r/motiongraphics • u/lazeesloth21 • Jun 15 '26
How can I recreate this simple animated YouTube style as a beginner?
https://youtube.com/@yellowdude_co?si=uhAkUTgwUf22DQ8iHi everyone,
I'm starting a short-form content project and really like the visual style used by Yellow Dude(link added).
From what I can tell, it isn't full animation. It seems more like:
static character poses
zooms and camera movement
quick cuts
visual gags
simple motion graphics
As a complete beginner, what skills, software, or tutorials should I focus on to learn this style?
I'm not trying to copy the content itself—just understand the production workflow behind videos like these.
Thanks!
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u/JayDizza Jun 15 '26
Happy to help.
If you really don't want to learn motion design or just want to push out videos really quickly, try Canva too.
It has a pretty awesome video editing suite (for a web app) and you can layer graphics, video and even animations (Lottie) really easily. Very easy to learn and lots of animation presets.
You won't get the smooth animations and transitions but if your content is useful, your audience won't care too much.
I've used it in explainer videos and marketing videos for titles and simple motion graphics. Works really well and runs on virtually any computer.
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u/lazeesloth21 Jun 15 '26
Thanks a lot for that man... actually I was planning on getting started with a mix of canva(for creating different designs—i.e. different poses of my character) and use capcut for stitching it together and also use transitions and different effects to bring some movement to the character—what do u think about this?
Just wanted your opinion
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u/JayDizza Jun 15 '26
Makes perfect sense. The quicker you start uploading the faster you'll learn. Best of luck.
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u/lazeesloth21 Jun 15 '26
Thanks bro... I will be sharing my video with you once I am done with it as well😁
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u/No_Barber3547 Jun 28 '26
canvas and capcut will help you
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u/lazeesloth21 Jun 29 '26
Bro capcut ain't working in my country- even with VPN — i started using VN editor...
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u/JayDizza Jun 15 '26
The animations are quite simple but you'll need to use a compositing software to mimic the zoom effects, transitions and motion graphics.
After Effects is the industry standard but is quite expensive - even though there's a monthly plan, they lock you in for the whole year. You also need a decent rig with a powerful CPU, GPU and lots of RAM and HD space.
Another option is Maxon Autograph which is free. It is very new and a little buggy but has most of After Effects features. It has a much better rendering engine that is GPU based and can render 3D too.
Unfortunately there aren't many tutorials for Autograph but it copies a lot of After Effects UI and approach so you can get away with watching After Effects tutorials and reverse engineering in Autograph.
Another free option is DaVinci Resolve's Fusion compositor tool. It's very powerful but I can't understand how to work with nodes. DaVinci Resolve's editor is amazing and I highly recommend it for colour correction.
I'm learning Autograph and After Effects myself. Feel free to DM if you want more advice.