Animation Career Pro » Getting Started http://animcareerpro.com/blog Important Tips and Insights to help you start a career as a character animator Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:45:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 Types Of Animation Jobs – Opportunities http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/04/15/types-of-animation-jobs-opportunities/ http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/04/15/types-of-animation-jobs-opportunities/#comments Wed, 15 Apr 2009 21:23:14 +0000 Chris http://animcareerpro.com/blog/?p=500

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Most of what I write about is in regards to character animation for TV series, but I thought it would be a good idea to write about some other types of animation jobs that exist…

The four areas of the animation industry where there is the most [...]]]> http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/04/15/types-of-animation-jobs-opportunities/feed/ 14 Animation Principles http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/13/animation-principles/ http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/13/animation-principles/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2009 03:14:55 +0000 Chris http://animcareerpro.com/blog/?p=330 This may very well be the most important post I ever write on animation. I say this because the Principals of Animation are the fundamental building blocks of character animation. They are the principles that breath life into character performance and make it appealing and believable.

If you are studying to become an animator (or are [...]]]> http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/13/animation-principles/feed/ 6 Animation Software to Learn http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/05/animation-software-to-learn/ http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/05/animation-software-to-learn/#comments Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:09:03 +0000 Chris http://animcareerpro.com/blog/?p=227 For character animation the most widely used software in the industry is Flash (for digital 2d

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animaton) and Maya (for 3d animation). Flash is used primarily for series animation (TV series) and TV commercials. But Maya is used in every part of the animation industry – TV series, feature film, [...]]]> http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/03/05/animation-software-to-learn/feed/ 1 Want To Be An Animator? – What To Do First http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/02/22/first-post-coming-soon/ http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/02/22/first-post-coming-soon/#comments Sun, 22 Feb 2009 19:36:07 +0000 Chris Have you made the decision to become an animator? Or especially if your just thinking about it, the first thing to think about is your motivation. Now I don’t want to get too Tony Robins on you but it does take a lot of commitment and dedication to learn professional animation and it’s a valid [...]]]> http://animcareerpro.com/blog/2009/02/22/first-post-coming-soon/feed/ 0