In this course, you’ll learn how to rig and animate a scooter skating character in Adobe After Effects using the Duik Angela plugin, starting from a fully layered design and ending with a polished, looping animation. We’ll begin with character rigging, where you’ll set up bones and controllers for the legs, arms, and upper body. You’ll learn how to create clean hierarchies, place joints accurately, and build a flexible rig that’s easy to animate.
Next, we’ll move into character animation, where you’ll pose the character, animate the skating motion step by step, and refine movement using proper timing, spacing, and easing. You’ll also animate the scooter itself, including wheel rotation and forward motion, so everything feels physically connected and natural. To finish, you’ll add secondary animation like hair movement and polish the final scene with smooth transitions and looping motion. Throughout the course, I’ll explain not just how to do each step, but why it works, helping you build strong animation fundamentals.
The design source file is provided, so you can follow along with the full process without worrying about character creation. This course is perfect for beginners to intermediate motion designers who want to improve their character animation skills in After Effects and gain hands-on experience with a complete, real-world animation workflow.
Note: To improve audio clarity and consistency, AI-generated voice-over is used in this course. All animation techniques and workflows are demonstrated hands-on.
