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How to Become an Animator – Webinar Handout

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Working Conditions Interview

In this interview I talked with VFX artist Christian Bohm about the state of the animation and VFX industry. Among other things, we talk about how to negotiate a fair wage for your job. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKl4kaaejng
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Animation Guild Wage Survey

The Animation Guild conducts yearly wage surveys (see sidebar on the right-hand side): https://animationguild.org/contracts-wages/

PDF to this years survey: https://animationguild.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/Final-Tally-2017.pdf
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Animation Festivals

Find animation festivals near you: http://www.animation-festivals.com/
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Costs (Examples)

From 30.12.2017, prices change frequently

Animation Schools

Public university: $4,000-$18,000 per year
CalArts: $37,000 a year (source: http://education.costhelper.com/animation-school.html)
Animation Mentor (online): $2,499 per course = $14,994 for all Character Animation courses (source: http://www.animationmentor.com/admissions/tuition-breakdown/)
Affordable options in Europe!

Mentoring

Between $60 – $120 per hour
52 x $120 = $6,240

Self-Teaching

Books: 10 x $30 = $300
Membership at tutorial website $300 per year
$500 more video tutorials

= $1,100 per year

Equipment and software

Adobe Creative Suite: $599 p.a. (incl. Flash/Animate, Premiere, Photoshop, After Effects)
Toon Boom Harmony: $180-$876 p.a.
Maya: $1,470 p.a.
Drawing tablet or screen $30 – $1,700
Lower high-end workstation: $1,200 (i7 7700K, GTX1060)

FREE Software

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Blender

Powerful open-source 3D software:

https://www.blender.org/

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Pencil2D

Bitmap 2D Software:

https://www.pencil2d.org/

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OpenToonz

OpenSource Vector (& Bitmap) 2D Software. Based on Toonz which is used by Studio Ghibli:

https://opentoonz.github.io/e/index.html

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Synfig

OpenSource Vector 2D Software.

https://synfig.org/

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Storyboarder

Simple, but effective storyboarding software:

https://wonderunit.com/storyboarder/

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Great annotation tool

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Syncsketch.com

Draw on videos in sync with other users:

https://syncsketch.com/

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