CAREER CHOICE: Comic Strip Artist & CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR/AUTHOR

CAREER CHOICE:Comic Strip Artist &

CHILDREN’S BOOK ILLUSTRATOR/AUTHOR

By John McCantsDate: 1/27/14

The first thing I woulddo is go back to schoolTo get more experience drawing as well as studying creative writingOn the side.

The School for Drawing is The Joe Kubert school forCartooning and Graphicdesign .

Requirements are A Portfolio and A High School Diploma/GED.

Step 1

Types of Art that should be included!!!!!!!

Comics strips in Color

Sketches

STEP 2 After Attending the school I would work

for a newspaper organization drawing and probably even writing for the newspaper strips to get experience when it comes to writing and drawing.

To get this type of job I would have to submit another portfolio.

Step 3- Possibly, but maybe not I would get my masters in English at the

UCLA or Berkeley, these two schools have good English programs.

Step 4: The ResultAfter school I would continue to work creating comic strips, but also developing my children’s books.

After developing the children’s book I would self publish or find a publisher.

Qualifications to be a comic strip artist

You must be able to tell a story sequentially

The Art Must be consistent Lastly you must make room for the text

In order to be a qualified comic strip artist you

You must meet these demands.

Qualifications to be a Children’sAuthor/Illustrator

Children’s Writer is to be skilled. Having a English degree would help Having a degree in art wouldn’t be a bad

idea.

Benefits A real benefit for comic strip artists and

even children’s book authors/artists is creating an original story and art.

If the idea is a success with audiences (that is a huge success) then possibly the idea will be developed into different areas: a movie, toys, and television.

Nature of the job Comic strip artists.

Nature of the job can be Tense:

DEPENDING ON IF COMIC STRIP IS:

DAILYWEEKLYMONTHLY

NATURE OF JOB for Children’s BOOK!

Can be stressful to find a publisher, to publish a book.

Having a literary agent to help you get funding to promote book as well as find a publisher is a good idea.

When the book is a success, it maybe hard to top it, and you may lose popularity.

Salary for Newspaper ArtistsThe Salary of a newspaper cartoonist. The salary can go from $600 to $1500 a week.

Salary of Children’s Author/Artists.

DEPENDS ON HOW SUCCESSFUL THE BOOK IS!!

END OF PRESENTATION

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