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I love motion design, but my real passion is teaching. I feel immense joy and fulfillment from sharing knowledge with my peers and seeing them succeed and do their best work.
I have been running my After Effects tutorial YouTube channel since 2020, and below are the content that I have published.

Hello all! I'm taking a break from master studies and doing my own thing! This plant growing technique is something I developed in this huge student on-going collaboration, called CoMotion: https://scadcomotion.com/. There will be more techniques coming out of that project so stay tuned! 00:00 - Overview 00:20 - Designing the plant with Shape Layer 03:20 - Animating plant growth with Trim Path 04:45 - Adding secondary motion with CC Bend It & loopOut 07:25 - Compositing & Troubleshooting CC Bend It clipping issue 10:25 - Adding volumetric lights with Masks + Directional Blur + CC Slant 13:30 - Final touches with CC Particle World & Posterize Time 🔴 Project file download → https://gumroad.com/products/hItau 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Plant Growing Animation · Easy After Effects Tutorial
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Recreate the radial scaling grid shot and explore the profound simplicity of José Peña's (JP) "Creativity" video! JP is a schoolmate of mine at Savannah College of Art Design, he is mad talented and even worked at the renowned Ordinary Folk! His "Creativity" piece really caught my eye when I first saw it last year because there were so many places I spot expression usage and I finally got to test one of theory out! This tutorial uses one single expression to replicate the shot and it's super simple for anyone to learn! I also took his shot further by using an AE script that I wrote to arrange layers radially which I am also giving away for free with the project file. Enjoy! 00:00 - motion analysis 01:15 - importing Illustrator file in AE 02:00 - parent/child linking without inheriting scale change 05:15 - animating the shot and adding drop shadows 08:50 - use an AE script to arrange layers radially 12:30 - expression to rotate all layers towards the center 🎥 Creativity by José Manuel Peña → https://vimeo.com/424805218 🔴Project file download → https://gumroad.com/products/uHkQI 🤖 Expression used : → https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/after-effects/cookbook 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ → Masterstudies 2020:https://gum.co/GAQX/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Scaling Radial Grid Expression · After Effects Tutorial · Master study: José Peña's "Creativity"
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Hello friends! This year, we kick off into hyperspeed with yet another master study tutorial. In this video, you will learn how to recreate this scene from Flatwhite Motion Studio's TEDx-Boundaries video!!! 00:00 - motion analysis 01:45 - using a detailed wiggle function 03:30 - animating the flash / strobes with valueAtTime 08:45 - building the flat speed line particle system 16:55 - putting the particles into overdrive 19:00 - enhancing the scene with flash and blackouts 22:30 - final touches with CC Radial Fast blur + cam rotation 🎥 Flatwhite Motion → https://vimeo.com/284096799 🔴Project file download → Flat speed lines: https://gum.co/TjuWKq → Masterstudies 2020: https://gum.co/GAQX/ 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Flat Speed Lines Particles· After Effects Tutorial · Masterstudy- Flatwhite Motion "TEDx-Boundaries"
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Build a cyberpunk-inspired tech growing lines with shape layers and createPath expression. Alas, we have reached the last tutorial for the year, it's been a blast! I counted about 43 video tutorials made this year, and I am thrilled with my progress so far. When I first started out this year, my goal was to reach 1000 subscribers by the end of the year but who would have thought I exceeded by having about 3900 subscribers! I vividly recalled getting my first 100 subscribers was the slowest process ever and took about 3 months 😅 but right now I'm steadily growing and that is motivating me to make even more and better tutorials! I will continue to share my knowledge with everyone next year because teaching brings joy and I hope I can make your life better with what I know. Nonetheless, this concludes my first year of running NoSleepCreative! Thank you all for your support, have a merry Xmas and happy new year!!! 00:00 - understanding createPath expression 01:30 - creating a single line 04:00 - creating a random zig-zag line 08:25 - procedure breakdown for tech lines 10:40 - expression for main line 19:05 - expression for branches line 22:20 - final touches 🔴Project file download → https://gum.co/Kjljri 🤖 Expression used : → https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/after-effects/cookbook 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Cyberpunk Tech Lines · After Effects createPath advanced expression tutorial
