Comments on: Should I become a computer animator or cartoonist? http://warrenpiece.com/animator/should-i-become-a-computer-animator-or-cartoonist Fri, 27 Apr 2012 01:12:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: BeArRr http://warrenpiece.com/animator/should-i-become-a-computer-animator-or-cartoonist/comment-page-1#comment-5306 BeArRr Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:33:59 +0000 http://warrenpiece.com/animator/should-i-become-a-computer-animator-or-cartoonist#comment-5306 To answer this question, you need to establish what your motivation would be. Is it money? If so, I would bet on a career on computer animation, because you can go into cartoons on tv, to advertisements, to computer games, etc... career progression is almost unlimited in terms of which direction you want to go once you have the degree to do so. On the other hand, a cartoonist (which I'm assuming you mean the traditional hand drawing type cartoonist), is kind of limited. Once a cartoonist, you either have a section of the newspaper dedicated to your cartoon. Work for a comic strip like DC (which is highly competitive if you are good enough) Or you're stuck on the sidewalk doing caricatures for $10...<br><b>References : </b><br> To answer this question, you need to establish what your motivation would be.
Is it money? If so, I would bet on a career on computer animation, because you can go into cartoons on tv, to advertisements, to computer games, etc… career progression is almost unlimited in terms of which direction you want to go once you have the degree to do so.

On the other hand, a cartoonist (which I’m assuming you mean the traditional hand drawing type cartoonist), is kind of limited. Once a cartoonist, you either have a section of the newspaper dedicated to your cartoon. Work for a comic strip like DC (which is highly competitive if you are good enough) Or you’re stuck on the sidewalk doing caricatures for $10…
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