Career Overlap Transition record
RecordMove

3D animator to 3D modeller

A 3D animator already meets 39% of what the 3D modeller role asks for. The move turns on 4 required skills not yet in the profile.

Fig. 1 · Skill transfer ESCO v1.2.1 · directional
From 3D animator
39 % overlap
Distant match
To 3D modeller
17 You already bring
4 Still to learn
72 Skills in the target role2
Learning distance Substantial retraining

70.3/ 100

1 How much of what a 3D modeller is expected to do is already part of a 3D animator’s work. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs, because moving into a speciality is not the same problem as moving out of one. 2 Every skill the 3D modeller role is recorded as needing, required and optional together. What these numbers mean.

Why

Why this move works

A 3D modeller role treats 12 of its required skills as things a 3D animator already does. You would walk in with these on day one.

  • 3D lighting
  • 3D texturing
  • apply 3D imaging techniques
  • augmented reality
  • computer graphics
  • create 3D characters

What stands in the way is 4 required skills the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.

Table 2

Table 2 · What you already bring

Of the 17 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A 3D modeller role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a 3D animator background worth leading with.

Skill the target role also needs Area
  • already held principles of animation arts and humanities
  • already held 3D texturing arts and humanities
  • already held create 3D environments communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held holography arts and humanities
  • already held animate 3D organic forms communication, collaboration and creativity
  • already held create 3D characters working with computers

All 17 carried skills, including the 12 the 3D modeller role treats as required.

Table 3

Table 3 · What you may need to learn

The 55 missing skills fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered in the order worth working in. Areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the optional ones. Nothing here is a verdict on you: it is a list of what this particular job asks for that your current one does not.

Skill to pick up Tier
01 communication, collaboration and creativity 2 required, 3 supplementary
  • still to learn create 3D texture map required
  • still to learn build business relationships required
  • optional, not held apply social media marketing optional
  • optional, not held apply technical communication skills optional
  • optional, not held create 2D painting optional
02 working with computers 2 required, 2 supplementary
  • still to learn use polygonal modelling required
  • still to learn migrate existing data required
  • optional, not held perform data mining optional
  • optional, not held perform ICT troubleshooting optional
03 information and communication technologies (icts) 39 supplementary
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional
  • optional, not held Visual Basic optional
  • optional, not held software interaction design optional
  • optional, not held computer programming optional
04 business, administration and law 4 supplementary
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held lean project management optional
05 arts and humanities 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held 3D printing process optional
06 engineering, manufacturing and construction 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held emergent technologies optional

1 further area in the appendix

Table 4

Table 4 · Where to start

The 3 entries a 3D modeller role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.

Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.

Appendix

Appendix · The rest of the record

All 17 skills that carry over
Skill Type
  • already held 3D lighting knowledge
  • already held 3D texturing knowledge
  • already held apply 3D imaging techniques skill
  • already held augmented reality knowledge
  • already held computer graphics knowledge
  • already held create 3D characters skill
  • already held create 3D environments skill
  • already held develop creative ideas skill
  • already held discuss artwork skill
  • already held holography knowledge
  • already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
  • already held render 3D images skill
  • already held animate 3D organic forms skill
  • already held draw design sketches skill
  • already held maintain an artistic portfolio skill
  • already held principles of animation knowledge
  • already held select illustration styles skill
The 1 learning area not shown above
Skill to pick up Tier
07 natural sciences, mathematics and statistics 1 supplementary
  • optional, not held geographic information systems optional
51 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held 3D printing process optional
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional

11 further entries not listed here

7 held skills the 3D modeller role does not ask for
Skill Type
  • not needed by the target role create animated narratives skill
  • not needed by the target role create storyboards skill
  • not needed by the target role manage schedule of tasks skill
  • not needed by the target role particle animation knowledge
  • not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
  • not needed by the target role rig 3D characters skill
  • not needed by the target role use scripting programming skill
46 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice

Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.

Skill to pick up Tier
  • optional, not held 3D printing process optional
  • optional, not held ABAP optional
  • optional, not held AJAX optional
  • optional, not held APL optional
  • optional, not held ASP.NET optional
  • optional, not held Agile project management optional
  • optional, not held Assembly (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held C# optional
  • optional, not held C++ optional
  • optional, not held COBOL optional
  • optional, not held CoffeeScript optional
  • optional, not held Common Lisp optional
  • optional, not held Erlang optional
  • optional, not held Groovy optional
  • optional, not held Haskell optional
  • optional, not held ICT project management methodologies optional
  • optional, not held Java (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held JavaScript optional
  • optional, not held Lisp optional
  • optional, not held MATLAB optional
  • optional, not held ML (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Microsoft Visual C++ optional
  • optional, not held Objective-C optional
  • optional, not held OpenEdge Advanced Business Language optional
  • optional, not held PHP optional
  • optional, not held Pascal (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Perl optional
  • optional, not held Process-based management optional
  • optional, not held Prolog (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Python (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held R optional
  • optional, not held Ruby (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held SAP R3 optional
  • optional, not held SAS language optional
  • optional, not held Scala optional
  • optional, not held Scratch (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Smalltalk (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held Swift (computer programming) optional
  • optional, not held TypeScript optional
  • optional, not held VBScript optional

6 further entries not listed here

Index

Other moves recorded from 3D animator

Full index of moves from 3D animator

FAQ

Common questions about this move

Can a 3D animator become a 3D modeller?

Yes, and it is a substantial move. A 3D animator already covers 39% of what a 3D modeller is expected to do: 17 skills carry over, 12 of which the 3D modeller role treats as required.

What skills does a 3D animator need to become a 3D modeller?

4 required skills are missing, plus 51 optional ones. They fall into 7 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, led by communication, collaboration and creativity. The single most important is create 3D texture map.

How hard is the move from 3D animator to 3D modeller?

Its learning distance is 70.3 out of 100, which is the substantial band. That accounts for both how much is missing and how specialised those skills are.

Note

How this record was compiled

Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.