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Learn how to build a radial delay rig to offset a layer's property in time using length, linear, valueAtTime expressions. In addition, learn how this rig can be used to replicate a scene from Igor + Valentine's "IBM Cloud // Optimize" video! Bonus: check out Ordinary Folk's radial delay rig that you can download for free, see link below! 00:00 - Motion analysis 00:55 - distance-based effector explained 02:50 - measuring distance with the length function 04:20 - how the linear function works 06:00 - building a radial delay rig 12:35 - staggering animation with valueAtTime() 15:50 - troubleshooting distance measuring with toWorld() expression 18:50 - final touches 🎥 Igor+Valentine → https://vimeo.com/377787340 🔴Project file download → nsc: https://gum.co/TFWmt → OF: https://www.ordinaryfolk.co/play 🤖 Expression used : → https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/after-effects/cookbook#radial-delay-rig 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ → https://www.provideocoalition.com/automatic-grid-layouts-in-after-effects/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Radial delay rig · After Effects Expression Tutorial · Masterstudy of Igor+Valentine's "IBM//Cloud"
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Hello friends, I am finally done with my first term at graduate school and have time to work on another tutorial myself! This time we focus on Buck's Apeel animation! What really caught my eye are these radial rippling circles which we will be recreating using shape layers, expressions, and math formulas. I also made a new page on my wiki called "cookbook" that will document all the expressions I will use for future tutorials. Enjoy! 00:00 - Motion analysis 00:40 - Creating a ring of circles 03:20 - auto-copies based on the ring radius 06:00 - evenly space rings with layer index 09:00 - alternating colors with the modulus operator 12:35 - staggering animation with valueAtTime() 16:10 - final touches 🎥 Buck → https://buck.co/work/apeel 🔴 Project file download → https://gum.co/dYHHF 🤖 Expression used : → https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/after-effects/cookbook#buck-apeel-circle-ripple 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ❤️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu → Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/nosleepcreative 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Shape repeater ripple animation After Effects tutorial · Master Study of Buck "Apeel"
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In this guest tutorial, learn how to track a 3D model onto a footage using Cinema4D, Octane Renderer, and After Effects with David Villa, a motion design generalist at WarnerMedia Studios! 00:00 - introduction 01:55 - best practices for motion tracking 04:55 - importing footage and tracking settings 09:10 - masking moving objects before tracking 11:25 - fine-tuning 2D tracking setting & auto-track 14:15 - assessing the quality of track via motion track graph view 15:20 - 3D Solve & Reconstruction 20:35 - generating point cloud for visualization 22:40 - placing the car model 24:20 - adding lighting and shadow with Octane 29:15 - rendering image sequences 32:40 - AE compositing & color correction 🎥 David Villa → https://www.davidmvilla.com/ ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
C4D Motion Tracking & 3D model placement onto footage tutorial with David Villa
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Hello friends, today we have a very special masterstudy tutorial that is taught by dear friend Nestor Tomaselli, an award-winning motion designer based in Los Angeles. In this first-ever guest tutorial video, Nestor covers designing the butterfly shot in the piece "Forms in Nature" by Chromosphere studio. Also, marvel at Diana's replication of the underwater scene and animation skills for both shots. We spend about 3 weeks working on this video; a slow but steady process. I'm very grateful that they were very excited to put in the time and effort to collaborate with me to share the motion design love, and we hope you love this video! 00:00 - Motion analysis 00:27 - Guest tutorial feature: Nestor Tomaselli* 01:05 - Philosophy behind Forms in Nature 08:55 - Design breakdown - Butterfly using Pathfinder panel 16:30 - Using the shape builder tool 22:00 - Designing the flower 30:25 - Texturing in Photoshop 32:20 - Best practices for animation - organizing & naming your layers 33:20 - Compositing in After Effects 34:30 - Recreating stylized camera blur 38:10 - additional details 42:00 - creating halftone texture 45:00 - lighting effect & color grading 🎥 Shoutout → Chromosphere: http://chromosphere-la.com/case-study/forms/ → Nestor's work: www.nestortomaselli.com/ → Spanish Flower: https://youtu.be/x71OxDM6CTE 🔴 Project file download → https://gum.co/qHKdV 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Forms In Nature Illustrator & After Effects Tutorial · Chromosphere masterstudy
