What is more valuable to learn: programming, graphic design, or 3d animation?
It's a stereotypical view that Programming and Graphics Design don't go together. Well it's partly true and partly false. Spending more time on one skill implies spending less on the other, making you less competent. The primary reason for this is both are highly competitive. I myself, started coding during school days and it was in college when I devoted more attention to 3-D animation and modeling(courtesy: Digital Tutors). Since then, I've tried to maintain a balance between the two(not completely successful though). Also, the beauty of programming and design together is a matchless beauty. Sometimes you'll face situations when the distinction between the two is blurred. Today, a programmer needs to understand and apply principles of graphic design in order to develop applications that are usable and attractive to the user. Likewise, a graphic designer developing electronic media must understand and apply programming principles to control the dynamic behavior of the media.For example, Autodesk Maya is a 3-D design software. However, Python Scripting in Maya is used sometimes to achieve impeccable results which would rather be much difficult when you have no idea of programming.Now, Which is more valuable?What I believe is : "Catering to your interests and doing something which brings you eternal pleasure and satisfaction is much more valuable than anything else."So, I would suggest: Experiment!Do both of these:Use your technological brilliance, program algorithms, design data structures etc.Grow and blossom your creativity. Nurture your design skills. And finally, decide according to your personal preference. Let your talent guide you and help you in making this decision.
Which has the more promising career outlook: animation or graphic design?
Believe me man all the things like Pros , Cons or salary doesn’t matter , it is a kind of field where people value the quality work , You have to pick the one you are more interested in and good at and believe me you will have a promising career as long as you enjoy the work you do and thrive to learn every day.Now i myself am gonna appear for my 12th this year and i’m gonna pick Graphic Design as my career.Now if you still want to get in to the details keep readingWhen it comes to graphic design you’re going to be dealing with mostly still graphics like **Branding , Advertisement , Interface Design , Character Design** etc.Though there is motion work as well like Introductions , Outros , Titles etc.And in Animation you deal mostly with motion now there are type of animation like 3D , 2D , Stop motion if you want to make cartoons you have to be really good in sketching and anatomy, Lights and Shades, Color theory.Now Duration to learn stuff depends on the type of course you’re opting for there is an entire Undergraduate course in B.Des that lasts 4 years offered by Design Colleges there are Post Graduate Diplomas which lasts like 2–2.5 years.When it comes to salary it really depends on the quality of the work you’re offering and the amount of experience you have either it be animation or graphic design.Fees depends on the type of Institute you’re opting for but it costs same either you pick animation or graphic design.Just a little AdviceDon’t worry about the other things just choose the one which you really enjoy doing and always be curious to learn more.STAY CREATIVE!-Ash
How can I learn animation and graphic design?
If you want to get a quick overview of the topics you might want to give the Wikipedia articles a short visit and see how graphic design and animation has developed. Personally, I find it a good starting point learning about the history of the topics that interest me and pick up a few terms. There are a number of sites where you can find tutorials on various software (After Effects for Motion Design, Illustrator and Freehand for Illustration, or InDesign on Layout & Typography). About the general field of animation and design independent from certain software there are lots of good books around (search for "Introduction" or "Beginner’s Guide" and let the user ratings can comment be your guide.Blogs and Tumblrs also collect outstanding and inspiring works of design and it’s a pleasure browsing for inspiration or just leisure. It is always interesting to view those works in perspective with the basic concepts presented in the books or tutorials to understand how professionals apply them in their work and style.If you are really serious about becoming a graphic/motion designer you should take classes or courses but they all cost money, though.
Can I do graphic design and animation both?
Yes surely you can do graphic design and animation both. There are many who can do both. If I am not wrong, from your question it seems that you are learning animation and you are thinking whether you should spend to learn graphic design as well or vice versa. I think you should go ahead and learn both. But from a professional point of view a big studio will look forward to hire a specialised artist, if they are not specifically looking for a generalist. So, it is always advisable to learn all that interests you, gain knowledge, and then do a specialised training in one particular field, that attracts you most.The reason being, any creative production house will have departments and a pipeline to follow. So if you are a 3D character animator, it is less likely that you will get a graphic design job to crack. In-spite of that, if you have vivid and diverse knowledge of various aspects of the CGI pipeline, it will help you tremendously in your career growth, no matter in what department you are working for. Hope my answer helps you. Best of luck
How can I start a career in animation and graphic design?
Now a days it is very easy to start a career in design field. There are hundred of resources online.First - Sit and question yourself. What are my interests? When you figure out your interests, it is easy to pick a path and stick to it. For me, design is a common sense but it isn’t common everywhere.You can simply start your career by learning free stuff from Youtube and design blogs. Start with basics and try to understand WHY instead of HOW. Once you understand WHY then it is very easy to come up with your own HOW. That makes you unique designer. There are so many designer who literally copies others designs. Please don’t do that. Instead of copying, try to understand WHY. Pick a case study, meet and discuss with people, browse through multiple design platforms like behance to get some inspiration.Last but not least, if you’re really passionate about design, Just start your career - Now! All the best.
Can digital marketing and graphics design + 3D animation go together? If yes, how? If not, why?
Digital Marketing is more contextual with Graphic Design & Web Design, Web Development. 3d animation could be used in it but most of the work happening on Digital Marketing is Graphics, Audio-Visual & 3d based. All these skills comes under multimedia and you could work in Advertising, TV Channels, Animation studios, production houses, gaming companies, web companies, elearning companies etc after learning and mastering these skills
Which is better to learn, graphic design or animation?
Graphic Design will give you a solid foundation in visual design across many different mediums and can be carried into a career in animation, film, television etc.However Graphic Design is not for everyone. If you’re not excited to design everything from cereal boxes to Brand Style Guides for large corporations and prefer things like character design and bringing characters to life, Animation might be more for you.That said it depends on what type of animation appeals to you. If you’re into motion graphics and moving text etc more than character animation then a foundation in Graphic design will really help you.Both fields have plenty of opportunity for employment. If you can, I’d recommend studying both (speaking as a Graphic Designer who now primarily works in Animation).
Does graphic design include animations such as cartoons etc.?
Im a graphic designer and a plastic artist, and you see animation on graphic design but in a different way more business oriented more for selling purposes. But of course you can use the tools and skills you learn at Design( which are great) and use them on animation. It helped me study graphic design to find better ways at marketing my paintings. And i also got some jobs at doing graphic novels. But there are schools in which the main focus is animation.