Homer Simpson and Indian outsourcing

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[Dan J 277]

Ironically, animation on the Simpsons is outsourced to South Korea.

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Ironically, animation on the Simpsons is outsourced to South Korea.

Yep. 2D, hand drawn animation studios no longer exist here in the states. Most of the cartoon shows that are on TV now are storyboarded here and the animation is done overseas. Back in 1999, the payment was about 15 cents per drawing for animation done in Korea. I'm afraid that's what will eventually happen with computer animation as well.

Edited September 9, 2007 by Mister Fancypants

[Dan J 277]

Ironically, animation on the Simpsons is outsourced to South Korea.

Yep. 2D, hand drawn animation studios no longer exist here in the states. Most of the cartoon shows that are on TV now are storyboarded here and the animation is done overseas. Back in 1999, the payment was about 15 cents per drawing for animation done in Korea. I'm afraid that's what will eventually happen with computer animation as well.

To some extent it will happen to other areas of animation as well. The issue is not so much cost, but enough artists that are skilled enough to produce the quality of work needed for film and video games.

Transformers movie alone used something like 300-350 artists. Most film projects, while having a few people that are in charge of the art direction, will outsource work to visual effects studios around the world. Very few studios are capable of doing all the visual effects shots in any visual effects heavy movie in short time needed to complete post production. As least for film, most of these studios are based in the US, Australia or Europe.

For video games it depends on the type of game. Cheap games, are usually outsourced completely, these are usually games based on brands, like Barbie games. Most other games might have some of the asset production (art files like models, animations, and textures) outsourced to companies in China or Vietnam while still doing a majority of the work here. Because of the amount of communication needed to make a project like game development work, its hard to outsource it and end up with a good product.

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Ironically, animation on the Simpsons is outsourced to South Korea.

Yep. 2D, hand drawn animation studios no longer exist here in the states. Most of the cartoon shows that are on TV now are storyboarded here and the animation is done overseas. Back in 1999, the payment was about 15 cents per drawing for animation done in Korea. I'm afraid that's what will eventually happen with computer animation as well.

To some extent it will happen to other areas of animation as well. The issue is not so much cost, but enough artists that are skilled enough to produce the quality of work needed for film and video games.

Transformers movie alone used something like 300-350 artists. Most film projects, while having a few people that are in charge of the art direction, will outsource work to visual effects studios around the world. Very few studios are capable of doing all the visual effects shots in any visual effects heavy movie in short time needed to complete post production. As least for film, most of these studios are based in the US, Australia or Europe.

For video games it depends on the type of game. Cheap games, are usually outsourced completely, these are usually games based on brands, like Barbie games. Most other games might have some of the asset production (art files like models, animations, and textures) outsourced to companies in China or Vietnam while still doing a majority of the work here. Because of the amount of communication needed to make a project like game development work, its hard to outsource it and end up with a good product.

Trust me...there are/were more than enough artists. Last time I checked, one of my former directors was a mortgage broker in Colorado. Many cartoonists went into other fields or learned 3D animation. It's sad because obviously there's a market for 2D cartoon shows, but the big studios don't want to pay union wages (about $40/hr for a veteran cartoonist).