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Hey peeps! Enjoy this tutorial on recreating the seashore wave animation from the Steven Universe title sequence animation done by Chromosphere Studio! 00:00 - Motion analysis 01:55 - Animating the wave 06:20 - using Nulls From Path script for wave details 16:50 - stylizing the wave with layer styles 19:30 - Adding the water & displacement 23:25 - Adding the foam 27:00 - Animating the particles 28:50 - stylizing motion & noise look 🎥 Chromosphere Studio → http://chromosphere-la.com/case-study/steven/ 🔴 Project file download → https://gum.co/hSkgc 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Beach Waves After Effects Tutorial · Chromosphere Steven Universe Masterstudy Part 2
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Hello friends!! And we are back again with yet another master study tutorial series. This month we take a deep look into the magic of Chromosphere Studios. I really love what they did for the curtain reveal for the Steven Universe title sequence (and Steven Universe too 😄) and decided to give a try as well. The results are stunning with using just masks and simple effects. Lucky you, there are no expressions used in this tutorial this time so no need to wrack your brain over math and code! Enjoy this tutorial and look forward to part 2 where I animate the waves of the seashore! 00:00 - Motion analysis 01:55 - Diana Rex design process 02:30 - Designing the curtain 06:00 - Animating the curtain reveal 08:25 - Adding the rope 11:15 - Adding the tassel 17:30 - stylizing motion & noise look 19:00 - compositing process with time remapping 🎥 Chromosphere Studio → http://chromosphere-la.com/case-study/steven/ 🔴Project file download → https://gum.co/GDLgh 📓 Master Studies Tutorials → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Curtain Reveal After Effects Tutorial · Chromosphere Steven Universe masterstudy Part 1
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Alas, you have made to the third and final part of this master study, congratulations!!! This tutorial is easier compared to the previous one so you shouldn't have so much difficulty in following. I hope you enjoy this short series on Ordinary Folk (OF) and get the hang or at least tasted the POWER of what expressions can do!!! What I am giving you here is my framework for approaching animation using expressions, I did not follow OF's AEP setup for it would have been far too complex for everyone to understand. From here on, I hope you gained the ability and confidence to become a better motion designer using expressions! 00:00 - Motion analysis 00:50 - How to get better at Expressions 02:20 - Creating the Pattern 11:00 - Troubleshooting & workarounds 18:00 - Setting up Master Properties 23:30 - Animating 25:30 - Putting it all together 26:40 - The Secret to Getting Good at Anything ⚠️ Quick note: change your Expression Engine to JSX If you have not done so, go to Edit, Project Settings, Expressions, Expression Engine, change from ExtendScript to Javascript. This might solve any expression problems you have. 🎥 Ordinary Folk → https://www.ordinaryfolk.co/work/ordinary-folk 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → AE Basic Expression Workshop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ5F1eCm428 → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ 📓 Master Studies Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: http://instagram.com/desmondddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Ordinary Folk After Effects tutorial · Master Study Part 3 · Advanced Motion Design
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Here is me demonstrating how to make a DNA helix animation with the Math.sin expression while trying to get more comfortable with running Livestream tutorials. As you can see, I still need more practice and confidence! Hopefully, this will be a platform which I can make tutorials more instantaneously! Note - 30 Sep 2020 The starting of the video may seem abrupt because my audio was not coming in, and I only found out via the live chat 😂 so I had to repeat what I said. Lesson learned! Also, I just found that this video was at streamed at 720p (I forgot to change my settings 🙁 ); hope you guys can see the expressions that I wrote. 00:00 Math.sin - Animating the scale of circle 07:15 Animating the Y position 09:30 Creating the second circle 11:30 Animating the line 🔴 Project file download → https://gum.co/KvJaT ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: http://instagram.com/desmondddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ → Dan Ebbert:https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/random-2.html -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
DNA Helix with Expressions After Effects Motion Design Tutorial
