After Effects Tutorial | Character Animation - Backwoods Animation Studio

A quick look at animating Characters in after effects using "Duik" and "Joysticks n sliders". This is my approach to animating characters in After Effects which heavily leans on pose to pose animation. I utilize the curve editor to achieve smooth transitions and a polished look.
Thanks for watching!
Don't forget to tag me on / backwoodsanimation to show off your mad skillz!

[@jo.__]

A Tutorial about the shoulder rotation would be a great thing! I just started playing around with joysticks n sliders recently and think that would help a lot!

[@backwoodsanimation]

Ask and you shall receive! I'll work on that for my next video.

[@madfrog17]

Great video I'd appreciate you doing a tutorial on rigging the shoulders!

[@backwoodsanimation]

Leopold Matthews thanks! I knew the shoulder rotation would raise questions. Yeah maybe my next tutorial I can walk you through my process for rigging the shoulders.

[@StrawberriesEatGirls]

Fantastic as always, you are single handedly saving my graduation film. Thank you!

[@backwoodsanimation]

StrawberriesEatGirls thank you! But shouldn’t your teachers be helping you?

[@StrawberriesEatGirls]

@@backwoodsanimation Yeah you would think that. Unfortunately we don't have enough tutors and the ones we do have are geared more towards 3D as they also teach the game Dev course. We're kinda just winging it and teaching ourselves unfortunately

[@brahmaananda5238]

This is a tresure, deserve millions views at least

[@backwoodsanimation]

Brahma Ananda haha thanks, let’s make it a million and one views :)

[@brahmaananda5238]

@@backwoodsanimation on your previous tutorial joystick and slider, I don't understand how did you manage to animate the sliding shoulder and the arm,

[@raymondgoncalves2880]

Love your work man, inspirational. Keep it up.

[@backwoodsanimation]

Raymond Goncalves thanks!

[@davidschertz5539]

I'd love to see a deep dive, start to finish, character class from you on skillshare. Would be worth the yearly subscription just to take the class. Great stuff. Keep it up.

[@backwoodsanimation]

Thanks man I really appreciate the compliment! I haven't thought about that much, but it's definitely possible.

[@johnnyjbingham5258]

@@backwoodsanimation yes pls!

[@endirimlialıs]

Great tutorial, thanks so much!! Please next tutorial on rigging the shoulders!

[@time2bowl]

Dude this is great

[@surakartavector3301]

In effect controls C I L_Hand, I see there is splay, thumb, finger, middle etc. How do you make it? Have you ever made a tutorial about it before?

[@CGCharacterArtist]

Thank you so much , I will back after watching it. :)

[@backwoodsanimation]

Ashour Saadi thanks for watching I hope it was useful!

[@yuniorbb879]

Would you teach us how to create the Ik orientation checkbox? Please. Teach us.

[@hamzat2i]

woow , great tutorials, thanks alot

[@AlexBeylin]

I very like your lessons

[@EarleSara]

I'm new to 2D animation but very well versed in Illustrator and Photoshop. I have an idea for a character to destroy a logo and turn it into rubble but I'm not sure how to go about doing it.

[@ahmeterzurumlu9116]

Please show the shoulder rotation

[@dzsquid9355]

Hey, when I’m using duik, and I move an arm with the duik already set up (I move position) then the duik controller for the arm stops working, would happen to have fix for that?

[@marios_voices5971]

Am I the only one getting a strong Will Ferrel vibe from this character rig?

[@TheDuckPone]

Please can you do an all in one tutorial for something like this? Please! :)
And if possible how to make a full 360 rotating rig

[@aksinyusifov3970]

i have not still found 360 rotating body

[@TheDuckPone]

@@aksinyusifov3970 really? Fuck :c

[@shiimetumuna1397]

can you please how us how you create this type of character please.. it looks fun..

[@jeot2011]

This is awesome, it should have way more views, thanks for doing it!

[@mohsenshahgholi3669]

really i need to this rigg's toturial . can i find it anywhere?