Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World
The Concept
A course by Butch Hartman , Cartoon Artist
About the video: The Concept
Overview
“This lesson is going to determine the rest of the course for you. This is where your idea—the engine of your task—comes in. The idea drives the entire thing, and without one, you may as well take just a simple drawing class. Some previous art and writing skills will make it easier to make this new idea come to life, but don't worry, I'll guide you through it!”
In this video lesson Butch Hartman addresses the topic: The Concept, 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 Concept Last lesson, we talked about conceiving a great cartoon world and coming up with a really cool character. Now, let's go into creating a concept for a really cool cartoon show or story. Let's get into it. Fantastic. Here we are with our next presentation, and it is all about the concept. You might be asking yourself what is the concept. Obviously, the concept is the idea for your project. The idea. The great genius idea you have and how to bring it to life. Let's talk about this. The content part is so much fun. It's one of my favorite parts because you're creating something from...”
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Course summary for: Cartoon Characters and Their Universe: Create Another World
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Character Design, Comic, Digital Illustration, Drawing, Traditional illustration

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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