Artist shows beast with no tail by hill (8)
I believe the answer is:
animator
'artist' is the definition.
(I know that animator is a type of graphic artist)
'beast with no tail by hill' is the wordplay.
'beast' becomes 'animal' (a beast is an animal).
'with no tail' means to remove the last letter.
'by hill' becomes 'tor' (tor is a kind of hill. I am not sure about the 'by' bit.).
'animal' with its last letter taken off is 'anima'.
'anima'+'tor'='ANIMATOR'
'shows' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for animator that I've seen before include "Someone who imparts vitality to others" , "Park, perhaps" , "Cartoon maker" , "Cartoonist in films" , "Catoon film-maker" .)