While animation remains most prominent in film and television, it has also proven useful in a variety of applications, from medical visualizations to micro-interactions. What does the motion design industry include, how does motion design impact business, and what problems can motion designers solve?
In the early '90s, Ed Cheatham helped found the computer animation department at Ringling College of Art + Design. The program focused on motion graphics for film and television, but when Toy Story premiered in 1995, Cheatham realized students needed training in Pixar-level skills. If it wasn't related to character animation, we had to give it up.
More than a decade later, the school asked Cheatham to head a new motion design department, and today Ringling's program is one of the best in America. “When we st
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