I can, no matter who the client is or whether I am creating a piece of my own.” says Scott. He names other contemporary illustrators as his inspiration, but is also influenced by the greats of classical animation.

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