Animation Careers : How to Become an Animator for Walt Disney

Becoming an animator for Walt Disney is extremely difficult, as they have very few positions open and only give those positions to incredibly gifted draftsmen and artists. Put together an impressive portfolio when seeking a job at Walk Disney with helpful information from a writer, director and animator in this free video on cartoon animation.

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Science & Technology

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• animation
• drawing
• 3d
• software
• cartoons
• animator

[IMAGIMATIONanimation]

For anyone going into 2d animation, I suggest a couple things.

1. Draw LOTS of people/animals

- Specifically, do gesture/croquis drawing from live models

- Draw models in motion. Do not limit yourself to drawing still poses

2. Draw several hours a day. You will never improve if you do not practice

3. Build your portfolio over time. Make sure your work demonstrates that you can draw quickly, and accurately, and efficiently.

4. Never give up! If you keep it up, you will get there eventually!

[goodmediaproductions]

@ndonnelly883 dude each of us has a special God-given talent....never give up hope for your dreams, heck you might even change the worlds perspective of animation.

[maxtree18]

@ilayg100 Use a drawing tablet like a Wacom.

[ilayg100]

@IMAGIMATIONanimation i write with my left hand(and draw)

but i work on the computer with my write hand, so its hard for me to

draw with the mouse, help?

[barefooter22]

what program are you/ can you use to make these types of animations?

[PBanimation]

Ive been animating since i was 8 im 14 now and i want to do this for the rest of my life!

[MrAndypanda24]

I think i kinda suck. Sure.... I have a comics for my anime, I draw a lot for my friends at school. I can draw ok for a twelve year old. Im really good at drawing anime like dbz, naruto,Durara, and others.I almost draw them perfectly(atleast for DBZ).

[boomcazoom]

ok that really sucks just crushed the dream but i can care less for disney

[RayWilliamJohansen]

@thawanteds

well first of all

draw what you see

i know its very stupid but DRAW WHAT YOU SEE REGARDLESS of how stupid it looks

touch your face or whatever you would like to draw , that usually gives you a different perspective

and remember , pretty much everything you see has a shape

so when you draw something

try to think of shapes that could help you draw the object

for example a building would can be built by using rectangles

and remember YOU ARE IN CONTROL of what you draw

[thawanteds]

@RayWilliamJohansen if you can give me tips thats'll be cool. I used to draw my friends at school, I haven't done anything for 10 years and now in trying to get back into it. So hard.

[RayWilliamJohansen]

growing up people would always tell me to draw them something for them

i didnt know if they were being to nice but

i always knew how to draw better than others

i can draw realistically it comes naturally to me but i find it boring