____ Artistic Occupations: Multi-Media Artists and Animators
coatings as necessary. Select themes, lighting, col-
ors, and props to be used. Attend training sessions
and corporate planning meetings to obtain new ideas
for product launches. Instruct sales staff in color-
coordination of clothing racks and counter displays.
Store, pack, and maintain records of props and dis-
play items. Prepare sketches, fl oor plans, or models
of proposed displays. Cut out designs on cardboard,
hardboard, and plywood according to motif of event.
Install booths, exhibits, displays, carpets, and drapes
as guided by fl oor plan of building and specifi cations.
Install decorations such as fl ags, banners, festive
lights, and bunting on or in building, street, exhibit
hall, or booth. Create and enhance mannequin faces
by mixing and applying paint and attaching mea-
sured eyelash strips, using artist’s brush, airbrush,
pins, ruler, and scissors.
GOE—Interest Area/Cluster: 03. Arts and Com-
munication. Work Group: 03.05. Design. Other
Jobs in " is Work Group: Commercial and Indus-
trial Designers; Fashion Designers; Floral Design-
ers; Graphic Designers; Interior Designers; Set and
Exhibit Designers.
Skills: Persuasion; Negotiation; Management of Per-
sonnel Resources.
Education and Training Program: Commercial
and Advertising Art. Related Knowledge/Courses:
Sales and Marketing; Design; Administration and
Management; Computers and Electronics.
Work Env ironment : Indoors; contaminants; walk-
ing and running; using hands on objects, tools, or
controls; bending or twisting the body; repetitive
motions.
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Multi-Media Artists and Animators ...............................
! Personality Code: AI
! Education/Training Required: Bachelor’s
degree
! Annual Earnings: $54,550
! Beginning Wage: $30,620
! Earnings Growth Potential: High
! Growth: 25.8%
! Annual Job Openings: 13,182
! Self-Employed: 69.7%
! Part-Time: 22.5%Create special eff ects, animation, or other visual
images, using fi lm, video, computers, or other
electronic tools and media, for use in products or
creations such as computer games, movies, music
videos, and commercials. Design complex graph-
ics and animation, using independent judgment,
creativity, and computer equipment. Create two-
dimensional and three-dimensional images depict-
ing objects in motion or illustrating a process, using
computer animation or modeling programs. Make
objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulat-
ing light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency
or manipulating static images to give the illusion of
motion. Apply story development, directing, cinema-
tography, and editing to animation to create story-
boards that show the fl ow of the animation and map
out key scenes and characters. Assemble, typeset,
scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or fi lm
negatives and printer’s proofs. Script, plan, and cre-
ate animated narrative sequences under tight dead-
lines, using computer software and hand-drawing
techniques. Create basic designs, drawings, and illus-
trations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or tele-
vision. Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned,
edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.
Develop briefi ngs, brochures, multimedia presenta-
tions, Web pages, promotional products, technical
illustrations, and computer artwork for use in prod-
ucts, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and
slide shows. Use models to simulate the behavior of
animated objects in the fi nished sequence. CreateArtistic–
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