Will AI Replace Special Effects Artists and Animators?

Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Implement and maintain configuration control systems.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.

Complex problem-solving, strategic leadership, or high-empathy task requiring human judgment.

Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.

Use models to simulate the behavior of animated objects in the finished sequence.

Semi-structured task combining routine and non-routine responsibilities.