Animator
An
animator is one who is involved in the process of
animation. How this person actually creates animation depends on the field in which he or she works.
Some fields in which an animator may work:
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Motion pictures*
Television*
Video games
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The InternetAmong the specialized categorizations of animators are
character animators (artists who specialize in character movement,
dialogue,
acting, etc.) and
special effects animators (who animate anything that is
not a character; most commonly
vehicles,
machinery, and natural phenomena such as
rain,
snow, and
water).
Other
artists who contribute to
animated cartoons, but who are
not animators, are
layout artists (who design the backgrounds, lighting, and camera angles),
storyboard artists (who draw panels of the action from the script), and
background artists (who paint the "scenery").
