What do 3D animators need?

I don't quite understand your topic. I'll say it one by one. If you mean what you need to be a 3D animator, it is the application of software MAYA or 3Dmas and familiarity with animation rules! Only you can! Next, you said that to be a qualified 3D animator, you need too many things, and here, software is just a subsidy tool, not the main one. I will probably say two things: 1 performance. If you can't perform the role you want to interpret well, then what you make will only be boring. 2 painting, basic painting is the foundation of everything, and you have a good painting foundation. If you are an excellent designer, that's good. You can also do this on the computer. These two are what I think should be done. Software technology can be made up the day after tomorrow, and the efficiency will be very fast. However, performance and painting need our constant practice, study and accumulation. This is the basis of becoming a qualified animator. Secondly, it is the law of animation, that is, the law of movement. Observe life, many rules are in life! I remember reading an article about how Pixar Studio recruited animators. There is a passage in it: "First-class animators will get inspiration from real life and other movies. So do we. Let's not be too obsessed with anime and ignore everything else. We hope that your creative sources include your own experience and real life. " I don't know if you plan to learn, or if you are already an animator, and you are perfecting yourself. What I said is also a summary of my own study and study. I don't know if it must be right. I am an animator myself (hehe, I dare not call myself an animator at my own level). I wish you success. Everything is inseparable from hard work!