Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World
The Cartoon World
A course by Butch Hartman , Cartoon Artist
About the video: The Cartoon World
Overview
“We should prepare ourselves mentally for the task ahead. This section is going to be about defining the cartoon world, and we will also discuss what defines a cartoon character.”
In this video lesson Butch Hartman addresses the topic: The Cartoon World, which is part of the Domestika online course: Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World. Build your own cartoon narrative filled with endearing characters using a combination of analogue and digital tools.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Cartoon World In the last lesson, we learned about my influences and inspirations. In this next lesson, we'll learn what goes into making a cartoon world and also what goes into making a great cartoon character. Welcome to this next presentation. This is called "The Cartoon World!" What do I mean by that? There's the real world with reality we all live in, every day. A lot of us want to escape reality, so, we come up with cartoon worlds. We can make our own reality, which is more fun to me. Let's look at some of the rules of the cartoon world. Why we have these characters and what defin...”
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Butch Hartman
A course by Butch Hartman
Butch Hartman is an award-winning cartoon artist from the United States. He has been a fan of cartoons, movies, and comic books since he was a child and grew up creating stories and shooting his own movies. He later went on to study at the art school founded by Walt Disney, California Institute of Arts. After graduating, he began his career in the television animation industry, working on the 1986 version of My Little Pony.
Since then, Butch has gone on to work for studios like Nickelodeon and Cartoon Network on iconic cartoons including, Tom and Jerry Kids, Droopy Master Detective, Dexter’s Laboratory, Johnny Bravo, and more. His work has received multiple Emmy Awards and he himself has been nominated for several. Butch also created his own children’s app, The Noog Network, and has written and produced live action films, including one for his famous animated show, The Fairly OddParents. He has also grown an impressive social media following with over 800,000 subscribers on YouTube and 1.7 million followers on TikTok, and he hosts his own podcast, Speech Bubble.
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