3D animators neither draw nor paint the shots, as is required in traditional animation.
Because the characters, models, dialogue and sound are already set up, animators are like actors or puppeteers.

 

Using 3D animation software, they choreograph the movements and facial expressions in each scene. 
 

Our animators choreograph the motion in each scene by defining key frames or poses, using computer controls and the character's avatars to define key poses. the computer then creates the "in-between" frames, which the animator adjusts as necessary.  

It's common for an animator to re-do a single short animated sequence several times before the director or lead animator is satisfied.