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Are you intrigued by the field of animation? Do you want to make your career in the sphere and exploit your creativity in producing breathtaking animations? If so, then you should pursue animation course after 12th.  

From games, film, advertisements to other television productions, animation has its application in many aspects of media. According to current trends, it is believed that the animation industry of India will reach a value of 2300 crore by 2020. This clearly shows that the field has immense opportunities for skilled candidates. One can seize these opportunities by pursuing courses in animation after 12th.

There are hosts of institutes that offer courses in animation. However, if you wish to get hands-on experience on diverse animation tools and learn under industry experts, then you should choose Arena Animation. A reputed training and skill development institute in India, Arena Animation offers job-oriented courses in animation that trains the candidates to immediately get absorbed in the industry. Currently, it offers two types of courses in animation:

Animation Prime

Animation Prime is an all-inclusive course where candidates learn animation right from its basics, fundamental techniques to the most advanced tools and software. In this course, candidates would learn about creative visualization, 2D animation and 3D animation.

The course is spanned across three terms where candidates would be trained of digital animations, character design, typography design, rendering, digital modeling, crowd simulation, 3D character animation, digital sculpting, etc.

The course also provides working experience on tools and software such as Maya, 3ds max, Adobe Animate, Stop Motion Pro, Monkey Jam, Adobe Illustrator, Pixlr, Inkscape, Audacity, OpenShot, Natron, Golaem Crowd and many more. After successful completion of the course, candidates would become Arena Certified Animation Professionals.

Animation Film Design

This is a comprehensive course for aspiring film animation designers. It is a career-building course where candidates learn all the aspects of pre-production, production and post-production stages of animation. Here, candidates learn right from the fundamental design concepts & techniques to the latest tools & technologies.

The course is spanned across three terms where the candidates would learn Anatomy drawing, Showreel development, Timing animations, Modeling, Lighting & Rendering, Texturing, Rigging, Clay Modeling, Digital Ink and Paint, Animation Scene Planning.

During the course, candidates learn animation and gain working knowledge of animation tools such as Adobe Photoshop Extended, Adobe Premiere Pro, Toonboom, Autodesk Maya, Pixar Render-man, Adobe Audition, Adobe Prelude, Adobe Flash Professional and many more. Post course completion, candidates become Certified AFD and they also receive a Certificate of Animation Film Design Specialist from Arena Animation.

Career opportunities

After a course in animation, the candidates can explore diverse career opportunities. They can become 2D Animator, 2D Illustrator, 3D Animator, 3D Illustrator, Pre-Production Artist, Modeler, Character Designer, Texturing Artist, Rigging Artist, BG Artist, Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, 3D Dynamics and FX Artist, Pre-production Artist, Lighting Artist, 3D Dynamics & FX Artist and Rendering Artist.

Why Choose Arena Animation?

There are several reasons that set Arena apart from its competitors:

  • Its curriculum is created according to the industry.
  • Candidates gain hands-on experience on the latest animation tools and software.
  • The animation courses are comprehensive that builds concepts of the candidates.
  • Arena also helps its students with portfolio creation in their interested area.
  • Students get access to Online varsity, which is an e-learning platform.
  • Students get access to Creosouls where they can show their portfolio.

The gaming industry is ever-rising in present times. So, there is huge demand for skilled professionals who can create immersive games and add effects to it. The animation is also an integral part of game development. That is why there is an increased demand for animation specialists in the gaming industry. If you wish to make your mark in the industry and become a skilled animator, then you can pursue animation courses from Arena Animation. Currently, the institute offers two types of Animation courses: Animation Prime and Animation Film Design.

Animation Prime Course offered by Arena Animation

In the animation prime course of Arena, candidates learn fundamentals of animation along with understanding various tools, technologies and techniques of the field. The course familiarizes the candidates with basic concepts of animation, concepts of sketching, fundamentals of storyboards and 2D as well as 3D animation. The duration of the course is 27 months and it is divided into three terms.

