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December 9th, 2009
As you probably already know, animation principles are the backbone of professional quality character animation. How you use the principles and apply them is just as important. When you begin to animate with computer software, especially in 3D software like Maya for example, it’s very easy to become so dazzled with how cool 3D objects [...] October 29th, 2009
To be completely honest, retakes (sometimes called revisions) are the least fun part of the job of an animator, but they are always a part of an animators job. No matter how talented and skilled, every animator gets retakes. Retakes and revisions are changes that you have to make to your work. Sometimes it’s changes to [...] September 3rd, 2009
In any animated series or feature film, the director will have a pre-concieved vision of how he/she sees the story play out scene by scene in order to be sucessful as a whole piece. This is why Animators are provided with support material such as liecas (or animatics), storybords, reference videos, and other support material – [...] August 8th, 2009
Animators work on computers all day. At least most do today. With FTP sites, web based production management systems and easy file transfering, there’s no real reason why we can’t do our work from anywhere in the world and not have to commute to work every day if it isn’t conducive with your life situation. [...] July 16th, 2009
In my own experience, being good at what you do and having an ‘easy-to-get-along-with’ attitude are key to being considered for a promotion. If you rock the boat too much at work or you’re too outspoken it’s probably not going to help you, but at the same time being too aloof and not communicating with people [...] April 23rd, 2009
Although there are permanent/full time positions in studios, most animators work on a contract basis. An employment contract is a legal document which states the terms of your employment including your salary. This contract is an agreement made between you and the employer before you start work. I know, you want to hear about those [...] |
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