LEARNING RESOURCES

Here you'll find a curated list of excellent resources I have gathered over the years.

These resources range from e-learning materials, to design articles, websites, blog posts and interesting finds I thought were worth sharing.

You'll find the most recent links at the top of the page.

Enjoy, share and have fun learning!

If you are interested in learning from me, check out my animation courses below.

LATEST RECOMMENDATIONS

The Five Remembrances | Mindfulness Practice

5 Obstacles to Mindfulness Meditation | Meditation Practice

The Dots | Creative Community & Job Board

6-Minute Networking Course | by Jordan Harbinger

Mobo Utils | After Effects plug-in for APNG export

PAST RECOMMENDATIONS

Set Composition Preview | After Effects Trick

S.M.A.R.T. goals | by Promoshinvideo

Instagram Caption Templates | by Elise Darma

How to Multitrack Record & Mixdown in Audition | by Jason Levine

Using Twitter when you’re creative | by designswarm

Seeking the hidden dragon | by Brian Collins

GifGun | After Effects Plugin for GIF export

Pricing Your Work | 3 Point Perspective Podcast

Creative Commons Lo-Fi Music | by Pryna

Royalty Free Background Music | by Fesliyan Studios

Vintage Specimen Illustrations | by British Library

Elementor Pro | Wordpress Plugin (not sponsored)

Free School of Motion Class | with Ryan Summers

Nimble Nimbus | After Effects Plugin

Free Mini-Courses | by Loomier

The Lovecraft Investigations | by BBC radio 4

unDraw | Free Vector Illustration Directory

Humaaaans | Mix-&-match illustrations of people

3 Point Perspective | The Illustration Podcast

Illustration Tools | by Magoz

Free Illustration Resources | by Design Course

The Freelancer Grind Guide | by Hashmukh Kerai

Line of Action | Life Drawing Prompts

PERSPECTIVE DRAWING: CREATING ILLUSTRATIONS WITH DIMENSION | by Matt Laskowski

FINDING CLIENTS AS A FREELANCER  |  by Monika Kanokova

HOW TO PREPARE LAYERS FOR ANIMATION |  by Alena Leleka

THE GOLDEN RULE OF SPACE IN DESIGN |  by Ismail Elazizi

BASIC SKILLS / GETTING STARTED WITH DRAWING | by Brent Eviston

3 POINT PERSPECTIVE PODCAST  |  by Will Terry, Lee White, and Jake Parker

PROCREATE LETTERING MINI-TORIAL  |  by Jimbo Bernaus

DOT DISPLAY AFTER EFFECTS TUTORIAL  |  by Francisco Giordano

TYPOGRAPHY LOGO ANIMATION TIPS | by Motion Design School

EFFICIENT ILLUSTRATING  |  by Jack Royle

DYNAMIC SHADOWS (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Fran Giordano

DYNAMIC ECHO EXPRESSION (AFTER EFFECTS) | by Simon Schu

HOW TO CREATE A YOUTUBE BANNER IN ILLUSTRATOR  |  by Jeremy Mura

CRUSH VIDEO EDITING: VEGAS PRO 17 MASTERCLASS  |  by Storm Pierce

COLOR CORRECTION AND COLOR GRADING IN PREMIERE PRO CC 2020  |  by Dennis Schrader

HOW TO BUILD AN EXPRESSION LIBRARY (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Edaqa Mortoray

DOPE ANIMATED LOOPS (AFTER EFFECTS) | by Nick Greenawalt

INTRO TO MOTION GRAPHICS 2020  |  by Hongshu Guo

WHAT IS WRONG WITH MY ANIMATION  |  by Alena Leleka

CREATE CARTOON EXPLOSIONS (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Panu Pietiläinen

ANIMATE A BLOCK QUOTE TEMPLATE (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Evan Abrams

RESPONSIVE DESIGN IN ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS | by Boone Loves Video

GRADIENT LIMB (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Kristoffer Stokkerud

WAVE TRAIL (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Fran Giordano

HOW TO EDIT GROUP ELEMENTS (ILLUSTRATOR)  |  by Harshita Sharma

TEACHING HOW TO TEACH (LESSON PLAN) | by Denise Van Dillen

HOW TO MAKE A RECTANGLE SELF-RESIZE TO TEXT (AE)  |  by Premiere Gal

ORGANISING LAYERS (ILLUSTRATOR)  |  by Jack Royle

FAKE 3D HOUSE (AE)  |  by Anders Waltz

SHADOWS & HIGHLIGHTS - ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR | by Jack Royle

HOW TO CREATE A TYPE ANIMATION  |  by Fran Giordano

DYNAMIC TEXT REAVEAL (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Edaqa Mortoray

FRAME-BY-FRAME LIQUID ANIMATION | by Alena Leleka

TYPES OF WINDOW IN SCRIPTING FOR ADOBE PRODUCTS  |  by Salman Ameer

HOW TO CUSTOMIZE FONTS FOR LOGO DESIGN  |  by Jon Brommet

HOW TO VLOG! FILM, EDIT & UPLOAD TO YOUTUBE |  by Sara Dietschy

LIQUID ANIMATION (AFTER EFFECTS) | by Anders Waltz

BREAK INTO THE INDUSTRY: STRATEGIES TO KICKSTART YOUR CAREER  |  by Lucan Ridley

ANIMATED LETTERING IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Megan Friesth

