The Art of Digital Animation

As any cliché artist would say, “I started drawing a lot when I was younger;” but not me –I can’t remember when I started to enjoy the arts. I have always been driven to create and express myself. I painted scenery to calm my nerves, draw intricate objects to focus on details, and draw dynamic poses to allow development of my eye. The mountain of used sketchbooks fills its’ own bookcase, dating back to early elementary years when I would create little stories much like a comic book. Despite my deep love for the arts, I always loved animation much more. Animation is the perfect blend of drawing and creating visual aid, while elaborately designing a storyline and plot to engage the audience –animation lets the average audience member to feel

Some short animations also known as "artistic short animation" (experimental animation which is discussed in this article contains art short animation, is a relatively broad concept) because of a strong artistic.

Multi-Media artists, (including Animators) create special effects such as animation, films, video, computers, or other electronic media.

Aside from basic two dimensional art, I have always been fascinated with the unique stories told through film. The way that a picture is painted through film is something that one cannot find in just any art form. Film is unique and fascinating, so I sought to find a way to unite the two worlds of film and the 2D art that I enjoy so much. My findings were that digital animation combined the artistic style that I love and the storytelling of film in a way that intrigued me beyond any other career I had researched.

A cinematic technique used in the Tim Burton movies is eye level frame. Charlie and the chocolate factory, Edward scissorhands and The nightmare Before christmas all use this cinematic technique. “Charlie and the chocolate factory” uses this technique when charlie is sitting down with his family at night eating dinner, the camera frame is always at eye level when the family is taking to each other, making them all equal to one another. Tim burton uses this technique in “Edward scissorhands”, again they are all sitting together at dinner and the frame being used is eye level creating the feeling that no one is greater than the rest. Also using the cinematic technique is “The

Animation these days is about the bigger picture. It’s about the idea of not losing faith. It’s about how powerful a tool ‘hope’ is, and that anything is possible if you believe in it. It’s about how people are equal and they all have the same opportunities,

Animation is the technique of photographing successive drawings or the positioning of models to create illusion of movement in the movie. Animation is all around us. Animation is in our homes, schools, and workplace. Films that used animation were mainly Disney movies. Disney movies used animation in cartoons every since mid 1900s.

I choose this career to write about because I am fascinated about the creativity that is needed and the fact that the work is seen by a wide range of people.

“A true artist is not one who is inspired, but one who inspires others” ("A Quote by Salvador Dalí."). This quote has great meaning to me because inspiring people is something that I would love to have the opportunity to do every day. A career such as Multimedia Art and Animation would allow me to do just that. Multimedia Artists and Animators create visual effects for several different forms of media such as television, movies, and video games (“Summary”). This career interests me because it incorporates several things that I enjoy, programming, video games, and art. It is important for me to understand the education, training requirements, skills or talents needed, salary and benefits offered, and the duties of my chosen career.

During the Modern American Era (1980-present), filmmakers started using CGI or computer-generated imagery to go from 2D animations to fully 3D animations, which were similar to stop motions. In 1984 the first short film created fully this way was “The Adventures of Andre and Wally B”.

They need a general high school education with a concentration in introduction to arts, Audio/Video Technology and communications. After high school, they must take woodworking, fine/studio arts, and design and visual communications. They also need a degree in graphic design. The skills special effects technicians need are active listening, critical thinking, and time management. Clearly, in this career path, both education and training are crucial in becoming a qualified special effects technician.

Animation; an art form with the ability to tell a story and convey a multitude of emotions along with information. Animation can be found almost everywhere in media from commercials, to movies, to games. Every single animation need an animator or a team of animators to create it. There are many kinds of animation: 2D, 3D, motion graphics, visual effects. Each of these categories may have multiple people working on them using their own special skills to produce the final product. The reason for researching this occupation is because of my fascination and respect for the craft. I admire the art of storytelling immensely and the creativity that goes into it.

It is similar to stop motion animation however using clay. It works by capturing each frame and then playing the recorded shots to see a live action.

Before computers became universally used and accepted motion pictures were made using traditional animation. It was a process that most animated films were created with during the 20th century. Individual frames were typically photographs of drawings. In order to create the illusion of movement, animators created each frame slightly different than the one previous. This process was used to create the treasured classics Pinocchio.

The technological factors in the animation industry are not really favorable. Though there are several supportive technologies, there is constant rapid change, resulting in quickly obsolete technologies. Consequently, keeping up with the dynamism of animation technologies becomes difficult.