How to Become a clay animator

How to Become a Clay Animator
Haruka

Clay animator is one of most exciting job I think, but it is hard to be it. First of all, you are interested in not only to create something using clay but also to make a story very much. Many clay animators were crazy about making something and reading books when they were children. Nick Park who is a famous clay animator made a short story of “W & G” using some clay characters when he was a secondary school student. Second, you should enter an art school. Even though you love to make something with clay very much, it is impossible to be a clay animator without ability. In an art school, you had better learn not only to make something with clay but also to sketch, knowledge of clay, patience to make something and importance of teamwork. Third, you ought to enter a company of clay animation. It is possible to be a clay animator if you don’t enter it. However it is difficult to earn. In Nick case, he started own company about clay animation after he had worked clay animation company a few years. You don’t need capacity and license to be a clay animator though they are very few people to be able to earn as clay animator, but a clay animator can give dreams to children, so this job is very nice and enjoyable.