Editing Animator (section)

==Specialized fields==
Animators often specialize. One important distinction is between [[Character animation|character animators]] (artists who specialize in character movement, [[dialogue]], acting, etc.) and [[Special effect|special effects animator]]s (who animate anything that is ''not'' a character; most commonly vehicles, [[machinery]], and natural phenomena such as rain, snow, and water).

[[Stop motion]] animators do not draw their images, instead they move models or cut-outs frame-by-frame,<ref>{{Cite book |last=Shaw |first=Susannah |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=y8kqBgAAQBAJ&dq=Stop-motion+animators+don't+draw+their+images,+instead+they+move+models+or+cut-outs+frame-by-frame&pg=PA9 |title=Stop Motion: Craft Skills for Model Animation |date=10 September 2012 |publisher=CRC Press |isbn=978-1-136-13510-1 |language=en}}</ref> famous animators of this genre being [[Ray Harryhausen]] and [[Nick Park]]. 

[[File:20 million miles to earth (1957) Ymir 2.png|thumb|Stop-motion animated character from ''[[20 Million Miles to Earth]]'' (1957)]]