Animator

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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:

• Motion pictures
• Television
• Video games
• The Internet

Among 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").

Common ways an Animator makes a pictures move is by drawing many different frames all with different posses, angles or colours, making the illusion of the character or object moving at a particular speed. Also, a method of CGI is used, where instead of being drawn by hand and on a two dimentional peice of paper, the objects are created with a three dimentional view, making the animation appear smoother and easier to manipulate.

One of the more popular animations, Goofy

Popular Animation Studios according to Spoonman and others:

• Pixar
• Disney
• Cartoon Network
• Dreamworks