Another career path for animation majors

As an animator, you don't need to stay on the traditional animation career path.

Illustrators

As an animator, you will draw so much and do a lot of research. It's not a big step to go from animator to illustrator because most of the time your viewers are the same (children). The big step would be working on your own and you will most likely have a freelance career as an illustrator. But this career path will help you embrace your own style and you will improve your artwork a lot. You will need to choose your niche and from them gather inspiration and draw a lot. Your best friend would be experimentation.


http://www.wikihow.com/Be-an-Illustrator

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