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While it may be true that ILM is the exception to the rule, I also think that they are they are of the sort that define "good" computer animators. You don't get to ILM without having the right blend of art and tech, and I doubt very much that anyone at ILM was taught anything technical or artistic by ILM. I know for a fact that almost everything ILM does revolves around custom code. That requires really strong technical knowledge, but I find it hard to believe that they just hired some crackerjack programmers and taught them to draw. There's no way that a straight programmer could make a dinosaur move and look that realistically.