  • Term 1
    In this term, students learn basics of animations which include Concepts of Graphics & Illustrator; Digital Illustrator; Concepts and Applications of 2D Animation; Digital Painting; Character Design; Typography Design; Anatomy Study; Story boarding & Animatics and Concepts of Cinematography & Photography.
  • Term 2
    It includes modules on Clay Modeling & Animation, 3D Motion Graphics, Digital Composting; Digital Modeling with 3ds Max; Lighting & Texturing Models and 3D Animation Portfolio.
  • Term 3
    In this term, students learn about Basics of 3D Animation; 3D Character Animation; Match moving and Camera Tracking; Digital Sculpting; Digital Modeling with Maya; Lighting and Rendering Models; FX, Dynamics & Simulation and Crowd Simulation.
  • Tools & Software
    During the course, candidates acquire hands-on experience of various animation software and tools such as Blender, Stop Motion Pro, Monkey Jam, Stop Motion Studio, Adobe Illustrator CC, Adobe Photoshop Extended CC, Adobe Audition CC, Natron, Maya Unlimited 2008, 3ds Max 2018, Arnold Renderer for Maya, V-ray for 3ds Max, Adobe Photoshop Extended CC, Audacity, ZBrush 4R8 and Inkscape.
  • Certification and career options
    The candidates become Arena Certified Animation Professionals post the course completion. They can then explore myriads of career options in the gaming industry including Graphics Designer, 3D Modeler, 2D/3D Animator, 2D/3D Illustrator, Texturing Artists, Compositor, Storyboard Artist and Rendering Artist.

Why Choose Arena Animation?

Arena Animation is a well-known name in the training industry. It offers arrays of career-development course such as UX/UI design, game design & development, VFX design, Animations, Web design and development and many more. There are several reasons to choose Arena for your professional course:

  • Arena’s curriculum is up-to-date and in sync with the industry requirements.
  • The courses offered by Arena are job-oriented.
  • It provides working experience on advanced tools and software.
  • Students can sharpen their skills and knowledge by studying through Onlinevarsity, an e-learning platform.
  • Each student is encouraged to create a portfolio in his/her area of interest.
  • Arena’s students get access to Creosouls, a platform to showcase portfolio.
  • The institute also offers placement support.
  • It provides loan facility so that students can easily chase their dreams.

3D design for AR and VR

India is at the cusp of becoming the top gaming industry across the globe. Availability of creative minds, elevating youth population, world-class infrastructure and presence of giants like NVIDIA, Microsoft, Disney, etc, have acted as catalysts in the growth of India as a pioneer gaming industry.

The ever-rising game industry in India has colossal demand for professionals which is outnumbering the available professionals with requisite skills. So, there is a huge scope for the aspirants to make their mark in this lucrative field, provided that they pursue a game design course that imparts requisite gaming skills and acumen. There is a need for a game design course that imparts designing acumen to the candidates so that they can create 3D games. This is where our Game Design Program plays its role in bridging the gap between demand and aspirants.

What does our course offer?

Arena’s Game Design program is a boon for the aspiring game developers. It imparts game designing skills in the candidates and gives them insights into the field across various designing platforms and genres.  The course teaches different verticals of gaming ranging from fundamentals of game development to conceptualization and final roll out of the game. Through the course, candidates learn to develop 3D games using Unity. Candidates also learn integration of AR and VR experience into the game using Unity.

During the program, candidates get sufficient industry exposure through seminars and workshops. They get a chance to interact with the experts and learn from them. At the end of the program, students are required to create a project while applying their classroom learning. We facilitate the candidates to choose their area of interest and then pursue a specialization course in that area. We also help the students in creating their portfolio in their chosen area.

Furthermore, new technologies keep on cropping in the gaming industry to take the gaming experience to the next level. Our course also keeps the candidates abreast of such technologies and trends.

Why choose our program?

The game developers and game development companies need to adopt the latest industrial trends to keep pace with the industry. The modern-day games are highly interactive, grabbing and immersive. They are integrated with cutting-edge technologies such as AR, VR and MR to enhance their appeal. So, many game developing companies have shifted their focus on AR and VR bandwagon as these add extra appeal to the game. These technologies enhance customers experience and they have the potential to maximize the profits. So, game development companies are constantly in a lookout for professionals who have the knack for developing 3D games integrated with AR and VR.  In such a scenario, our course serves as a golden ticket for aspiring game developers. It trains the candidates to create a 3D game using AR and VR.

Benefits of learning game development from Arena

In today’s competitive world, Arena Animation’s game design course facilitates candidates to stand out from others. There are several benefits of our course:

  • You get to learn from the experts of the industry.
  • Our curriculum is totally relevant to the industrial landscape.
  • Our program is job-oriented.
  • Students receive hands-on experience by working on the latest software and tools.
  • We help our students in creating their portfolio online in Creosouls.
  • Students are made to work on live projects.
  • We also help the students by providing placement support.

The gaming industry is on a boom than ever. In recent times, games like Clash of Clans, PokemonGo and PUBG have gained colossal popularity all over the globe. Their success can be attributed to their impressive design and interface.

