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The Best and Worst Aspects of Working in Animation

If you've ever talked to a real live animator—just kidding, they don't really walk among us, they are far too busy working their 14-hour+ days—then you've likely heard the ups and downs of working in the animation industry. As a part of our Interview Series we asked animation executives around the country what are the best and worst aspects of working in the animation industry—to help paint a realistic picture for our future animator readers, exactly what its like to be an animation professional.

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 Animation Industry

When you ask people whether it is necessary to get a formal animation education in order to break into the industry, responses can be somewhat muddled. “It takes an education from a top school”, “anyone with artistic talent and software skills has a chance,” to “it takes no formal education necessarily”.

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