How do they match: Special Effects Artists and Animators

  • Creative Director

  • Create special effects or animations using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.

  • Create and install special effects as required by the script, mixing chemicals and fabricating needed parts from wood, metal, plaster, and clay.
  • Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
  • Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.
  • Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
  • Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.
  • Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
  • Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.

  • Create computer-generated graphics or animation.