How Do You Become A Professional Cartoonist?
Becoming a professional cartoonist is a rewarding career; not only financially, but also creatively. This profession helps you to reach out to millions of people and also allows you to express yourself, besides being the highest paid job for artists! Anyone who has a creative hand, a good imagination to match it and possesses talent in drawing can look at becoming a professional cartoonist. This is also a career that does not require special education and experience, but you may need some special courses to enhance existing skills! You can draw for magazines, newspaper, television, publishers, websites, advertising agencies and various other employers. You could choose to work for… • Comic strips such as Cathy, Garfield, Dilbert, etc; • Animation features such as Toy Story, Nemo, Ice Age, etc; • Cartoon strips in magazines; • Newspaper editorial cartoons • Comic books such as Batman, Spawn, etc; • Cartoon storybooks such as The Cat in the Hat; • Storyboarding for television and movies;
