Computer animator vs lead artist

Differences between computer animator and lead artist duties and responsibilities

Computer animator example responsibilities.

• Lead a team of artists to create the art and animation for motion comics aspects of the show.
• Design and produce animation and graphics for local television commercials and corporate videos.
• Facilitate product marketing, in-house video production and YouTube video development.
• Base on personal interest and curiosity, create and direct group project exploring animation using OpenGL graphics library.
• Analyze and troubleshoot equipment and software reliability to identify and define problem areas to establish computer and telecommunication performance levels.
• Analyze and troubleshoot equipment and software reliability to identify and define problem areas to establish computer and telecommunication performance levels.

Lead artist example responsibilities.

• Edit video, write copy for television, radio, and web-base commercials while managing the scheduling of all studio employees.
• Model, texture, light, and render with Maya and proprietary tools.
• Establish a standard level of quality for asset creation while enforcing efficiency of polygon and texture usage.
• Create various assets for a number of PC titles.
• Model, texture and direct outsourcing efforts for 3d environmental assets.
• Color guides with lights/shadows, perspective, and composition help visually engage the audience in the final animation.
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