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Special Effects Artists and Animators in Battle Creek, Michigan

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.

Career Projections for Battle Creek, Michigan

Special Effects Artists and Animators on average make:
$99,840 ($48.00/hour).

The number of positions in Battle Creek, Michigan are:
4
and by 2029 that number is projected to:
stay the same.

We predict that due to job growth or retirements there will be approximately:
0 every year.

The typical education needed to enter this job is:
a bachelor’s degree.

The typical training needed after hire is:
no additional training other than onboarding.

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Other Job Titles

3D Animator (Three-Dimensional Animator), 3D Artist (Three-Dimensional Artist), 3D Designer (Three-dimensional Designer), 3D Modeler (Three-Dimensional Modeler), 3D Specialist (Three-Dimensional Specialist), Animation Artist, Animation Producer, Animator, Anime Artist, Anime Designer

Technology/Skills

Adobe After Effects, Adobe Creative Cloud software, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, Cascading style sheets CSS, Figma, Hypertext markup language HTML

Tools Used

Digital paper, Digital pens, Panoramic digital cameras, Personal computers

Tasks

  • Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
  • Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
  • Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
  • 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 basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.

Personality

Attention to Detail, Cooperation, Integrity, Adaptability/Flexibility, Achievement/Effort, Dependability, Stress Tolerance, Initiative, Self-Control, Persistence

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