Tag: Design Essentials
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Reviews for Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist
5.0 out of 5 stars on Amazon Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist: A Practical Guide to Principles & Techniques, By m franks – See all my reviews I found this to be a really great book and is suitable for anyone who works or has an interest in motion graphics or animation. It…
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Is drawing important for designers?
Things that may not occur to you by just simply looking at an object. you need to truly understand these things to make your drawings work. Even if you don’t like your finished drawings, that really doesn’t matter, it’s the process of losing yourself in the craft of drawing that matters.
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Free tutorial – creating a 1960s retro opening title sequence
My dear friend and esteemed and talented After Effects aficionado, Aharon Rabinowitz has posted my 1960’s retro “Pop-art” tutorial up on Red Giant TV. I actually recorded it in the 1960’s but it’s taken this long for technology to catch up to a stage where it can broadcast a whole hour (almost) of FREE After…
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Adobe After Effects Training DVD and book
Well, it’s all happening this week! My new book, “Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist” finally went on sale. As well as the book, I also have a new training DVD on the way which I worked on with the amazing Todd Kopriva from Adobe. As a little taster of what’s to come is…
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Copyright or wrong?
I’ve been busy putting the finishing touches to my forthcoming book, “Design Essentials for the Motion Media Artist“. It’s funny, I’ve written books before. Software books, teaching people how to use Adobe After Effects to be specific. I was commissioned to write these books, at the time there were very few books on the subject…