The design of a game is the most important component of the game as it is what lies behind speedy adoption or rejection of the game. PUBG is a huge success because of its impressive design that takes gaming to the next level.

Today, games have penetrated in events & marketing, banking, hotel, education, and many other industries. In such a scenario, game designing has become a promising career for candidates. Currently, the Indian gaming industry is generating revenues of 4.22 USD/year and is ranked 18th in the global scenario. According to Nasscom, the revenues would cross the 1 billion mark within a few years. This clearly shows that there is a good scope for the animators and game designers in the field.

Why gaming is becoming popular?

In this fast-paced world, everyone is busy juggling between their personal and professional lives. So, people find ways and means to relax their mind.  Gaming is one of them.

Gone are those days when gaming was popular among the youth and millennial. Today, people of all age group are intrigued by games. Many people get a breather when they play the game and some play game to uplift their mood and spirits. It is also believed that games if played with limits, can enhance the IQ level of people. So, people love gaming. Every year, millions of games are launched and each of them does quite well. This has led to immense scope in the field of game design.

Job profile and responsibilities of a game designer

The gaming industry is one such sector that is impacted by technological changes. So, the game designers must be abreast of technological trends and they should have hands-on experience of design software & animation tools. It is the task of the designer to make the game interesting by creating a user-friendly and attractive game design. Their responsibilities include:

  • Reviewing and analyzing different game designs
  • Designing the mechanics of the game
  • Using 2D or 3D software to create game designs
  • Creating different prototypes of design

Salary of game designers

Game designers are paid well as they are responsible to give soul to the game. A game designer can earn anywhere from 2 lakh INR per annum to 10 lakh INR per annum based on his expertise and experience. Instead of working with a firm, the game developers can also work as freelancers, consultants or entrepreneurs. A game developer can earn a decent income for his work but for that, he needs to gain expertise and experience.

Required skills to become a game designer

  • Analytical mindset along with drawing skills
  • Interpersonal skills
  • Knowledge about video games and advanced technologies
  • Hands-on experience of design software
  • Leadership skills and team skills
  • Time-management

Closing note

There are lots of gaming companies in India. Furthermore, new startups are being launched every now and then to leverage the scope of the industry. These companies seek experienced and talented game designers who can create impressive designs. You can capitalize on these opportunities by pursuing animation and design course from Arena Animation.

Matte Painting

“Art is not what you see, but what you make others see.” – Edgar Degas

Matte painting, a practice started in the year 1907 by Norman. O. Dawn in the movie “The Mission of California”. Matte painting was painted on a glass for creating something which wasn’t possible such as in a movie “Star Wars” most of the scene in the movie were matte painted as building a set like that was next to impossible. To understand  how matte painting was painted or how it was used in movies one should definitely go through the video  Industrial Light & Magic – Traditional Matte Paintings (rare footage)

Creation of Matte Paint

In the Matte paint, the word ‘Matte’ means blocking the image in the background that is some part of the scene was real and others were just painted on a glass cover and a camera was aligned in such a way that painting looks the part of the scene. To understand  how matte painting was painted or how it was used in movies one should definitely go through the video Industrial Light & Magic – Traditional Matte Paintings (rare footage)

Peter Ellenshaw and Albert Whitlock were one of the best matte painters, they worked in various movies as a matte Painter artist Such as “Peter Ellenshaw – Marry Poppins (1964) and The Sword and the Roses (1954)” “Albert Whitlock – The Bird (1963) and The Hidden burg”.

“Titanic” was one of the last movies to use digital and then came Digital Matte Painting, the concept was the same but the difference was now, it was painted digitally. Christopher Leith Evans was the first person to paint matte painting on the computer. Lord of the Ring, Harry Potter, Narnia and even more are some of the best examples of digital matte painting.

Creating a Matte Painting Digitally not only allowed to create a matte paint fast and easily but also made it 3 dimensional to give a  more realistic look, Basic software that is used in filmmaking are Maya, Adobe Premiere, Adobe Photoshop and of course Nuke.

How to create a simple Digital Matte Paint

For creating a basic 2d matte painting we use Photoshop. It starts with an idea, a concept, what are the scene requirements.

matte painting
Matte painting

Once all things are checked in the list now collect images as per the requirements. Images can be self-clicked or downloaded from the internet but it should have a copyright or else you will need a permission to use it.

It would be always easy if one starts with a making rough sketch since it gives an idea of what is to be created. Now import all the selected pictures and apply the mask on it and paint the required part.