FRAME BY FRAME ANIMATION BASICS  |  by Kyle Cernicky

EXTENDED SCRIPTS TUTORIAL: ON CHANGE - ON CHANGING  |  by Salman Ameer

AFTER EFFECTS FOR BEGINNERS: MASTEREING THE BASICS | by Lucas Riddley

ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR: LEVEL UP YOUR COLOURS  |  by Hayden Aube

AFTER EFFECTS CEL ANIMATION LOOK  |  by Panu Pietiläinen

AFTER EFFECTS NOISE TEXTURE  |  by Anders Waltz

MOTION TITLE EDITING IN PREMIERE PRO | by Jon Brommet

1930'S CHARACTER DESIGN (ILLUSTRATOR)  |  by Jon Brommet

1930'S CHARACTER ANIMATION (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Jake Bartlett

INTRO TO 2D ANIMATION (ANIMATE CC)  |  by Jack Grayson

2D ANIMATION OF BUILDINGS IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Mark Rise

ROLLING A SQUARE (AFTER EFFECTS) | by Abdoulaye Barry

HOW TO USE BODYMOVIN TO EXPORT ANIMATION FOR WEB  |  by Motion Plus

TUTORIAL 95: FLUID MOTION  |  by Workbench

5 AMAZING EXPRESSIONS IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by School of Motion

USE EXPRESSIONS TO EDIT AND ACCESS TEXT PROPERTIES  |  by Adobe

DYNAMIC ROTATION AND SCALE (AFTER EFFECTS) | by Edaqa Mortoray

MATH.SIN() EXPRESSION (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by ae.expressions

AFTER EFFECTS BASIC TRAINING  |  by Video Copilot

CREATIVELY USING TEXT ANIMATORS IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by School of Motion

HOW TO BUILD A MOUTH RIG FOR LIP SYNCING (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Gigantic

DUIK 16 (BASSEL) JUMPSTART (AFTER EFFECTS) |  by Jake Bartlett

HOW TO AUTO-RESIZE A SHAPE LAYER IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Ukramedia

HOW TO CREATE A WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Ukramedia

LOOPING WIGGLE() (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Dan Ebbert

FREE E-BOOK ON MAKING MOGRTS  |  by Jarle Leirpoll

WIGGLE(); AND RANDOM(); AFTER EFFECTS EXPRESSIONS |  by Jake Bartlett

HOW TO CREATE RESPONSIVE MOGRTS FOR PREMIERE PRO  |  by Ukramedia

HOW TO MAKE A PODCAST IN ADOBE AUDITION  |  by Jason Levine

HOW TO REMOVE ECHO IN ADOBE AUDITION  |  by Mike Russell

ICON DESIGN USING GRID (ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR)  |  by Couple of Designs

JAVASCRIPT: GENTRLE INTRODUCTION FOR BEGINNERS  |  by Chris Dixon

DELIVER YOUR DESIGNS TO DEVELOPERS WITH ZEPELIN  |  by Ljubomir Bardžić

GRADIENT ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Jonathan Lam

INTRODUCING AFTER EFFECTS EXPRESSIONS  |  by Edaqa Mortoray

USING ADOBE ILLUSTRATOR LIKE A STAR  |  by Ryan Vatzlavick

3D PERSPECTIVE ON SHAPE LAYER STROKES (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Tony Babel

GRAINY GRADIENT EFFECT (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Evan Abrams

GRAIN TEXTURE (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Flowtuts Motion

HOW TO MOTION (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Eduardo Santos

BETTER ANIMATED GRAIN TEXTURE (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Ben Marriott

FREELANCING FOR BEGINNERS  |  by Jeremy Mura

HOW TO START YOUR OWN CREATIVE STUDIO  |   by Richard Bolland

EXTRUDING SHAPES AND TEXT  |  by Evan Abrams

LIQUID TEXT ANIMATION IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Andrzej Pach

EARN MORE AS A DESIGNER  |  by Daniel Scott

SOURCE RECT AT TIME (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Evan Abrams

HOW TO CREATE A WEEKLY WEATHER FORECAST (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Ukramedia

SHAPE LAYER REPEATER (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Evan Abrams

ANIMATION FOR ILLUSTRATORS: PROCREATE 5  |  by Brooke Glaser

ART LICENSING FUNDAMENTALS  |  by Shannon McNab

PRICING YOUR WORK  |  by Peggy Dean

MAKE CREATIVITY YOUR CAREER  |  by Andy J. Pizza

HAND WRITING LIQUID TEXT IN AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Video Course Centre

ADOBE INDESIGN CC  |  by Daniel Scott

GOING FREELANCE  |  by Justin Gignac

VIDEO EDITING WITH ADOBE PREMIERE PRO  |  by Jordy Vandeput

DIGITAL DESIGN THEORY  |  by Lindsay Marsh

PHOTOSHOP CC 2020 PRODUCTIVITY TECHNIQUES  |  by Daniel Scott

INTRODUCTION TO ADOBE AFTER EFFECTS  |  by Evan Abrams

NIKON DSLR PHOTOGRAPHY  |  by Phil Ebiner

MOTION GRAPHICS MASTER CLASS  |  by Flowtuts

JAVASCRIPT FOR BEGINNERS  |  by Kalob Taulien

HOW TO GET TIGHTER SMEARS (AFTER EFFECTS)  |  by Jacob Richardson