Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that provides or imparts life, interest, spirit, or vitality.
- noun One, such as an artist or technician, who designs, develops, or produces animation.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who or that which animates or gives life; one who enlivens or inspires.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun One who, or that which, animates; an animater.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun One who
animates something; one who brings something tolife or the appearance of life. - noun One who creates an
animation orcartoon ; acartoonist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone who imparts energy and vitality and spirit to other people
- noun the technician who produces animated cartoons
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Examples
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Reminds me of the Daffy cartoon where the animator is completely screwing with him.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - Today’s Comic: “People are lame” 2008
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The Oscar-winning animator is working on designs for a permanent bronze tribute to the pair.
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Wait a minute--Algar we know as animator in the thirties, then director of True-Life Adventures.
It's Whom You Know... Hans Perk 2008
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Xeni's link to the Radiohead graffiti clip made me think instantly of Laith Bahrani, an animator from the UK who painstakingly created a homebrew Flash-animated clip to Readiohead's "Creep".
- Boing Boing 2006
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Wait a minute--Algar we know as animator in the thirties, then director of True-Life Adventures.
Archive 2008-02-01 Hans Perk 2008
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The good news is that the George Eastman House is bringing in animator Don Hertzfeldt.
Mad Dog Movies « Don Hertzfeldt Retrospective in Rochester 2005
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Cesar Rodriguez do u understand animation...trust me when you are called the animator of our times by john lasseter ...its a big deal
Studio Ghibli Announce Next Film, Plus Two More In The Works From Hayao Miyazaki Himself | /Film 2009
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In that case it is important to know if the animator was a character animator or an effects animator, and this CAN be tricky, as we simply do not know all animators.
Prod. 2082 (Sleeping Beauty) - Seq. 19.0 Fight Hans Perk 2008
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But it needs a flash animator, or any kind of animator, who is fast, talented, and has a good sense of timing and visual comedy.
EXTRALIFE – By Scott Johnson - ELR needs a animator NOW! 2006
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I explained to the artist that Federal labor regulations classify "animator" as a non-exempt category meaning that animators are required to be hourly employees who receive overtime after forty hours in a week:
Salary Slavery Steve Hulett 2008
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