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Digital artists these days have the most advanced applications. With the latest industry hardware and software,The Power of Digital Arts – An Insight Into the Life of a Digital Artist Articles they can even integrate the best technology in their workflow to create brilliant masterpieces.

In the fast-paced world today, digital artist should not only focus on creating arts but moreover giving life to their creations. There is a saying from John Maeda, a famous American executive and designer: “If there were a prerequisite for the future successful digital creative, it would be the passion for discovery.”

Here are some tips that might help to elevate and give more life to digital arts creations:

Observe real-life characters – Digital artist are observant. Observing people on how they move, interact and how to express themselves are helpful tools to gain more understanding not only in character animation but also in digital arts.
Be social – Explore and share your creative side by socializing with digital artists community. Working and socializing with talented communities will give you more knowledge and improve your creations. Show your digital creations to different digital artist communities or join competitions like META.
Keep creating – People are born to be creative and so are the digital artists. Being creative does not stop from studying – it is a continuous process as we go in life. Remember artists: you are the generator of ideas.
Tell a Story – It is visually interesting to see a digital art that is wonderful in details. Always try to create a character that have a story behind. Digital arts that has depth are more engaging as it entails a story.
Never stop learning – Digital artists love to learn more about their craft and most of the time they are not satisfied with the work they create. Do not be afraid to learn more innovative ideas and always try to discover new things. There are many resources everywhere – so keep learning.
Always believe in your talent – If you believe in yourself, it will naturally come within. The passion in digital arts is one of the main factors that drives your talent to become successful in the industry.
Being a digital artist is not an easy. It takes a lot of hard work, patience and determination. That’s why our team feels gratitude to all the digital artists who participated last Middle East Talents Awards. We believe that every skill and talent that we witness has a great contribution – so keep showing your talent to the world!

Fresh from the short awarding ceremony last 18th of August, Pixelhunters and META team are happy to share with you a photo with some of the winners of META 2015. The whole team had a wonderful experience to see and talk with the winners. We look forward to see more of your skills and talents as we have more surprises and we are getting more industry partners to support us.

Congratulations once again to all the META winners. For the winners who are not present on the awarding ceremony, we wish to see you next time around.

Animation industry is one of the fastest growing industries today – not only in Middle East and United States but across the globe. According to the US Bureau of Labor Statistics 2014-2015 Occupational Outlook Handbook (http://www.bls.gov/ooh/arts-and-design/multimedia-artists-and-animators.htm),The Career Path to Become an Animator – A Demanding Trend in Digital and Media Industry Articles there were about 64,400 multimedia artists and animators in the US in 2014 with employment expected to 68,300 by 2024. There is no wonder that job opportunities is growing for animation industry.

A degree in animation is not something that’s usually, like any profession or career, achieved in short span of time. The footstep towards this career takes a great deal of love, hard work, passion and dedication to the art form – and once the person continuously love the profession, then it’s going to be completely worth it.

How to know that being an animator is the right career for one person? Aside from the artistic skills and talents, having the passion in arts and seeing it come to life is an important ingredient. An animator, be it a beginner or professional should always have the strongest weapon – and that’s creativity and imagination. Being an animator is not also all about being creative and imaginative at all times, moreover it is the willingness to discover and eager to learn new things. Truly, animation is endless and infinite as there are always new innovative things to discover. So, animators should always feed and hungry to learn something new.

There are many animators in the industry who have taken different artistic paths. It only proves that being an animator does not stop at one place. Indeed, having a career path in animation industry can lead to a wide range of job areas – from films, cartoons, education, advertising, internet, television, gaming, medical, virtual reality, engineering, e-learning, architectural and many more.

Being an animator could also be a stepping stone to become a lead animator, animation directors or perhaps an animation special effects lead. Remember the saying from Pixar “Computers don’t animate. People do”.

Pixelhunters is collaborating with different universities and colleges across the UAE from the last couple of years for different educational activities. As we always advised to the students taking up animation degree, deciding a career field is both challenging and exciting. That’s why, it is an advantage that before making a commitment, students should know that they are pursuing a profession that suits their personality and characteristics. We never know maybe you can be the next Pixar or Disney lead animator.

For all the students and professional artists in UAE as well as the other countries who possess strong interest in digital arts or aspiring to become a professional animator someday, showcase your digital artwork by joining Middle East Talents Awards – an online competition for digital arts. Pixelhunters supports the digital arts industry and META competition hopes to strengthen the industry by developing the talents of new upcoming artists.