2D animation involves drawing individual frames that are played in sequence to create the illusion of movement, while 3D animation uses 3D modeling software to create depth and realistic textures, lighting, and colors. Popular fields using 3D animation include film, advertising, video, and gaming. Assessing one's skills and characteristics through personal entrepreneurial competencies is important before starting a business to ensure likelihood of success.

1. Animation
NCII

2. What is the difference between 2D
and 3D animation?
2 dimensional animations deals more with
drawing and framing and is the base of 3D
animation.
 2D animators create frames to define a
sequence that are then moved at varying
speeds to create the illusion of motion.
 3D or three-dimensional animation has more depth
and is more realistic The texture, lighting and color of
the 3D objects are modified using software programs
Film, advertising, video and gaming are the fast
growing fields for 3D animation.
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Sample 2D

3. 1Group Activity
Directions: Answer the following guide questions on a 1 whole
sheet of paper. Share your answers with the class.
1. Explain the importance of assessing one’s PECs before engaging
in a particular entrepreneurial activity.
2. What are the desirable personal characteristics, attributes,
lifestyles, skills, and traits of a prospective entrepreneur? Why
are these important?
3. Why is there a need to assess one’s PECs in terms of
characteristics, attributes, lifestyles, skills, and traits before
starting a particular business?

4. Personal Entrepreneurial Competencies (PECs)
LO1
Entrepreneurial competencies refer to the important
characteristics that should be possessed by an individual in
order to perform entrepreneurial functions effectively. In this
module, you will learn some of the most important
characteristics, attributes, lifestyle, skills and traits of a
successful entrepreneur or an employee to be successful in a
chosen career

5. 1.Hardworking:
One of the important
characteristics of a good
entrepreneur is hardworking.
This means working diligently and
being consistent about it.
Hardworking people keep
improving their performance to
produce good products and/or
provide good services.
Important Characteristics / Traits / Attributes Of A Good
Entrepreneur

7. 2. Confident:
Entrepreneurs have
self-reliance in one’s
ability and judgment.
They exhibit self-
confidence to cope
with the risks of
operating their own
business.

8. 3. Disciplined
Successful
entrepreneurs always
stick to the plan and
fight the temptation to
do what is unimportant

9. 4. Committed
Good entrepreneurs assume
full responsibility over their
business. They give full
commitment and solid
dedication to make the
business successful

10. 5. Ability to accept
change
Nothing is permanent
but change. Change
occurs frequently.
When you own a
business, you should
cope with and thrive on
changes. Capitalize on
positive changes to
make your business
grow.

11. 6. Creative
An entrepreneur should
be creative and innovative
to stay in the business
and in order to have an
edge over the other
competitors

13. 7. Has the initiative
An entrepreneur takes
the initiative. You must
put yourself in a position
where you are responsible
for the failure or success
of your business

14. 8. Profit-oriented
An entrepreneur enters the
world of business to generate
profit or additional income.
The business shall become
your bread and butter.
Therefore, you must see to it
that the business can
generate income.

15. Important Skills Of A Successful Entrepreneur
1.Excellent planner:
Planning involves strategic
thinking and goal setting to
achieve objectives by carefully
maximizing all the available
resources. A good entrepreneur
develops and follows the steps in
the plans diligently to realize
goals. A good entrepreneur
knows that planning is an
effective skill only when
combined with action

16. 2. Possesses people skills
This is a very important skill
needed to be successful in any
kind of business. People skills refer
to effective and efficient
communication and establishing
good relationship to the people
working in and out of your
business. In day-to-day business
transactions, you need to deal with
people. A well-developed
interpersonal skill can make a
huge difference between success
and failure of the business.

17. 3. Sound decision maker
Successful entrepreneurs have the
ability to think quickly and to make
wise decisions towards a pre-
determined set of objectives. No one
can deny that the ability to make
wise decisions is an important skill
that an entrepreneur should
possess. Sound decisions should be
based on given facts and
information and lead towards the
pre-determined objectives. Characteristic of an Entrepreneur

19. Animators create animation and visual effects for films,
video games, television, mobile devices, and other forms of
media using illustrations and software programs. Adobe
After Effects, Adobe Premiere, Autodesk3ds Max, and
Autodesk Maya are just a few leading software programs for
animators. Animators also create graphics and develop
storyboards, drawings and illustrations. They create, plan,
and script animated narrative sequences, and assist with
background design and production coordination.
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Salaries & Career Paths
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20. The Bureau reports that multimedia artists and animators work primarily
in the following industries:
•Motion Picture and Video Industries
•Computer Systems Design and Related Services
•Software Publishers
•Advertising, Public Relations, and Related Services
•Specialized Design Services
Animator Salaries
$61,370 per year – at the end of 2014
$34,860 - The lowest paid multimedia artists and animators.
$113,470 - The highest paid earned.
$72,680, - multimedia artists and animators working in the
motion picture and video industries

