Careers In Animation.

Animation is one of the popular, creative and highly paid career options today. It is about simulating the movements created by exhibiting a series of frames or pictures. These frames or pictures are put together to form the illusion of continuous motion.

Doron A. Meir says, An animator is an actor with a pencil. A good animator delivers the right expressions and desired effect through the graphics and pictures.

Many people think that animation means creating cartoons for films and movies. Animators do work in these areas, but this is just a niche of the vast field. Animators work on traditional animation i.e. 2D and 3D animation too.

3D Animation is more in demand in many fields such as, corporate, health care, education and governmental operations etc. The scope of 3D animation extends further in preparing office training films, college courses animations that can be broadcasted in the classrooms as well as through internet. 3D animation is used in defence sector, such as military hardware and flight training videos. It is used in health care for preparing medical procedure animations, such as surgeries.

Career options in the field of animation:
If you are a graduate and inclined towards art, there are enormous opportunities available in project development and pre-production
If you are a techno savvy person and have got flair for art, technical director is an opt profile for you
Full time and free lance work options are available for web animators
Full-time employments are available for animators at movie or television production companies, with advertisers, video game companies or with animation firms


Education in animation:

In order to pursue the career in the field of animation, the candidate should possess artistic skills, as well as capability to transform the thoughts into images that conveys the desired ideas or concepts. The candidate must possess the abilities to learn, cope up and upgrade with latest computer animation technologies.

DSK Supinfocom offers various courses and degree programs in animation. It is Indias first international institute offering comprehensive training and on successful completion of the course, students get awarded the Level 1 Digital Director Certificate, Ratified by the French Government.

The courses and study programs designed by DSKSIC animation school encourage the students to develop their skill sets in order to become a successful animator. The experts guidance and extensive assignments give the exposure to the students on a wide canvas.

Details about some of the representative training courses are mentioned below:
Two year Foundation courses are available in traditional animation i.e. 2D. These courses are focused to strengthen the drawing and traditional animation skills.

Three year courses are available that include curriculum such as, photorealistic images and 3D movies.
Apart from the training courses mentioned here, many short duration animation courses are also available at many institutions. Select the right course that will contribute to shape you further as a professional animator.

If you feel that you have the capabilities mentioned above and are willing to put in hard work, discipline and patience, you are on the right track. To conclude with, a versatile animator can excel in any domain, and salary can never be a bar for such candidates throughout their career.