Find out what it takes to be an animator in Jamaica.

1. The Road to
Animation
By Chevonnese Chevers Whyte

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Wife
Mother
Educator
Marketing Manager for JANN
Team Abeeku and the maroons

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Abeeku and the maroons clip

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How Do You Become An Animator?
Get Obsessed With Storytelling

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How Obsessed?
● Watch a lot of animations
● Find out who’s who
● Follow your favourites
● Watch behind the scenes
● Learn as much as you can
about the industry

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Developing Your Skills
10,000 hours
● Drawing Skills
● Observation Skills
● Storytelling Skills
● Animation Skills
● etc.

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Enter Festivals
Local, Regional, International
● Lignum Vitae
● Gatfest
● KingstOOn
● Anime Caribe
● and more

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Animation
Development
Simplified
● Script
● Storyboard
● Scratch Audio
● Animatic
● Character Development
● Background Development
● Asset Development
● Rigging
● Audio Production
● Animating
● Post Production

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Animation Software
● Toon Boom Harmony
● TV Paint
● Adobe Animate
● Adobe After Effects
● Anime Studio Moho
● Synfig
● Open Toonz
● Autodesk Maya
● Blender
● Cinema 4D
● Stop Motion Studio
● etc.

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Where To Study
● iCreate - certificate
● Mico - certificates
● VTDI - associate degree
● EXED - associate degree
● Edna Manley - certificate &
bachelors
● UTECH - bachelors
● UWI - bachelors

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Working in Animation
● Outsourcing
● IP Creation
● Specialization

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Who Is Needed
● Artists
● Concept Artists
● Riggers
● Marketers
● Graphic Designers
● Web Developers
● Accountants
● and more

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https://www.slideshare.net/chevonnesewhyte

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Questions?

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Thank You