CARTOONING

What Is It?
• Cartooning is one of the most exciting and fun
ways to express yourself through art. It’s also one
of the easiest ways to break into the art field.

• Cartooning is a form of art, like painting or

sculpting. The dictionary describes a cartoon as a
“sketch or drawing, usually humorous” which
symbolizes or satirizes some action. However,
cartooning is so much more than just drawing.
 What’s more interesting?
 Cartooning is an elegant way to
describe the world. A cartoon can
be simple or complex, and can be
drawn in almost any style; but it’s
not an exact duplication of reality.
It’s a representation of the artist’s
perceptions of the world, and every
person sees the same thing
differently.

Through cartoons, a cartoonist can tell a joke, a story or

make a particular point, and it can be done much more
quickly and interesting than through words alone.
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 A good cartoon is a strong advertising techniques when
designing properly. Every good cartoon has several things
in a common. An effective cartoon is a visual
communication tool.
 Characteristics of a good cartoon
• It does the job quickly

• It gets attention

• It convincing

• It is simple
 An effective cartoon are ...
 FOCUSED - Focused on a single message.

GRAPHICS - Let graphs and images tell the story; uses

text sparingly.

ORDERED - Keep the sequence well-ordered and

obvious.
CARTOON SYMBOLS
WRITING THE SPORTS STORY
STRUCTURE OF THE SPORTS STORY
 SPORTS LINGO

Do you understand the language of sports ?