animation layout artisttostop-motion animator
A animation layout artist already meets 71% of what the stop-motion animator role asks for. The move turns on 1 required skill not yet in the profile.
71%
29.3/ 100
1 Share of the stop-motion animator role’s weighted skill requirement already met by the animation layout artist profile. Required skills count in full, supplementary skills at 0.35. Directional: the figure for the reverse move differs. 2 Combines what is missing with how specialised it is, so a gap of general skills scores easier than the same number of narrow ones.
Why this move works
A stop-motion animator role treats 9 of its required skills as things a animation layout artist already does. These are the ones it depends on most.
- adapt to type of media
- analyse a script
- develop animations
- finish project within budget
- follow a brief
- follow work schedule
What stands in the way is 1 required skill the profile does not yet cover. Table 3 groups them; Table 4 says which to take first.
Table 2 · What you already bring
Of the 15 skills that carry over, these are the ones fewest other occupations ask for. A stop-motion animator role needs them, and most people applying for one will not have them already. This is the part of a animation layout artist background worth leading with.
- already held set up animation elements communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held motion capture arts and humanities
- already held manage portfolio communication, collaboration and creativity
- already held study relationships between characters information skills
- already held select camera apertures working with machinery and specialised equipment
- already held develop animations communication, collaboration and creativity
All 15 carried skills, including the 9 the stop-motion animator role treats as required.
Table 3 · What you would need to learn
The 11 missing skills fall into 5 areas of the ESCO skill hierarchy, numbered below in the order worth working in: the areas carrying the most required skills come first, and inside each one the required skills sit above the supplementary ones.
- required, not held select artistic materials to create artworks required
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held design puppets optional
- optional, not held harmonise body movements optional
- optional, not held manipulate puppets optional
- optional, not held create clay figures optional
- optional, not held create puppets optional
- optional, not held handle different pottery materials optional
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held operate lighting equipment optional
Table 4 · Where to start
The 1 entries a stop-motion animator role is least likely to hire without. The ordering is computed from the skill data, not from what pays.
Each entry opens a course search for that skill. Career Overlap earns nothing from these links.
Appendix · The rest of the record
All 15 skills that carry over
- already held adapt to type of media skill
- already held analyse a script skill
- already held develop animations skill
- already held finish project within budget skill
- already held follow a brief skill
- already held follow work schedule skill
- already held set up animation elements skill
- already held study media sources skill
- already held study relationships between characters skill
- already held consult with production director skill
- already held manage portfolio skill
- already held motion capture knowledge
- already held operate a camera skill
- already held select camera apertures skill
- already held set up cameras skill
10 supplementary skills, helpful but not required
- optional, not held create puppets optional
- optional, not held design objects to be crafted optional
- optional, not held design puppets optional
- optional, not held handle different pottery materials optional
- optional, not held harmonise body movements optional
- optional, not held manipulate puppets optional
- optional, not held operate lighting equipment optional
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
- optional, not held create clay figures optional
32 held skills the stop-motion animator role does not ask for
- not needed by the target role 3D lighting knowledge
- not needed by the target role Adobe Illustrator knowledge
- not needed by the target role Adobe Photoshop knowledge
- not needed by the target role Capture One knowledge
- not needed by the target role GIMP (graphics editor software) knowledge
- not needed by the target role ICT software specifications knowledge
- not needed by the target role Microsoft Visio knowledge
- not needed by the target role SketchBook Pro knowledge
- not needed by the target role Synfig knowledge
- not needed by the target role animate 3D organic forms skill
- not needed by the target role apply 3D imaging techniques skill
- not needed by the target role augmented reality knowledge
- not needed by the target role computer graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role convert into animated object skill
- not needed by the target role create 3D characters skill
- not needed by the target role create animated narratives skill
- not needed by the target role create moving images skill
- not needed by the target role design graphics skill
- not needed by the target role digital arts knowledge
- not needed by the target role digitization knowledge
- not needed by the target role edit digital moving images skill
- not needed by the target role ensure visual quality of the set skill
- not needed by the target role graphic design knowledge
- not needed by the target role graphics editor software knowledge
- not needed by the target role holography knowledge
- not needed by the target role motion graphics knowledge
- not needed by the target role multimedia systems knowledge
- not needed by the target role operate 3D computer graphics software skill
- not needed by the target role provide input to collaborators to guide their work skill
- not needed by the target role provide multimedia content skill
- not needed by the target role receive appropriate permissions for use of recorded audiovisual examples skill
- not needed by the target role rig 3D characters skill
2 gaps that are knowledge rather than practice
Knowledge gaps usually close through study. Practical skill gaps usually need something you can point at.
- optional, not held types of pottery material optional
- optional, not held copyright legislation optional
How this record was compiled
Both occupations are taken from ESCO, which lists the skills and knowledge each occupation is expected to have and marks every one required or optional. Nothing here is a prediction about hiring, and nothing here knows that a particular employer wants a particular certificate. Treat Table 3 as a starting point for your own research rather than a syllabus. The full method states what these figures can and cannot tell you.