animator
noun
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T.m. Brown, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2024
After that, Drew hired more than 100 animators and video artists with very different styles to bring the footage and audio to life.
—Abraham Josephine Riesman, Rolling Stone, 8 Apr. 2024
The film’s cinematographer is Koichi Furuya, while animator Patrick Mate will create manga-style graphic elements to accompany the film’s new and archival footage.
—Patrick Brzeski, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Jan. 2024
Each character — and the artist behind them — gets plenty of love at this gallery, which also houses work by animators like Dr. Seuss and Charles Schulz.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 29 Mar. 2024
Disneyland’s Pixar Place Hotel is like walking into an animator’s studio
The multimillion-dollar transformation of the former Paradise Pier Hotel into the new Pixar Place Hotel debuted on Tuesday, Jan. 30 after three years in the making at the Disneyland resort in Anaheim.
—Brady MacDonald, Orange County Register, 31 Jan. 2024
Artist and animator Robin Eisenberg co-produces and serves as production designer.
—Caroline Brew, Variety, 31 Jan. 2024
OpenAI says Sora should be thought of as a tool for video creators, allowing filmmakers, video game engineers, and animators to do more.
—Maxwell Zeff / Gizmodo, Quartz, 14 Mar. 2024
The images are an animator’s dream – and a West Coaster’s nightmare.
—Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 Feb. 2024
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1611, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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“Animator.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animator. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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