Always keep a few things in while creating a matte paint-

  • Depth
  • Prospective
  • Shadow
  • Light
  • Colour Balance

Here is a  video example of creating a matte paint

Himanshu Pal, Student

Arena Animation Tilak Road

The career involving Photoshop in the Media & Entertainment sector is massive. Photoshop opportunities can be found in areas like Film editing, Photo editing, UI design, Digital painting, Matte painting and even more.  Aspiring students looking for a career involving Photoshop must first understand the history of Adobe Photoshop.

There are three keys for good photography: the camera, the lighting and Photoshop” – Tyre Banks

 

What is Photoshop?

Photoshop is considered to be the most powerful and popular image editing software in today’s market among thousands of image editing software, Photoshop is a graphic raster-based image editing software or in a layman’s language, you can define it as a creative hub.  Besides, this also allows you creating whatever you imagine.

What makes Photoshop the most powerful software?

Photoshop allows you to work on layers which helps to work on other images without interacting and mixing the pixel of those images.  Moreover, we can add them or delete them at any time we want. Adobe also introduced with CC (creative cloud) which allows working smarter with all adobe application.  It also syncs your settings, fonts, and colours – available across your desktop and also on phones.

There are many other features such as Camera Raw Filters, Liquefy, Stylize, etc. which has changed the world and especially changed the life of a graphic designer.

Photoshop is a proprietary software whose license is on yearly as well as monthly bases. Prices of software vary as per the plans introduced by Adobe on the basis of needs of customers. One can purchase software from www.adobe.com

When & who created Photoshop?

Two brother’s from America Thomas Knoll and John Knoll created a software in 1987 which they state as a coincidence and a  circumstance that came together at the right time. Thomas used to share his utility routines with John. John requested Thomas for more tools as he was interested in creating graphic images. After a lot of brainstorming and discussions, Thomas combined all the tools into a single application and named it as Photoshop. Prior to that, there were few other names such as Display, Image Pro, Photo Lab. The brother’s sold the distributed license to Adobe system in the year 1998 and the first version ‘Photoshop 1.0’ was released on 19 February 1990.

Photoshop gave the extensive power to Print and Publishing business and Multimedia industries as well. The Abyss” was the first movie to use Photoshop and John Knoll himself worked as a graphic designer for this movie, while Thomas Knoll is still working with Adobe system on the updates.  Adobe Lightroom, one of his recent updates is a Camera Raw Plugin.

Usage of Adobe Photoshop in Industries:

Career involving Photoshop
Percentage of industries using Photoshop

As per the survey of idatalabs, Photoshop in Graphics and Photo Editing categories is considered to have about 41.8% of market share. There are 168,609 companies that use Photoshop out of which 79,528  of companies are of United States and 5,937 companies are of India. Moreover, people are not aware that software industries (12,255) are the largest customers for Photoshop, whereas the design companies are only 3,444. 

Few companies that use Adobe Photoshop:

  •  iHeartMedia
  • Creative Circle, LLC
  • The UPS Store
  • Sinclair Broadcast Group
  • Townsquare Media Inc.

The Career involving Photoshop in the Media & Entertainment industries:

Many people have a misconception that every graphic designer ends up as an animator or in the entertainment industry whereas there is massive Career involving Photoshop in Branding, product design and even more.

­­­Branding:

logo
logo

Branding is not only a method of communication but also it is a  way of providing a unique identification to a company which help in giving recognition to a company. Now, what a designer has to do with branding? A designer is the one who designs logos, letterheads, posters, broachers, pamphlets and even more for the company.

Product design:

Every day we get acquainted with new products on the market, ever imagined what is the process behind it? Product designing is putting creativity and logic together. An Idea or a concept is a root of all creation which is then followed by preparing a 3d model on the software like Maya, 3Ds Max and even more, texturing the product is done in Photoshop.

Multimedia Design:

Multimedia designers are basically who combines various graphics, text, audios, animation together it is used in the gaming industry, e-learning, web development and even more. Various software like Photoshop, Premium, Audition is used for multimedia designing, Photoshop is used for image manipulation, image editing etc.

Films:

Everyone loves watching movies and T.V shows. Have you ever imagined how these characters are flying or how the city destroyed in superhero and sci-fi movies? Well, the answer is simple “Visual effects – VFX”, which requires software such as Nuke, Photoshop, Premier.

