CARTOONIST

Job Definition:

Job Description:

• Create original artwork using any of a wide variety of mediums and techniques, such as painting and sculpture.

Duties and Tasks:

• 1) Sketches and submits cartoon or animation for approval.
• 2) Develops personal ideas for cartoons, comic strips, or animations, or reads written material to develop ideas.
• 3) Makes changes and corrections to cartoon, comic strip, or animation as necessary.
• 4) Creates and prepares sketches and model drawings of characters, providing details from memory, live models, manufactured products, or reference material.
• 5) Renders sequential drawings of characters or other subject material which when photographed and projected at specific speed becomes animated.
• 6) Develops color patterns and moods and paints background layouts to dramatize action for animated cartoon scenes.
• 7) Discusses ideas for cartoons, comic strips, or animations with editor or publisher’s representative.
• 8) Labels each section with designated colors when colors are used.

Activities:

• 1) Getting Information — Observing, receiving, and otherwise obtaining information from all relevant sources.
• 2) Handling and Moving Objects — Using hands and arms in handling, installing, positioning, and moving materials, and manipulating things.
• 3) Thinking Creatively — Developing, designing, or creating new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.

Abilities:

• 1) Originality — The ability to come up with unusual or clever ideas about a given topic or situation, or to develop creative ways to solve a problem.
• 2) Oral Comprehension — The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• 3) Written Comprehension — The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• 4) Written Expression — The ability to communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.
• 5) Fluency of Ideas — The ability to come up with a number of ideas about a topic (the number of ideas is important, not their quality, correctness, or creativity).
• 6) Visual Color Discrimination — The ability to match or detect differences between colors, including shades of color and brightness.
• 7) Visualization — The ability to imagine how something will look after it is moved around or when its parts are moved or rearranged.
• 8) Arm-Hand Steadiness — The ability to keep your hand and arm steady while moving your arm or while holding your arm and hand in one position.
• 9) Near Vision — The ability to see details at close range (within a few feet of the observer).

Knowledge

• 1) Fine Arts — Knowledge of the theory and techniques required to compose, produce, and perform works of music, dance, visual arts, drama, and sculpture.
• 2) Communications and Media — Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media.