animator
Creates moving drawings
An animator is someone who creates animation—the illusion of movement through sequences of images.
Animators work in film, television, video games, and advertising, using techniques from hand-drawn frames to computer-generated imagery.
The term also applies to anyone who brings energy or life to something: She was the animator of every party she attended.
Fixed animation reference point
- tweeningAutomated in-between frame generation
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- frame-by-frameOne image at a time
- lip-syncSilent vocal mimicry
squash · stretch · anticipation · easing · timing · inbetweening · smear · morphing
Digital movie imagery
- stop-motionAnimation using posed objects
- claymationSculpted-figure animation technique
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
- hand-drawnCreated manually, not digitally
digital · 2D · 3D · cutout · puppet · sand · rotoscope · motion-capture
Planned visual sequence drawings
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- illustrationPicture explaining something
- turnaroundShift in opposite direction
pose · gesture · silhouette · appeal · stylization · caricature · draftsmanship · thumbnailing
Digital animation studio
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- DreamWorksShrek's production company
- LaikaSoviet orbital dog
- NickelodeonChildren's entertainment channel
Ancient Mesoamerican people
Sequencing shots through drawings
- directingOverseeing a production
- editingRefining content for clarity
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
- renderingInterpretive depiction or performance
compositing · cleanup · revision · deadline · pipeline · asset · scene · shot
Account of events
- emotionComplex psychological state
- actingTemporarily holding position
- performanceCarrying out a task
- timingArt of choosing moments
comedy · drama · pantomime · body-language · staging · continuity · pacing · mood
keyframe
Fixed animation reference point
- tweeningAutomated in-between frame generation
- riggingRopes controlling ship sails
- frame-by-frameOne image at a time
lip-sync · squash · stretch · anticipation · easing · timing · inbetweening · smear · morphing · bounce
CGI
Digital movie imagery
- stop-motionAnimation using posed objects
- claymationSculpted-figure animation technique
- celTransparent sheet for cartoons
hand-drawn · digital · 2D · 3D · cutout · puppet · sand · rotoscope · motion-capture · pixilation
storyboard
Planned visual sequence drawings
- sketchHasty informal drawing
- drawingMarks forming a picture
- illustrationPicture explaining something
turnaround · pose · gesture · silhouette · appeal · stylization · caricature · draftsmanship · thumbnailing · rough
Pixar
Digital animation studio
- DisneyMajor entertainment conglomerate
- DreamWorksShrek's production company
- LaikaSoviet orbital dog
Maya
Ancient Mesoamerican people
storyboarding
Sequencing shots through drawings
- directingOverseeing a production
- editingRefining content for clarity
- soundtrackMusic accompanying visual media
rendering · compositing · cleanup · revision · deadline · pipeline · asset · scene · shot · sequence
narrative
Account of events
- emotionComplex psychological state
- actingTemporarily holding position
- performanceCarrying out a task
timing · comedy · drama · pantomime · body-language · staging · continuity · pacing · mood
- creatorsartist, author, composer, designer, inventor
- art peopleartist, painter, sculptor, illustrator, ceramicist
- creativesartist, artists, painter, painters, illustrators
- digital creatorscontent creator, graphic designer, web designer, blogger, vlogger
- film crewcinematographer, director, gaffer, editor, grip
- film jobsdirector, actor, actress, producer, cinematographer
animatorsculptor
Artist shaping solid materials
portrait painter · painter · photographer · fine artist · printmaker
animatorkiller
One who causes death
destroyer · terminator · stopper · ender · deadener
animatorkilljoy
One who dampens merriment
wet blanket · demoralizer · dampener · buzzkill · party pooper
- animated movieFilm using drawn imagery
- animated filmsMovies using drawn imagery
- animated cartoonFilm of sequential drawings
- computer animationMotion pictures generated digitally
- 3D animationComputer-rendered moving imagery
- animated seriesDrawn episodic television program
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