Have the newest year ever!

And let’s leave last year far behind.

After Effects Sketches from June 2023

I help strangers on the internet to make things in After Effects. Here are some quick sketches and experiments I’ve made along the way.

Two quick and general purpose tips:

1) There’s no shame in using multiple layers when you need them, and often no real benefit to breaking your back in order to minimize the amount of layers in a project.

2) You don’t have to make stuff you can’t see. Part of that is that you don’t need to rig up things that don’t move during the shot. The lines-and-nodes shot was very quick to make because no part of it responds dynamically to anything. There’s no reason why it should, unless that’s what your experiment is about.

Hey, I won another contest!

This is the story of how I came to own a fancy pen:

The 8-Bit is not terribly expensive in the world of Expensive Pens, but anyone outside of that world would do a spittake. However, unlike almost every other kinda-pricey-to-amateurs pen I’ve ever held, this one is actually very nice to use. My inexpensive Sharpie S-Gels have taken a backseat since this arrived.

Thank you, Pen Addict!

After Effects Sketches for 5/2/23

I’ve been spending too much time this week in Discord servers answering basic After Effects questions and trying out the shots that are giving people trouble.

After Effects Sketches

I make little sketches in After Effects all the time, sometimes to help someone else figure out a shot, or just to recreate something I find interesting. I usually don’t share them anywhere, but what if I did? It might go a little something like this…

Now available in the lobby!

The project for this shot is a meme-fountain.