Animation has been in the entertainment business for many years. In the early years film producers used puppets and hand drawn cartoons to bring more life to their stories. Today, the animation business has branched off into many career opportunities. Much of our animation today are mainly used in featured films, multimedia, technology interface design, web design, video games, advertising, and many others.

Overall animation design is a labor intensive art form. You can expect employment opportunities in this field include that include scriptwriting or story board writing, storyboarding, layout designing, character animation, visual effects animation, art direction, sound design, computer-modeling in animation, lighting and shading design, cinematography, editing, and animation production management. While many of these opportunities are full-time staff positions at studios, many people just begin an animation career often work as freelancer.