Special Effects Artists and Animators

Key skills

A typical day

• •Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
• •Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
• •Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.
• •Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
• •Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.

Fields of study

Any field