Outsourcing Animation
Yes, that’s right, 3D and cartoon animation is now considered a technical chore and is being outsourced out of the USA: http://scifi.com/scifiwire2005/index.php?id=32954. Its ironic that animation that is outsourced usually involves tweening (filling in the the in be-tween animations) and inking/shading/coloring of the structure that others provide. Anyhow, an interesting notion of the difference between defining structure and filling in the structure — you have to have both!
Next time you see me ask me about the 3D gang sign Greg Niemeyer and myself invented.