For Careers in Animation, Don't Forget the Web
By Joe Cooper
joe.cooper@animationschoolreview.com
Animation School Review Columnist
The big screen isn’t the only place to apply your talents in animation. Web animation is a new frontier in the industry, and major online advertising initiatives will create the need for many jobs in web animation in the coming years. Animation school is a great place to develop the skills you need to build a career in web animation.
The Future of Web Animation
In addition to online animation school, the internet has become a growing field of career potential for future animators. Web animation has skyrocketed in popularity in recent years, and is only continuing to grow. Check out some of the different ways in which animation can be used on the web:
- Banner Ads
- Digital Photo Sharing
- Website Designs
- Web Presentations
- Greeting Cards
- Web Comics
- Direct Marketing
- Online Gaming
Animation school can prepare you for a career in web animation by specializing your degree and giving you real skills for your first job after graduation. Internet companies, major businesses, marketing firms, and graphic design firms all employ web design experts and in some cases, web animators, who deliver messages and web site functionality through animation that appears on websites.
Keep Your Eye on Advertising
Web animation is predicted to grow as a subset of web design in coming years. Both 2D and 3D web animation are revolutionizing internet advertising, the biggest field of web animation and the one to create the most jobs for animators. Going to animation school and specializing in web animation is the best way to prepare for this growth.
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About the Author
Joe Cooper is a freelance education and technology writer and edits medical literature. He holds a bachelor’s in American Literature from UCLA.
Posted on February 5, 2007 at 11:28 AM
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