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.

Download Tutorial .flv

File size 351MB

Requirements:
Adobe Illustrator (download trial version here)
Adobe Photoshop (download trial version here)

Optional:
Trapcode Particular (download trial version here)

Related links:

ae.tutsplus.com