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T he Cave Hill alumnus is carving out a name for himself in a field that not many in the Caribbean have ventured into, let alone achieved the kind of international success he enjoys today. The Canada-based Ifill is a 3D Generalist, Senior 2D Animator, Rigger and Motion Graphics Artist, specialised areas that see him working with animation, audio, and visual effects to create moving content and graphics for television, film, and other media. Animation is known to be an illusion of movement in a sequence, but there’s nothing illusory about Raashid Ifill’s meteoric rise in that and related artforms on the international stage. Raashid Ifill’s Storyboard
To date, the 34-year-old Barbadian has already worked on the American animated science fiction sitcom Ricky and Morty , the last season of Dorothy and the Wizard of Oz , Disney’s Jake and the Never Land Pirates , and the animated television series America: The Motion Picture . The latter two have been broadcast on the streaming service, Netflix. A 3D Generalist possesses broad skills and knowledge of 3D computer graphics or the creation of moving three-dimensional images . These objects can be viewed from different angles and appear more realistic. The artform differs from 2D animation where images appear flat but also show action and movement when viewed sequentially .
In 2022, the fast-developing animation market was valued at US$ 394.6 billion globally and is expected to reach US$ 528.8 billion by 2030, according to the global market research and management consulting company, Markets N Research. However, the animation industry remains fledgling in the Caribbean despite its decades-long history of existence, notably in Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, and Barbados. Ifill, a native Barbadian, earned national success after the 2D animation film “Lizzy Comes to Bridgetown” , for which he was the lead animator and editor, placed first in the inaugural National Animation Competition held in 2013 by the National Cultural Foundation .
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