Opportunities in the animation world are busting at the seams. It is no longer an obscure career that very few dared to tread. In fact, if you are comfortable and good at drawing animated cartoon characters, then you should take it up as a career and start working. However, before you start on the professional expedition, here are a few details that will be useful for drawing an animated cartoon character and earning from it too.
If you draw impressive animated cartoon characters, you will find a job in an animation studio. However, there are far more departments than you would have thought and you will have to narrow down to an area of expertise. For example, if you thought design is what you will love to do, then you will have to choose between conceptual design, animated cartoon character design, location design, effects design and even a prop design. These are all creative areas but which one are you going to choose?
In animation drawings, there are different specializations as character development, storyboarding, lay out, color stylist and background painter too. In fact, if you decide join as an animator then you will have to join as an assistant animator which upon career furtherance leads to becoming a senior animator.
Now, if you are out of your initial confusions, then we can talk about how to apply to a animation studio in the first place. In animation world, your portfolio is your resume. If you know how to draw animated characters, then your portfolio should show it. Put together the different kinds of drawing you have done in your portfolio, such as drawing of objects, cartoon characters, characters in motion and different poses, life drawings and any other artwork that you consider special.
It is immensely helpful if your portfolio is full of original work. None of the studios like to see copy work. Isn't everyone else flaunting them? So develop something of your own and take it to them. You will also have to highlight your skills. If you wish to specialize in storyboarding, then presenting individual separate characters won't help. You will have to develop a story with your sketches.
You might think drawing an animated cartoon character is drawing an animated cartoon character. “If I draw well, I should get the job.” However, as it happens animation studios generally prefer people who have had professional training. If you wish to prioritize working then take a part time course. Because professional training goes a long way in furthering your career.
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