Careers involving Photoshop in the distinctive field:

There are various other Careers involving Photoshop in the distinctive field. Listed below are some of the career options:

Usage of Photoshop in other Software

There some software that needs Photoshop for texturing and matte painting like Autodesk Maya, Nuke and even more. Above all, it also helps in widening  your career options in photoshop even more such as:

  • Texture artist
  • Matte painter
  • Modelling artist
  • Accessory artist
  • Compositor
  • 3D CAD Designer

Other Career involving Photoshop:

Along with the above-mentioned fields other career involving Photoshop is freelancing, there is enormous work to get online some of the websites where a freelancer can find works are www.upwork.comwww.freelancer.com, and even more and another option is www.behance.net  by “Adobe” where they provide a platform to showcase one’s work and discover others creative work.

Where to Start From:

Many students who want to opt. designing as a career has a common question “where do I start from ?”. Self-learning can always be an option through online tutorials, blogs, books, etc. but one has to be committed towards it and spent at least 2 to 3 hours daily. Another option is joining a college or institute which provides you with a degree or a diploma this obviously will help you but to some extent, because this field solely depends on ones potential and creativity. Arena Animation Institute of animation is a great option but why?

Arena Animation believes in providing practical knowledge over theoretical, they provide multiple course options such as

  • Digital marketing
  • Animation
  • Multimedia
  • VFX
  • Web Design
  • Broadcast

Arena animation prepares equips its students with the skills required to become employable professionals in the Media and Entertainment Industry through latest tools and technology, honing talent with technique, Real Time exposure via formal and informal events and even more.

Himanshu Pal, Student

Arena Animation Tilak Road

Animation Industry
Media & Entertainment Industries.Animation in India sees massive growth:

Animation industry in India is expected to reach INR 82.9 Billion by the end of this year and by 2019 we expect the TV commercial market in India to reach INR 975 billion.  Towards the end of 2020, we expect the Multi-media and Web industry to increase by 13%. Because of the rise in usage of Internet and Smartphones, the need of Animators, Graphic designers or UI designers and Web developers or UX developers is going to reach at least 5 million. Besides this the Media and Entertainment sector is growing rapidly in India and is expected to reach INR 6700 Billion by end of 2019.

Vast Reach of Animation Industry.

The Animation Industry is associated with cutting-edge innovation because of the increasing use of the technology and the latest tools in the creative process.  Today, animation cuts through a cross-section of industries and is a boon for students as they have a wide range of career options to choose from such as

  • Film-Making
  • Television
  • Advertising
  • Print
  • Outdoor
  • Graphic Design
  • Motion Graphics
  • Digital Marketing
  • Game design.

Beside these the Animation industry also offers opportunity in Science, Engineering, Commerce, E-commerce, Medical Science, Manufacturing, 3D Printing and many more. Along with the Media and Entertainment, almost all other sectors in this world are directly or indirectly making full use of the tools like Adobe Photoshop, Autodesk 3Ds Max, Maya, Unity and many more.  Because of the high demand of skilled progessionals, the animation industry is growing at a massive pace.

Arena Animation Tilak Road is one of India’s leading education provider for students who dream to make their career in the field of VFX, Animation, Graphic Design, Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality. They makes students employable by building their capabilities through:

  • training them on the latest tools.
  • honing their talent with technique.
  • giving them a perspective through industry connects vis formal and informal events.
  • creating platforms that recognize their talent.
  • giving them an edge during the recruitment process through pre-interview preparation.

The knowledge transferred about the latest software and application during the content making process and development, has meant that skilled students from animation Industry find themselves employable across a vast genre of industries such as Advertising, Print, Television, Outdoor, Film-making, Graphics Design, Web Design, Gaming and Digital.  The wide spectrum of courses that are covered at Arena Tilak Road also helps other industries directly or indirectly such as Architecture, Life Sciences, Medicine, Manufacturing, Education, Technology and many more

Choose from Wide Spectrum of job oriented programs.

 Arena Animation Tilak Road has over the years kept pace with the changing needs of this dynamic segment by introducing a slew of job oriented programs.  As a result of this students  are highly employable post completion of the program.

Our Placement assistance

Arena Animation Tilak Road, students have started their careers in leading organizations across industry segments.  Following are few of the notable companies where Arena Animation Tilak Road students are climbing new heights and reaching closer to their dream of making a creative extravaganza.

  • Prime Focus
  • Discreet Arts
  • Trace VFX
  • Double Negative Studio
  • Red Chillies Entertainment
  • Yashraj Studios
  • Sony
  • Star TV

The world awaits you so that you can unleash the power of creativity with Arena AnimationTilak Road. For information please stay tuned. We would be bringing lot many articles based on various topics. In case you have any specific topic you would want us to cover feel free to write a comment.

Aashish Rathi, Director

Sunnnycom Training Institute.