special effects artisttoanimator
A special effects artist already meets 80% of what the animator role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
80%
26.1/ 100
1 Share of the animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the special effects artist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A animator role treats 16 of its required skills as things a special effects artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- ICT software specifications
- adapt to type of media
- analyse a script
- computer equipment
- computer graphics
- create moving images
What stands in the way is 1 required skill the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 34 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a special effects artist background worth leading with.
- already held motion capture arts and humanities
- already held convert into animated object communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held manage portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held digital compositing arts and humanities
- already held create moving images communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held motion graphics arts and humanities
All 34 carried skills, including the 16 the animator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 14 missing skills fall into 4 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held create animated narratives required
- optional, not held animate 3D organic forms optional
- optional, not held create 3D environments optional
- optional, not held create original drawings optional
- optional, not held create sketches optional
- optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held create 2D painting optional
- optional, not held apply 3D imaging techniques optional
- optional, not held create 3D characters optional
- optional, not held rig 3D characters optional
- optional, not held Capture One optional
- optional, not held augmented reality optional
- optional, not held study relationships between characters optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a animator 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 · The rest of the record
All 34 skills that carry over
- already held ICT software specifications knowledge
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held analyse a script skill
- already held computer equipment knowledge
- already held computer graphics knowledge
- already held create moving images skill
- already held design graphics skill
- already held develop animations skill
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held follow a brief skill
- already held follow work schedule skill
- already held graphic design knowledge
- already held motion graphics knowledge
- already held multimedia systems knowledge
- already held provide multimedia content skill
- already held study media sources skill
- already held 3D lighting knowledge
- already held Adobe Illustrator knowledge
- already held Adobe Photoshop knowledge
- already held GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
- already held Microsoft Visio knowledge
- already held SketchBook Pro knowledge
- already held Synfig knowledge
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held convert into animated object skill
- already held copyright legislation knowledge
- already held digital compositing knowledge
- already held graphics editor software knowledge
- already held manage feedback skill
- already held manage portfolio skill
- already held motion capture knowledge
- already held operate 3D computer graphics software skill
- already held receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- already held render 3D images skill
13 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held Capture One optional
- optional, not held animate 3D organic forms optional
- optional, not held apply 3D imaging techniques optional
- optional, not held create 3D characters optional
- optional, not held create 3D environments optional
- optional, not held create original drawings optional
- optional, not held create sketches optional
- optional, not held help the programmer define an artistic vision optional
- optional, not held identify customer's needs optional
- optional, not held study relationships between characters optional
- optional, not held augmented reality optional
- optional, not held create 2D painting optional
- optional, not held rig 3D characters optional
1 held skills the animator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role digital arts knowledge
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held Capture One optional
- optional, not held augmented reality optional
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.