21. Film and video editors edit footage for television
shows, films, and music videos. According to the
Bureau of Labor Statistics, use of digital filming
has changed the work of a large number of
editors.
Film and video editors guide the pace and telling
of a story. They select the best takes of scenes
and splice them together to create the most
entertaining finished piece
Film and Video Editor Salaries
 $51,300 – Median Annual wages
 $25,660 – Lowest Paid
 $119,250 – Highest Paid
 $76,230 - motion picture and video industries
 $65,460 – advertising, pubic relation and other related services

22. Graphic designers use art and technology to
create catchy graphics for websites, logos,
and illustrations in everything from
advertising to aerospace.
Graphic designers design or create graphics
to meet specific needs such as packaging,
logos, displays, websites, publications, and
more.
Graphic Designer Salaries
$44,150 - median annual wage
$26,250 - lowest paid
 $77,490 – highest paid
$76,530 – government employee
$68,790 – aerospace
$67,160 - securities
 $61,890 – financial
investment
 $60,910 - scientific research
and development services

23. Video game design is one of the most exciting and
competitive careers in the world.
Video game designers perform a number of tasks
as a part of the design process. They design user
interfaces, create storylines and characters, and
role-play mechanics and gameplay prototypes
Video Game Designer Salaries
 $90,060 – median annual wage
 $55,190 – lowest paid
 $138,880 – highest paid

24. Flash animators create animation for web sites,
videos, advertising and marketing, games,
education materials, and more. They work with a
variety of software such as Macromedia Flash,
Adobe Flash, Creative Suite, and Dreamweaver
(formerly Macromedia Dreamweaver), 3DS Max, and
After Effects.
Flash animators work in educational publishing,
advertising and public relations, the motion picture
and video industries, software publishing, game
design and development, specialized design
services, computer systems design and related
services, marketing firms, web design firms, graphic
design firms, the mobile technology industry and
more.

25. Flash Animator Salaries
 $61,370 – median annual wage
 $34,860 - lowest paid
 $113,470 - highest paid

26. According to the Occupational Outlook
Handbook, cartoonists draw advertising,
political, social, and sports cartoons.
Cartoonists work for animation studios, film
and video studios, cartoon networks,
gaming companies, print publications, and
publishing companies. In the animation
industry, they render drawings
of characters, environments, and objects
for small and large-scale productions.
Additional duties may include developing
moods and color patterns, dramatizing
action, and create and paint background
scenes

27. Cartoonist Salaries
 $44,850 – median annual wage
 $18,450 – lowest paid
 $91,200 – highest paid

28. The animation historians at Disney say
that “at most animation studios, the best
animators only sketched a few animation
drawings, leaving gaps in between. Later
on, a person called an "inbetweener"
would finish the scenes by drawing in
between the areas that the animator had
left. After the animator draws out key
scenes, it is up to the inbetweener to
take the images and create the
characters’ movements in transitioning
between scenes. Inbetweeners use
illustration and 2D animation skills to
complete the tasks at hand.

29. Inbetweener Salaries
 $61,370 – median annual wage
 $34,860 – lowest paid
 $113,470 – highest paid

30. Art directors develop design concepts and
review material that will appear in digital
media, newspapers, advertisements,
books, magazines, and more.
On any given day, an art director will
review artist materials, select
photographs, and manage the layout and
production of material to be produced.
They direct visual artists such as
animators, illustrators, and graphic
designers and they manage teams of
copywriters and content writers. Many
art directors help make budgeting
decisions and hire and train creative
staff.

31. Art Director Salary: Averaging $70,000 to $80,000,
but wholly depends on the scale of the project.
$169,450 – highest paid
$44,500 – lowest paid

32. Stop Motion Animator
Stop motion animators are a
unique bunch. They use
models, puppets, or clay to
create animated films, television
commercials, branded
entertainment, and more. Stop
motion animation is also called
stop frame, model animation,
puppet animation, and clay
animation.
Stop motion animators combine the art of photography,
narrative skill, and the ability to manipulate lighting and
calculate angles to create stop motion animation without
digitally manipulating it.

33. Stop Motion Animator Salary: Most stop motion
animators earn a fairly steady is $61,370 , with no
great difference being seen depending on experience or
location.
$113,470 – highest paid
$72,680 – lowest paid

34. 3D Modeler
Modelers also create character
skeletons, which animators then
control. Modeling is performed
using a variety of programs such
as Maya, 3DS Max, Pixar's
RenderMan, POV-Ray, and many
others.
3D modelers create characters and environments for video games
and 3D movies as well as images and modeling for websites, graphic
designs, animation, film effects, simulations, broadcast design,
special effects, characters and props for film, television effects, CD-
Rom design, and location-based entertainment.

