Cartoonist

by wintercool612

Art/Television Industry

• Variety of Work

- Traditional/Digital

• Nickelodeon & Cartoon Network

Cartoonist• Drawing is fun!

• Unique ideas

• Sense of Humor

• Lasts whole life

• Other jobs sound boring

Annual Pay

• Depends on popularity

• $41,000 per year

• $48k - $66k a year

• $179k - $192k television writers

Work Environment• Studio

• Newspaper/comic book artist

- home

• Draw basis for episodes

• Challenges/interests:

- storyline

- characters

- jokes

Job Duties• Find - idea - characters - storyline

• Storyboard

• Get discovered

Education and Training: Jr. High

• Took every art class in Jr. High

- Beginning art

- Art 1, 2, & 3

- Pottery

• Good practice

• Free

• 12 – 13 years old

• Graduated in 2009

• Took art classes

- Foundations of Art

- Drawing

• Helps for college

• Free

• 14 – 15 years old

• Graduated in 2012

Education and Training: High School

Work Experience

• Drew comics for newspaper

• Promoted to Cartoon Network – 10 yrs.

- Made a show

• Producer

• Improved talent

Work Experience - Continued

• Humor got me discovered

• Made comic books

• Made people laugh

• $41,000 per year

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