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About Cartoonist

A Cartoonist is a person working in the field of multimedia and animation where they practice and use their drawing, design and artistic skills to create comic strips, animated films and more.

Who is a Cartoonist?

When you think of cartoons, what is the first thing that comes to your mind?

Is it a comic strip?

Anime?

Or just Disney?

Walt Disney had said,”Laughter is timeless, imagination has no age, and dreams are forever”.

Whether you're creating political cartoons, developing animation for a production studio or working on personal comics or projects, a career as a Cartoonist has many paths and is highly rewarding, personally and professionally.

Even today, people of all ages remember the cartoons that they have either read or watched. Be it R.K. Laxman’s comic strips in newspapers, or Pink Panther on Television.

From the older cartoons such as Mickey Mouse, Tom and Jerry, to the popular anime such as Naruto and Spirited Away, cartoonists have found their way into the mind and heart of children and adults alike.

Today, cartoons are not only used for entertainment, but also to represent current events, social issues with a touch of humour and sarcasm. Cartoonists are not making sketches, they are creating art that represents ideologies and showcasing the truth.

Memes and Digital Art have taken up the forefront to become the new Comics. These forms of cartoons and animations have gained popularity on social media immensely, and have a tendency to become ‘viral’.

Can I learn to create cartoons and memes? Of course you can!

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Career Prospects

2D animator

2D animators often design and outline both a narrative and characters, then draw a two-dimensional animation frame-by-frame either manually or digitally. Once the animation is complete they'll compile, edit and review the final product. 2D animators can work on solo projects, or with a team of other cartoonists.

Graphic designer

Graphic designers often work freelance, or with companies and organizations, to create visually appealing advertisements, webpages, book covers and more to help relay ideas and market goods and services to consumers. They also often use special computer software and equipment to design graphic layouts, create images and complete a majority of their work.

Illustrator

Illustrators use their skills of drawing and image creation to generate products for different mediums, such as books, websites, comics and more. Though illustrators can write and create narratives themselves, they often work in collaboration with writers and publishers to develop images for an already written story, dialogue or text.

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Jobs & Salary

Cartoonists have a wide range of jobs that they can opt for and the industries that hire are also on a rise due to the digital age. Some of the popular industries that hire Cartoonists are -

  • Publishing Houses
  • Newspapers
  • Magazines
  • Advertising Companies/Agencies
  • Television Industry
  • Film Industry

Even though the career of a Cartoonist is creatively rewarding, the average salary of one is lower when compared to other jobs out there. The average salary of a Cartoonist is Rs.27,000 per month. However, with this profession shifting online, the scope is increasing gradually. Due to this, the average pay of Cartoonists and jobs under it will increase eventually, more so with experience.

Pros & Cons

Pros
  • Highly creative
  • Published work
  • Able to express to a large audience
Cons
  • Takes time to establish
  • Lower pay

Famous Personalities

William Hanna

William Hanna was an American animator, best known for creating popular cartoon characters such as Tom and Jerry, the Flintstones, and Scooby-Doo. He co-founded the Hanna-Barbera company, along with his longtime partner Joseph Barbera. Their team had produced more than 3,000 half-hour shows for 150 television cartoon series that won seven Academy Awards and eight Emmy Awards.

Jim Davis

Famous American cartoonist, Jim Davis is best known for his various comic strips such as U.S. Acres. He is the creator of Garfield which became one of the world's most widely syndicated comic strips. Davis wrote and co-wrote all of the Garfield TV specials for CBS

RK Laxman

RK Laxman is an Indian cartoonist who created the daily comic strip, ‘You Said It’ which chronicled Indian life and politics through the eyes of the ‘common man’. The common man is portrayed as a bulbous-nosed bespectacled observer dressed in a dhoti and a distinctive checked coat who served as a silent point-of-view character for readers. RK Laxman published numerous short stories, essays, and travel articles, some of which were collected in The Distorted Mirror. He also wrote short stories and was a recipient of Padma Vibhushan - India’s second-highest civilian honour.

Timeline

1923 Walt Disney releases short animated cartoons.

1928 Mickey Mouse is introduced in the first animated sound cartoon.

1957 Tom and Jerry comes to life.

1969 Scooby-Doo appears for the first time as a cartoon series.

1997 South Park debuts on Comedy Central in the USA.

2002 Animation is featured as an Oscar Category. Shrek wins first award.

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