35. 3D Modeler Salary: Very hard to calculate averages given that
most 3D modeling work is offered on a freelance basis. A
contracted modeler for a major studio like Disney or Pixar can
expect as much as $100,000, but it can be less than half that for
a smaller company.
Computer Games Development
Computer Graphics and Motion
Picture Technology
Computer Graphics Software
Development
Computer Science
Data Visualization and
Development
Game Design
Game Programming
Interactive Media
Visual Computing
Media and Cinema Studies
Fields and industry where 3D modeler can be consider

36. Compositing Artist A compositing artist is one of the most
important players in the production
process. They are responsible for
helping create the final finished
animation or film project by detecting
errors and developing compositing
strategies, which results in an overall
balanced look.
Compositing artists work with lighting directors and FX
artists to help create the final finished product. According
to the career center at DePaul University, compositing
artists, FX artists, and lighting directors work together to
develop compositing strategies and achieve an
aesthetically balanced overall look

37. Compositing Artist Salary:
Between $50,000 to $75,000 per year
depending on location and experience.

38. Storyboard Artist

39. Storyboard artists draw storyboards for animated features, films,
television commercials and other ad campaigns, music videos, and
video games. The storyboard artist begins creating the storyboard
after a concept or script has been written.
Storyboard artists draw scenes by hand or computer. They might
sketch in black and white or they may produce full color
storyboards manually or by computer. Also called “storyboarders,”
storyboard artists work with producers, directors, and film crew
from start to finish by sketching scenes during initial meetings,
and editing or eliminating scenes as the project progresses.

40. Storyboard Artist Salary: In LA, the salary for a
contracted storyboard artist can be as high as $80,000 to
$100,000 but once again this can be half as much in other
locations (and depending on the sector in which the artist
is employed).

41. Mathematical Modeler
Mathematical modelers use
mathematical models to
illustrate processes or solve
complex problems.
According to mathematical
modeler Nira Chamberlain,
modelers pinpoint the essence of
what makes something work, be
it a jet engine, a social network,
or even the economy, and phrase
it in mathematical language.
Modelers encode the main
features of the process with
equations, and then simulate it

42. Mathematical Modeler Salary
$71,430 and $119,480 – median
annual wage
$53,570 – lowest paid
$140,500 – highest paid

43. Forensic Animator
Forensic animation is one of the
most unique specializations in
the animation industry. Instead
of creating animation for video
games, films, and cartoons,
professional forensic animators
recreate crime scenes or
accidents to help investigators
produce evidence and solve
crimes.
Forensic animators use full-motion computer
graphics to recreate events such as accidents,
assaults, robberies, and other crimes.

44. Forensic Animator Salary:
 Nearly always freelance based, a forensic animator can
charge anywhere between $20 to $100 per hour, depending
on experience.
 Advanced forensic animators typically charge no less than
$100 an hour, with an average of $125 to $180 an hour.

45. Render Wrangler When an animation is complete, somebody
needs to make sure it is rendered down
into a format fit for public consumption.
That’s where a render wrangler comes in.
Render wranglers, also called “technical
resource administrators” (TRA), are
accustomed to high pressure
environments.
This highly detailed job might require the wrangler to monitor and
control the rendering process and monitor a few computers or an
entire render farm of hundreds of machines. Render wranglers
monitor the computers to ensure (input/output) of data across
various file systems and initiate data moves to allocate disk space.

46. When artists submit completed data for
rendering, the render wrangler prioritizes work
and allocates machines. They monitor the
computers around the clock to make sure there
are no technical or computer problems that
could hinder successful output.
Render Wrangler Salary:
 Surprisingly low given the technical expertise
required – typically only around $15 per hour.
 The highest earners average around $81,190 per
year and the lowest average $28,980 per year

47. Texture Artist A texture artist’s job is to paint surface
textures on animated characters,
environments, and props. The number
of textures animators work with is
endless and may include things such
as wrinkles, fur, scales, sweat, and
mud. In some cases, the textures used
in animation cannot be found in real
life.
Texture artists use a variety of
software, platforms, and rendering
environments to create textures for
environments, characters, objects, and
props for animated films, television
shows, and video games.

48. Texture Artist Salary:
 $60,000 is a fairly standard mean
average, ranging up to around
$80,000 in some location
hotspots.
 $19,190 - lowest paid
 $89,720 – highest paid