I have been playing around with Adobe After Effects a lot this week and decided to try out creating a few different animations based around recreating the Steam Logo using Shape, Mask and Text Layers. The Logo turned out great and the animations were fun to make.

As part of preparing for my placement, before checking what software I would likely be using, I decided to do some test animating in Opentoonz. I taught myself how to rig a skeletal model using multiple Levels as well as how to set up a drawing with a deform-able mesh using the Plastic tool. The last step was then learning how to parent these layers together with the correct pivot points.

This is my first animation I have made in After Effects. I have previously used it to compile renders from Maya and learned how to set up tracking on video footage while in University, however I haven't used After Effects CC before, only CS6, and have never used it as an animation software itself. I followed this tutorial from Evan Abrams:

​After following through the tutorial step by step I then used the knowledge of how to set up the pages to set up a new, separate page on which I could put text or images without those images appearing on the other pages in the book.