Animation and Modeling

Modeling: The act of representing something.
Animation: The act, process, or result of imparting life, interest, spirit, motion, or activity.
Visualization: a mental image that is similar to a visual perception.

"Scientific animation is a great source of work, and also a great opportunity to flex your creative muscle. It's often a challenge to create something that is simultaneously instructive, visually engaging, and scientifically accurate. However, accuracy in scientific animations is a tricky thing. More often than not, accuracy means creating a non-misleading visual metaphor rather than a perfect atom-for-atom representation. Many times this translates into sacrificing realism for visual and conceptual clarity. That being said, when the situation does call for accuracy in the form of a molecular model, it's good to know that you can achieve this in Maya fairly painlessly, with the help of a few scripts, some free applications, and enough artistic license as the situation will allow." - Eric Keller, Maya Master