Questions to ask yourself before beginning a career in animation

Animation appeases children the most, but it is not at all a child’s play. It takes months to draw the intricacies behind each character and then more time to make those characters perform actions. And it’s not just about cartoon; animation is used to shoot high octane scenes in action films among others. 

Though animation remains the best way to tell a story, the way you want, because it makes the phrase ‘nothing is impossible’ real. Before you step into the animation industry, you need to ask yourselves a few questions to know if you’re ready: 

What is an animator’s job? 

 Animators deal with multimedia. Mostly people associate animators with films, television and games but the industry is way more vast than that.  Animation extends to designing websites, producing simulations for various purposes, creating virtual tours of buildings etc. 

What does it take to be an animator?

If everything about the animation industry interests you, it’s time to know what skills you require to be successful in the field before joining an animation institute. Animators pay detailed attention to their surroundings so that they can recreate the same in their work. When they look at a person, they look through their skin, and find what expressions signifies what. Expressions, accent, gait are some of the things that animators need to successfully implement in their work. 

Do you have the technical skills? 

Being the competitive field it is, animation also requires technical knowledge to be successful in. But you don’t have to worry because if you are creatively awesome, AAFT school of Animation, one of the top 10 animation colleges in India, will provide you the required technical knowledge to be a successful animator.