What Do I know About Animation?

 What should I be doing in my subject area?

I started my journey to be an animator. Animation is the process of creating a video frame by frame. We can be worked with digital tablets or in a traditional way through a physical paper. Animation can be seen as a video or gif file. Animation is the outcome of still image and its sequence in frame by frame manner. It turns our imagination into the reality.

What Skills and Knowledge do I need to be an Animator?

To be an animator, a person should have the following skills:

1. Tradition Skills

• Sketching
• Drawing
• Scribbling
• Paper Cutting
• Painting
• Freeze Frame Technique
• Use of wood and metal
• Science and Mathematics
• Social knowledge etc

2. Software Skills

• Adobe Animate
• TV Paint
• Toon Boom Harmony 
• Blender
• AutoDesk Maya
• Cinema4D
• Adobe After Effects
• Adobe Premiere Pro
• Unreal Engine
• Character Creation
• Nuke
• Hit Film etc

I know most of the skills that are mentioned above and there are some skills they are yet to master. However, I will be developing my skills on both the traditional and software.  I will also need time management skills and the patience to work as an animator. Nevertheless, I will also need marketing skills and the communication skills. I am working on the skills that I lack. I want to learn more about 3D software in the coming days.

What Jobs can I get by studying Animation?

After successfully completing the course, I will do my best to work with some famous animation industries such as Disney, Pixar, Dreamworks, etc. However, I will be working as a part of film industry in my country or outside  the country. I can work with different artist such as game artist, vfx artist and film makers. I also want to be a freelance animator and establish my own Animation Studio. Nevertheless, I will also be working as an independent film maker. Animated Videos and animators are paid good amount of money in my country. Therefore, after being animator, I may not have any struggle to survive. 

If I scored myself out of ten, with ten being the highest, I would rate myself a 3 out of 10. It is because, I have still so many software and traditional skills to learn. I will be learning them on the daily basis to sharpen my skills more. I am good at sketching but I still lack color theory and painting. I have to learn the history of animation and research about the different types of animators and their animation styles. I still have to master 3d software and their function and the features too. I will be developing my skills so that I will proudly rate me a higher score someday.