Animating a Children's Book Illustration!

In this After Effect & Photoshop workflow tutorial, I break down my process for animating a children's book illustration, including a four-legged run cycle, character's wavy hair, and subtle moving background. I'm using this amazing illustration from the talented Furry Little Peach. This is the cover of her 2nd children's book - Bandits, coming out on 29.09.2020.

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►Music:
Massive thanks to madmomentsgo for providing that amazing music for my intro!

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[furrylittlepeach]

BEN! YOU BROUGHT IT ALL TO LIFE SO PERFECTLY! I love everything you make, but this tops it for me (i might be a little bias but it really made me see my work in a new light!!!). You. Are. Incredible!

[pisangijo]

My gosh, animating children's book illustraion is one of my dream jobs. Mad skill, Ben! Thanks for sharing :)

[MatONeill]

Every time I watch your vids I learn 60 new things... by the time I get into after effects I've forgotten 55 of them, but I'm still up on the deal. Thank you so much for all of this.

[TipTut]

Aaron Blaise is a true legend and a fantastic teacher! Brilliant work here Ben!

[iamvoicelessmusic]

Currently working on a TV show that has the art style of a children's book, but the depth and emotional impact that is geared toward an older audience. This is the only tutorial I've seen that teaches what I'm looking for! Thank you!

[keribirmingham]

Ben’s sound effect when he’s showing the movement on the foreground tree lololll!

[TheRobotFanClub]

This turned out so nicely! I agree that doing the texture frame-by-frame adds a ton of subtle harmony with the source material. Sometimes there’s just no way around doing it the long way!

[unicornisis]

WHAT?!!! YOU TWO ARE MY FAVORITE ARTISTS THAT I FOLLOW.

[jeremylmt]

Thinking about how the final result will look is what makes me loves to work frame-by-frame. This is lovely, found the info on your IG, and it popped in my YT.

[spybloodjr]

Def looking forward to that Hambits spin-off 😸

[TehuraUdontcare]

Yes! Its the details that make this beauty stand out! What a legend

[metatrongroove]

thanks for sharing your workflows! really comprehensive approach but still shows the big picture. your lessons take into account more than just the example material. thank you!

[MaryArts]

Thank you for including how long it took. It is a shame, that in our branch of profession, we constantly have to compare ourselves with each other. But it is really crucial that we do not undersell ourself and can shield us from clients, which do not understand our time schedule.

[savannahrosedigitalillustr]

I love Furry Little peach, this is awesome! I'm just starting to illustrate my first children's book, I'm so excited to be published next year :)

[mariammohamedahamedkabeer]

Omg yes! A tutorial of this is what i needed. Thankyou oh so much for this💕💕

[gvuprise]

Wow❤ cAN YOU PLEASE UPDATE THIS AMAZING TUTORIAL. PLEASE 🙏

[diadocha]

Omg you’re so talented! I love animation and I’ve already watched millions of videos from different YouTube channels from different countries but you’re by far the best!!! I love your style! I’m a huge fan of you

[pranjalbhowmik]

You did a crazy awesome job on the first girl's left hand .... My god ... If i was in your position i won't be able to imagine how to wave a sleeve like that 😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[adrianferrette]

Always a wonderful resource! Thank you so much for continuing to share your knowledge and experience with us Ben!

You make us all that much better. 🙌🏽🇹🇹

[PatriciaHuffman]

two of my favs really came together huh?