Dear Aspirant,

Usually, animation aspirants have a keen eye for multimedia, creativity and drawing. An animation expert knows how to make illusions and illustrations at the same time. It is a course that involves great detail and an art of storytelling. There is also a huge requirement of animators in corporates, businesses and of course media. You will be required to work with techniques like- 2D hand drawing, 2D Computer generated, 3D Computer generated, stop motion or model animation techniques to create animation sequences. Certain skills that you must have to take this course are:

• Good observational skills
• Creativity
• Drawing / sketching skills
• Patience and Concentration
• Ability to get into character
• Teamwork

In India, Animation courses are available in three formats-Bachelor’s Degree courses, Diploma courses, Certificate courses.

Bachelor Courses: The degree is typically for a duration of three years. The basic eligibility is to have 10+2 with a minimum of 50%. Examples of the courses are: B.Sc. in Animation and Gaming, B.Sc. in Animation and VFX, B.A in Animation and Design, B.S.C in Animation and Multimedia, B.A in Digital Filmmaking and Animation, B.A in Visual Arts.

2.Diploma Courses: These courses are typically for a duration of one year. The eligibility is usually to have passed 10+2 examination. Example of the courses are Diploma in Animation and VFX,Diploma in Animation, Video Editing and Post Production works,Diploma in 2D Animation,Diploma in 3D Animation,Diploma in Digital Animation,Diploma in CG Animation,Diploma in Animation and Filmmaking, Diploma in VFX

3. Certificate Courses: Certificate in 2D Animation, Certificate in 3D Animation, Certificate in Editing, Mixing and Post Production Works, Certificate in VFX. The course duration typically depends on the institute but is usually ranges between 3-6 months. The basic eligibility is to have passed the class 10 examinations.

Hope this helps! All the best.

Hello,

Choosing a career in animation field is a very unique choice. Earlier, this field was not much popular. But the success of cartoons and various animated series have increased popularity of this field.

To do Bachelor's degree in animation, you have to complete your 10 + 2 in any stream with a minimum aggregate of 50%

The various Bachelor's degree courses for animation are:

• BA in Animation & Multimedia
• B.Sc. in Animation & Multimedia
• Bachelor of Visual Arts (Animation)
• Bachelor of Fine Arts in Animation, Graphics and Web Design
• BA in Animation and CG Arts
• BA in Animation and Graphic Design
• BA in Digital Filmmaking and Animation
• B.Sc. in Animation and VFX
• B.Sc. in Animation and Gaming

You can also do 2 years diploma course in animation. For this, you have to complete your 10 + 2 with a minimum aggregate of 50%

The various diploma courses are :

• Diploma in 2D Animation
• Diploma in 3D Animation
• Diploma in Digital Animation
• Diploma in CG Animation
• Diploma in Animation and Filmmaking
• Diploma in VFX
• Diploma in Animation and VFX
• Diploma in Animation, Video Editing and Post Production works

The top companies in India in field of animation are:

1. Toonz Animation India
2. Pentamedia Graphics
3. Maya Entertainment
4. UTV Toonz
5. Heart Entertainment
6. Padmalaya Telefilms
7. Nipuna Services Ltd
8. Jadoo Works
9. Crest Communications
10. Silvertoon Studio, Mumbai

Given below are the different roles of professionals in the animation industry:

• In-between animator – This is a beginner’s position in the animation industry where you can learn almost all the basics of animation.
• Modeller – A person having strong knowledge of form, volume and anatomy. They make models for animation.
• Background artist – The job is to paint the background of the characters in the project.
• Layout artist – Person who decides the lighting and camera angles and sketches the background design for the animation.
• Story Broad Artist – People with strong drawing skills are hired as storyboard artists and their job is to visualise a series of events from one animation frame to another.
• Clean- up Artist – Assistant to the animator, whose work is to trace the animator’s rough drawing and to check the accuracy and consistency of a design.
• Scanner operator – Job is to scan the clean up artist’s drawings.
• Compositor – Job is to bring all the different characters and backgrounds in to a single animation frame.
• Character animator – They bring characters to life and generally have knowledge of traditional animation and stop-motion animation.
• Special effect artist – Combine live-action footage with computer generated imagery.
• Digital ink and paint artist – Their duty is to add colours to each frame.
• Key frame animator – Primary job is to draws the pictures of a movement’s beginning and end.
• Lighting artist – Create variations of shade, colour intensity and shadows.
• Image Editor – Bring together the various audio-visual components of an animation film.
• Rendering artist – Combine models, textures, animation, lighting and to produce the correct blend in the form of individual frames of animation.
• 2-D Animator – They create a very high volume of separate drawings that define an animated sequence.
• Texture Artist – They create a surface to the 3-D modelled character, object or environment.
• Rigging artist – Take the modelled, textured 3-D character or object and set it up with a skeletal system or joints, this helps the 3-D character to talk or move fluidly and correctly.
• 3-D animator –  Take the sculpted, textured and rigged 3-D model and put life into it. This is done by putting in order the key frames in such a way that they appear to be lifelike and in motion.

Best Wishes.