Special Effects Artists and Animators

Benchmarks for the job family

These cover work in design, media, and writing, not always this occupation's tasks.

Also relevant

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• OSWorld 2.0by HKU and Snorkel AIProject level · Binary completion rate (full set, 500 steps)

  44.3%Claude Opus 5 (max, batch tool) · 17 Sep 2026

  Emerging
• OSWorld-Verifiedby HKU, Salesforce AI Research, Carnegie Mellon University and University of WaterlooTask level · Success rate

  90.2%Intelligence-Indeed Agent · 25 Jul 2026

  Saturated

Context only

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• GDPvalby OpenAIProject level · Wins plus ties against experts

  84.9%GPT-5.5 · Apr 2026

  Strong
• GDPval-AAby Artificial AnalysisProject level · GDPval-AA Elo

  1846 EloClaude Opus 5.5 (Adaptive Reasoning, Max Effort, Default Fallback) · 23 Sep 2026

  Unrated
• Remote Labor Indexby CAIS and Scale AIProject level · Automation rate

  15.8%Claude Fable 5 · 1 Jul 2026

  Open

Typical tasks

From O*NET 31.0. Core tasks first. Few of these tasks have a benchmark today.

• Design complex graphics and animation, using independent judgment, creativity, and computer equipment.
• Create basic designs, drawings, and illustrations for product labels, cartons, direct mail, or television.
• Participate in design and production of multimedia campaigns, handling budgeting and scheduling, and assisting with such responsibilities as production coordination, background design, and progress tracking.
• Create two-dimensional and three-dimensional images depicting objects in motion or illustrating a process, using computer animation or modeling programs.
• Make objects or characters appear lifelike by manipulating light, color, texture, shadow, and transparency, or manipulating static images to give the illusion of motion.
• Apply story development, directing, cinematography, and editing to animation to create storyboards that show the flow of the animation and map out key scenes and characters.
• Implement and maintain configuration control systems.
• Script, plan, and create animated narrative sequences under tight deadlines, using computer software and hand drawing techniques.
• Develop briefings, brochures, multimedia presentations, web pages, promotional products, technical illustrations, and computer artwork for use in products, technical manuals, literature, newsletters, and slide shows.
• Assemble, typeset, scan, and produce digital camera-ready art or film negatives and printer's proofs.
• Convert real objects to animated objects through modeling, using techniques such as optical scanning.
• Create pen-and-paper images to be scanned, edited, colored, textured, or animated by computer.