Overview
CHAPTER 4
CARTOONING AND ANIMATION
Introduction
Cartoons are natural attention getters. The ability to draw cartoons and animated
images is important to the Illustrator Draftsman.
You will often be asked to
create cartoons for command functions or presentations.
Objectives
The material in this chapter enables you to do the following:
Translate emotions into typecast facial features.
Match background props to cartoon styles.
Exaggerate dominant facial features, expressions, or gestures to create
caricatures.
Use the standard television aspect ratio when creating animation.
Calculate the required number of frames to create animation that runs
smoothly.
Differentiate between animation and video graphics presentations.
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