Image may be everything, but a moving image can be even better.
The human eyes affinity for motion is doing wonders for the animation job market. According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, jobs in animation will grow 15% through 2014, more than other art professions.
Animation is no longer limited to cartoons. According to the Animation School Review, youll see it on mobile devices and futuristic highway billboards. It is also used in CD-ROM production, illustrating body processes, flight and migration patterns, architecture, interior design, and in the classroom.
Your career avenues are endless whether you ply your trade in 2D animation - creating frame-by-frame depictions by hand - or by using software to create 3D animation. You may even use puppets or clay for stop-motion animation.
Getting an online Animation degree will help you get started, or polish what you already know.
Broadly speaking, youll learn the "best practices" of life drawing and rendering techniques, special effects; 3D animation; and how to apply audio and video production techniques. Depending on which program you apply to, youll also learn critical industry standard tools and packages: PhotoShop, SoftImage, Maya, Macromedia Flash, 3-D Studio Max, Adobe AfterEffects and more.
Because of animations increasingly interconnected role in corporations, most Animation programs wont gloss over courses in business-building, business law and e-business models. Nor will it skimp on interdisciplinary fundamentals required in your artist toolkit: laws of human motion, physics, and psychology.
Explore the animation programs below and request more information today.
