Animator

Duties and responsibilities:

As an animator you have to create develop animation from the concept of the client. You also have to creating storyboards that depict the script and narrative, designing models, backgrounds, sets, characters, objects and the animation environment. There are many more duties you have to accomplish such as recording dialogue and working with editors to composite the various layers of animation, developing the timing and pace of the movements of a character or object during the sequence of images and ensuring they follow the soundtrack and audio requirements. You have to do all of this by a deadline. The more clients that are happy the better reputation you get.

Education:

As an Animator you have to be skilled at drawing, creating clay models, using acrylic paint, and various oils. Creating a portfolios allows you to show your clients you work, so they can decide if they would like to work with you. In school a student who wants to become an Animator should typically take courses in drawing, 3D programming, computer graphics, video effects and graphic design. An Animator has to have a certification and an assistant degree.

Salary:

For an average Animator it is $63,970 annually (for all multimedia artists and animators)

Demand for this profession:

The percentage of expected growth for animators is 6%

Reflection: I think that i would love to do this job because i am a very creative person and i like to draw. Creating my own cartoon would probably be my dream job. So i will be looking more into this career opportunity