Indiafocus Free NewsLetter Career Options Cartooning Walt Disney, Mario Miranda and R K Lakshman are excellent introductions to the world of cartoons and caricatures, an area of work that is attracting a number of artists around the world. An eye for details Visual imagination Areas of work Print media Cartoonists are an indispensable part of the print media.
Caricatures are the most visible signatures of the cartoonists in newspapers.
Newspapers, magazines and journals hire employ cartoonists. The emerging online media also has several openings for cartoonists and caricaturists. Large publishing houses employ in-house cartoonists to provide illustrations for books. The success of Aladdin and The Lion King has led to a revival of animation movies abroad. An animation movie is one that is produced by photographing a series of drawings, each of which represents a minute advancement in the action of the film.