Training is the most essential and important
aspect for the creation of a skilled professional in the field of animation.
To become an animator, one doesn't require any specific academic qualification.
Those with a basic sketching skill and a passion for animation can enter
this field. For getting a better job prospect, one should have a degree
or diploma in animation.
Degree and Diploma courses in animation are abundance nowadays apart
from online services. Minimum education qualification for a degree and
diploma course in animation is plus two or equivalent.
Any graduate preferably arts graduate could apply for Post Graduation
in animation. But some institutions such as Industrial Design Center (IDC),
Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) and Indian Institute of Design (NID)
follows eligibility criterion that only graduate of architecture, technology
and engineering, fine arts can apply for the PG course in these institutes.
Besides these graduate and post graduate courses, there are several professional
courses that focus on various styles and techniques. These courses, i.e
Courses in Traditional animation , Stop-motion animation , Rotoscoping
, Computer generated 3D and 2D animation , Clay-mation , Photoshop , Human
anatomy , Drawing etc helps one to specialise in a particular area. One
should also have a basic knowledge in computer handling.
Apart from professional training, there are several personal skills
also that one must possess to be a good animator. What makes to go a long
way in making a good animation is a good sense of colour, proportion,
size , design etc.
Personal skill:
An animator should have an artistic bent of mind with a lot of passion
and imaginative skills. Creativity is the most wanted quality for this
career as animation starts with developing an idea to a story. The art
of sketching or drawing is another basic skill one should possess. Patience,
discipline and dedication to work is a vital ability as this field
involves lot of hard work and long hours of thorough planning. He/ She
should have a sound understanding of anatomy of humans, animals or birds
and body movements and lighting effects. Good communication skill is also
needed as most of the time it will be teamwork. One good animator should
be one good actor also. So that only he could express the character well
through his animation.
An animator should have a good sense of colour, proportion, size, design,
visualizations, knowledge of background art and layout. They must have
expertise in computer design software. Knowledge of programming languagues
(C++, Java) will be an added benefit. It is advantageous to understand
photography, lighting and movement for those planning to work in computer
animation. They must be able to visualise how an object will look in three
dimensions and have the know-how to make an animated object look real.
