What are the salary prospects of a cartoonist?

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9 years ago

Bhavishya, if you're good in cartooning and work for the best newspaper it may be 25-50K sometimes more. However, if you move into character design and animation in feature films or games you can earn much more. If you're creative, you can always consider going for Design and Animation. This is a field where nobody cares for your qualification, they only see if you can do quality work. A good mentor and wise selection of courses with a good school, followed by diligent learning, would get you a head start in your career. However, you must check your suitability for this field. Animation is an art form and a very demanding career. It ha

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Bhavishya, if you're good in cartooning and work for the best newspaper it may be 25-50K sometimes more. However, if you move into character design and animation in feature films or games you can earn much more. If you're creative, you can always consider going for Design and Animation. This is a field where nobody cares for your qualification, they only see if you can do quality work. A good mentor and wise selection of courses with a good school, followed by diligent learning, would get you a head start in your career. However, you must check your suitability for this field. Animation is an art form and a very demanding career. It has ample opportunities for the creatively talented people. Opportunities lie in UI Design, Graphic Design, Storyboarding, Animation Design, Game Design, 3D Modelling, Texturing and Lighting, Dynamics and VFX and of course animation (2D and 3D). Of course at the top of the pile lies Concept Designing - these people are required by Event Companies, Animation Studios, VFX Studios, and of course Game Studios. However, choosing between these must be done after seeing your performance in each of these. So going for a generic course covering all or most of these would be the best way to get started in these careers. Typically you should have good sketching skills to be able to make a sound career in this (if you work hard you can improve your drawing skills tremendously). You may also like to read this about the kind of preparation the best students put into design http://bit.ly/1ddUSi8. Nothing but your innermost talent and passion should lead you to the course and the institute you choose. Go speak to people over there and see if you like their philosophy and they change your perspective.Try their website for more details. Also remember that Animation requires good mentoring. Typically go for a school which offers all the information including faculty on their website. Here is an article by Arena Chandigarh Centre Head on Shiksha website about how to select the right college https://www.shiksha.com/questions-to-ask-before-you-pick-an-animation-college-article-4699-1. And here is a complete snapshot of Gaming Industry by me on Shiksha website https://www.shiksha.com/from-gaming-to-game-designing-article-5827-1. Wish you the best for your career. Remember, your Career is a resultant of your knowledge combined with your passion and expression ability. If you like this answer you may select it as best answer or press like

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Industrial Design Centre - IIT Bombay

Bhavishya, if you're good in cartooning and work for the best newspaper it may be 25-50K sometimes more. However, if you move into character design and animation in feature films or games you can earn much more. If you're creative, you can always consider going for Design and Animation. This is a field where nobody cares for your qualification, they only see if you can do quality work. A good mentor and wise selection of courses with a good school, followed by diligent learning, would get you a head start in your career. However, you must check your suitability for this field. Animation is an art form and a very demanding career. It has ample opportunities for the creatively talented people. Opportunities lie in UI Design, Graphic Design, Storyboarding, Animation Design, Game Design, 3D Modelling, Texturing and Lighting, Dynamics and VFX and of course animation (2D and 3D). Of course at the top of the pile lies Concept Designing - these people are required by Event Companies, Animation Studios, VFX Studios, and of course Game Studios. However, choosing between these must be done after seeing your performance in each of these. So going for a generic course covering all or most of these would be the best way to get started in these careers. Typically you should have good sketching skills to be able to make a sound career in this (if you work hard you can improve your drawing skills tremendously). You may also like to read this about the kind of preparation the best students put into design <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://bit.ly/1ddUSi8" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>http://bit.ly/1ddUSi8</a>. Nothing but your innermost talent and passion should lead you to the course and the institute you choose. Go speak to people over there and see if you like their philosophy and they change your perspective.Try their website for more details. Also remember that Animation requires good mentoring. Typically go for a school which offers all the information including faculty on their website. Here is an article by Arena Chandigarh Centre Head on Shiksha website about how to select the right college <a href="https://www.shiksha.com/questions-to-ask-before-you-pick-an-animation-college-article-4699-1" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://www.shiksha.com/questions-to-ask-before-you-pick-an-animation-college-article-4699-1</a>. And here is a complete snapshot of Gaming Industry by me on Shiksha website <a href="https://www.shiksha.com/from-gaming-to-game-designing-article-5827-1" style='word-wrap:break-word;'>https://www.shiksha.com/from-gaming-to-game-designing-article-5827-1</a>. Wish you the best for your career. Remember, your Career is a resultant of your knowledge combined with your passion and expression ability. If you like this answer you may select it as best answer or press like

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lokesh kumar

9 years ago

Sir main BA krna chata hoon but sir maine esa suna hain ki BA finish kar denge 2017 tak esa shi hain kya sir?

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Deepanshu hitesh

9 years ago

Hello Bhavishya,your earning depends on a no. of factors.It depends on your experience,your company,Your projects or the type of work you do.to be clear this cannot be specified until you choose your field and start working.If also depends on the type of knowledge you have gained in the study of your course.In short it all the depends How good your work is.To gain the best knowledge in this field of cartoons and get a good placement i would like to refer you some institutions.

The user recommends following institutes
Asian Institute of Design
Arena Animation, Mohali

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Nikhlesh Mathur | Guide-Level 14

9 years ago

It is an incomplete question Bhavishaya. You need to mention where you graduated from and if you have any experience. And as a fresher you should not target salary amount. Rather you should ask which companires / organizations / Publishing houses you should approasch to work. Anf if you are something else other than a cartoonisht and wish to become a cartoonist then I suggest that let Cartoon making be like your second work only.

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sunitha

9 years ago

The salary structure of a person with a job title depends on a number of factors including industry, company size, location, years of experience and level of education.
Starting salary could be anywhere from 5,000 to the creativity you produce to the firm.
Hope this answers your question. Give a thumbs up for the same.

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