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Job Description
Create special effects, animation, or other visual images using film, video, computers, or other electronic tools and media for use in products or creations, such as computer games, movies, music videos, and commercials.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 27-1014.00
- The Mean Annual Wage in the U.S. is $ 72,200.00
- The Mean Hourly Wage is $ 34.00
- Currently, there are 29,810 people on this job
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Multimedia Artists and Animators”.
Also Known As…
- Multimedia Artists and Animators
- Illustrator
- Graphic Designer
- Graphic Artist
- Creative Director
- Artist
- Art Director
- Animator
- Animation Director
- 3D Artist
- 3D Animator
- Web Graphic Designer
- Web Designer
- Visual Effects Artist
- Virtual Reality Specialist
- Videographer
- Video Game Animator
- Studio Designer
- Streaming Media Specialist
- Storyboard Artist
- Special Effects Technician
- Special Effects Specialist
- Special Effects Designer
- Special Effects Artist
- Prop and Effects Designer
- Production Manager
- Production Assistant
- Multimedia Technician
- Multimedia Specialist
- Multimedia Producer
- Multimedia Developer
- Multimedia Designer
- Multimedia Authoring Specialist
- Multimedia Author
- Multimedia Artist
- Motion Pictures Cartoonist
- Motion Graphics Artist
- Media/Instructional Designer
- Media Specialist
- Media Producer
- Interactive Digital Media Specialist
- Graphics Specialist
- Game Developer
- Game Artist
- Fx Artist
- Digital Media Designer
- Digital Artist
- Designer
- Design Director
- Creative Services Producer
- Concept Artist
- Computer Graphics Illustrator
- Computer Graphic Designer
- Computer Graphic Artist
- Computer Artist
- Computer Animator
- Compositor
- Cartoon Artist
- Cartoon Animator
- Audio/Video Engineer
- Anime Designer
- Anime Artist
- Animation Producer
- Animation Artist
- 3D Specialist
- 3D Modeler
- 3D Designer
Tasks for “Texture Artist”
- Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
- Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.
- Implement and maintain configuration control systems.
- Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
- Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.
- Assemble, typeset, scan and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.
- Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.
- 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.
- Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
- Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
- Create and install special effects as required by the script, mixing chemicals and fabricating needed parts from wood, metal, plaster, and clay.
- Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.
- Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.
- Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning.
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- Panoramic digital cameras
- Digital pens
- Digital paper
- Personal computers
- Pixelmator
- Indigo Renderer
- Adobe Systems Adobe Fireworks
- Caligari Corporation trueSpace
- MAXON CINEMA 4D
- Aqsis Renderer
- Perforce Helix software
- DX Studio
- Adobe Systems Adobe Illustrator
- Code libraries
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- SmithMicro SoftwarePoser
- RealFlow
- Apple Macintosh OS
- Autodesk Combustion
- Extensible Markup Language XML
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- Character Studio
- Component libraries
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- Microsoft Visio
- Autodesk 3ds Max Design
- Corel CorelDraw Graphics Suite
- Side Effects Software Houdini
- NewTek Lightwave 3D
- NVDIA Gelato
- QuarkXPress
- Adobe Systems Adobe Creative Cloud
- SmithMicro Manga Studio
- Unreal Technology Unreal Engine
- DAZ Productions Bryce
- Dynamic hypertext markup language DHTML
- Mental Images Mental Ray
- Object-oriented programming languages
- solidThinking
- Python
- Hypertext Markup Language HTML
- C
- Bohemian Coding DrawIt
- Electric Rain Swift 3D Xpress
- Three-dimensional graphics software
- Two-dimensional graphics software
- Cascading Style Sheets CSS
- Autodesk Mudbox
- Adobe Systems Adobe ActionScript
- Adobe Systems Adobe Photoshop
- Maya Embedded Language MEL
- Microsoft Silverlight
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- Maxon BodyPaint 3D
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- Microsoft Windows
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- Chaos Group V-Ray
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- UNIX
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- Microsoft Word
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- MaxScript
- Autodesk Alias Design
- SmithMicro Anime Studio
- ACD Systems Canvas
- Drupal
- Trapcode Particular
- MagicTracer
- Microsoft Expression Design
- Serif DrawPlus
- Pixar RenderMan Studio
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- Nevercenter Silo
- Xara Xtreme
- Satori Paint
- NodeBox
- XML User Interface XUI
- JavaScript
- C++
- AutoQ3D
- Adobe Systems Adobe Flex
- Apple Final Cut Pro
- e-on software Vue
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- DAZ Productions Carrara
- Celsys RETAS
- Autodesk MotionBuilder
- Autodesk SketchBook Pro
- Autodesk Maya
- Google SketchUp Pro
- Bunkspeed HyperDrive
- Corel Painter
- Adobe Systems Adobe Premiere Pro