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Part 2 to the master study of Ordinary Folk! Lots of expressions being used here so I hope you are excited to level up your Javascript & AE knowledge! Core techniques: parenting, expression: parent without inheriting scale, trigonometry, set matte 00:00 - Motion analysis 00:50 - More tutorials on IG 01:05 - Creating Pattern A 17:00 - Creating Pattern B 24:00 - Animating 34:00 - Troubleshooting Expressions 38:30 - Adding the circle & the noise texture 44:45 - Combining with Part 1 Troubleshooting If at 9:33, the circle does not scale accordingly, go Edit, Project Settings, Expressions, Expression Engine, change from ExtendScript to Javascript - kudos to @aleks.3d for bringing this problem to my attention! Edit — 24 Sep 2020 Many of you have asked how to get deeper into expression recently, there was an Expression workshop live stream I made not long ago: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aZ5F1eCm428 . I would say that is a good place to start. I highly recommend Animoplex YouTube channel too! 🎥 Ordinary Folk → https://www.ordinaryfolk.co/work/ordinary-folk 🚗 ScriptUI Download → https://aescripts.com/repositionanchorpoint/ 🧮 Trigonometry Basics → https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rbokZWrwCJE&t=3s 📓 Master Studies Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: http://instagram.com/desmondddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ → Dan Ebbert:https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/random-2.html -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Ordinary Folk After Effects tutorial · Master Study Part 2 · Advanced Motion Design
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Here is another master study! This time we explore the genius of the studio Ordinary Folk! As a Motion Designer, I'm sure you seen their work before. After dissecting their free After Effects project file (which you can download from their website), I was able to recreate one part of the first shot in their intro video and turn it into a tutorial for you all to learn about their motion magic. Enjoy! 00:00 - Motion analysis 01:05 - How to reverse-engineer a work file 02:05 - Creating Square Pattern A 07:00 - Creating Square Pattern B 15:00 - Trigonometry for Motion Design 20:00 - Compositing the Square Patterns 26:15 - Creating the circle & the noise texture 30:40 - Troubleshooting 🎥 Ordinary Folk → https://www.ordinaryfolk.co/work/ordinary-folk 📓 Master Studies Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/ → Dan Ebbert:https://www.motionscript.com/mastering-expressions/random-2.html -- NoSleepCreative is a creative resource to give you the skills you need to create a killer portfolio, land your dream Motion Design jobs, and clients that you want!
Ordinary Folk After Effects tutorial · Master Study of Intro logo animation · Advanced Motion Design
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Due to the overwhelmingly positive response of my Instagram tutorial of this intro opening animation, I decided to make a tutorial about my motion design techniques and workflow to help everyone learn how to make this animation! Opening sound design by Avik Chari: https://www.avikcharimusic.com 00:00 - Animation breakdown 00:55 - Building the base animation setup 10:00 - Using Master Properties to create variants 15:00 - Animating the rings 19:15 - Adding the text reveal 23:50 - Creating the Sparkle 26:20 - Putting everything together 📸 Instagram tutorial : → https://www.instagram.com/p/CEowEGepeNy/ 📓 Master Studies Playlist → https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL1TQbviAEvf3C_W2K-PE8mpOys2n9BDch ♥️ Support NoSleepCreative by making a donation → Patreon: www.patreon.com/nosleepcreative → Venmo: https://venmo.com/desmond-du → Coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/oM3Ylrf 🌎 Follow me everywhere → Website: http://duitbetter.com/ → Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedesmonddu/ → LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/desmonddu 📚 Resources & Readings → Expressions library: https://docs.nosleepcreative.com/code/javascript-for-ae/expressions → Expressions reference: http://expressions.aenhancers.com/
Geometric flat design title reveal in After Effects | Motion Design Tutorial
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Research & Studies

Aside from making creative works, I believe it is always necessary to keep learning, especially the things that do not seem relevant. As of 2021, I started learning and implementing Python in Autodesk Maya and Pixar Renderman. Hopefully, this knowledge will future-proof  me in fast-growing technological age we live in.

Blog

I love to write as well! Once in awhile when I find that I have crystallized an insightful knowledge in my head, I will post them on my Medium blog to share with the world. I believe that the methodology of a creative practice is just as important to document as the ” project and creative process.”