animator
noun
an·i·ma·tor
ˈa-nə-ˌmā-tər 
1
: one that animates
prime animator of the movement
2
: an artist who is involved in creating animated cartoons
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In animation, the Canary Islands governmental push to attract companies started slightly earlier, in 2017, and production times are longer, allowing qualified foreign staff more opportunity to train local animators.
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John Hopewell, Variety, 20 May 2024
Famous alumni include Royals owner Ewing Kauffman and Looney Tunes animator Fritz Freleng.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
According to 2022 data from the U.S Census Bureau, about 2.6 million Americans are employed as artists, which the federal government defines by a handful of occupations, including architects, fine artists, animators, designers, actors, dancers, photographers, and others.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Even weirder, one of the scientists saw how well the animators for Disney’s Frozen replicated the effects of snow against a human’s body, contacted them, and applied their codes to their Dyalatov research to support the avalanche theory.
—Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
That, in turn, led to the animators’ refining their design.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 May 2024
In fact, a small army of designers, animators and demolition experts spent years imagining them.
—T.m. Brown, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
After that, Drew hired more than 100 animators and video artists with very different styles to bring the footage and audio to life.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
The film’s cinematographer is Koichi Furuya, while animator Patrick Mate will create manga-style graphic elements to accompany the film’s new and archival footage.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
John Hopewell, Variety, 20 May 2024
Famous alumni include Royals owner Ewing Kauffman and Looney Tunes animator Fritz Freleng.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 11 May 2024
According to 2022 data from the U.S Census Bureau, about 2.6 million Americans are employed as artists, which the federal government defines by a handful of occupations, including architects, fine artists, animators, designers, actors, dancers, photographers, and others.
—Sunny Nagpaul, Fortune, 9 May 2024
Even weirder, one of the scientists saw how well the animators for Disney’s Frozen replicated the effects of snow against a human’s body, contacted them, and applied their codes to their Dyalatov research to support the avalanche theory.
—Leyton Cassidy, Longreads, 7 May 2024
That, in turn, led to the animators’ refining their design.
—Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 3 May 2024
In fact, a small army of designers, animators and demolition experts spent years imagining them.
—T.m. Brown, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
After that, Drew hired more than 100 animators and video artists with very different styles to bring the footage and audio to life.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
The film’s cinematographer is Koichi Furuya, while animator Patrick Mate will create manga-style graphic elements to accompany the film’s new and archival footage.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
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animator
noun
an·i·ma·tor
ˈan-ə-ˌmāt-ər
: someone who makes an animated cartoon
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