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=How to Become An Expert At Drawing Cartoons Presentation:=

@http://prezi.com/xw0oaxumkai-/expert-at-drawing-cartoons/ =Drawing Cartoons:= =Becoming an Expert at Drawing Cartoons= =Andrew Ortega=

=A little bit about my topic and why I chose it.....= = = = Cartoons have gone on for years. It started off as cave paintings and now it has gone to 3-D. According to //Dictionary.com// a cartoon is defined as: =

In other words it means someone draws something whether it's people or anything else and it usually shows them doing something funny.
====We see cartoons everywhere today. We see them on t.v., in the newspaper, on billboards, and in many other places. You'll probably at least see a cartoon somewhere in one day. I am most interested in drawing cartoons by hand. It may be easier by computer, but I'd rather challenge myself than take the easy way out. Even though they both involve the same process, first by drawing a sketch. Then make the original drawing and/or make different scenes. Finally put the drawings together to make a cartoon with one drawing or many of them. This interests me because I always like how the cartoons look at the end, and how I can make many different types of cartoons.====

=The Questions My Research Addressed=

4. What is a cartoon?
=Annotated Bibliography=

====The main purpose of this article is to tell people the basics of drawings. It is made by two people, Lucia and Vincenzo, who draw and want to share their knowledge about it to others. This article is about the basics of drawings and how to see mistakes that you might make. This article was the most useful to me because it answered one of my big questions, what are the basics of drawings? Information that I might use are the basics of drawings and how to see mistakes in my drawings.====

====The main purpose of this webpage is basically to tell people about cartooning. This webpage tells me about cartoons, how to make them, and some materials I might need to draw cartoons. This webpage was useful to me because it's helping me decide weather to draw cartoons by hand or by computer. It also tells me how I might start drawing cartoons and some materials I might need if I want to draw by hand.====

====The main purpose of this article is to tell you about the history of cartoons. It is made by this man named Michael Richard, whose passion is cartooning. This article tells me about how cartoons first started off and how they have evolved over time. This article is useful to me because it will answer one of my questions, what is the history of a cartoon? It also tells me things about cartoons that I never knew before, like cave paintings were cartoons.====

**Vocabulary That Are Important to Understanding My Topic:**

Symbolizing: to use a symbol and represent something else with it
====Satirizing: is something that is used to make fun of someone or something ====

Caricaturing: a cartoon of someone that emphasizes something about their physical features
=Presentation plan=
 * ====Tell my topic, and describe it====
 * ====Say why I chose it====
 * ====Tell a little bit about the history of my cartoon====
 * ====Examples of cartoons/Different types,Not Sure??====
 * ====Tell some materials you might need to draw by hand====
 * ====Tell how you might start, or the steps to draw a cartoon====
 * ====Say where you see it and how many times a day you might see it====
 * ====Show some examples of cartoons I drew, showing the steps; the process====

=May 16th, 2011=

__ **Draft of Introduction** __ = = **Topic: Drawing Cartoons**

Cartoons have gone on for years. It started off as cave paintings and now it has gone to 3-D. According to //Dictionary.com// a cartoon is defined as: " a sketch or drawing, usually humoros as in a newspaperor periodically, symbolizing, satirizing, or caricaturing some action, subject or person of popular interest." In other words it means someone draws something ,whether it's people or anything else, and puts all their drawings together to make a cartoon. A cartoon can be one drawing or it can be many put together. We see cartoons everywhere today. We see them on t.v., in the newspaper, on billboards, and in many other places. You'll probably at least see a cartoon somewhere in one day. I am most interested in drawing cartoons by hand. It may be easier by computer, but I'd rather challenge myself than take the easy way out. Even though they both involve the same process, first by drawing a sketch. Then make the original drawing and/or make different scenes. Finally put the drawings together to make a cartoon with one drawing or many of them. This interests me because I always like how the cartoons look at the end, and how I can make many different types of cartoons. = = = **May 15th, 2011** =

I found a site that tells me what a cartoon is.

@http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/cartooning = = It helps me a lot because it tells me what my main topic is and it answers one of my questions, what is a cartoon? = = =May 13th, 2011=

I found this extra sites and it told me a bit about the history of drawing cartoons.

@http://www.coolcartooning.com/cartooning-history.html

@http://www.ehow.com/facts_4895965_history-of-cartooning.html = = It helps me because I will be able to know where cartoons originated from.

=May 11th, 2011=

The information that Ms.Lona gave to me helped me today. I chose to draw cartoons by hand. It also told me more things I didn't know before.


 * __Annotated Bibliography__**

Topic: Drawing Cartoons

"Drawing Basics are the Foundations of every drawing skill: explore five ideas to improve your drawing."//TheDrawingFactory.com//.2010.Web.2May2011

The main purpose of this article is to tell people the basics of drawings. It is made by two people, Lucia and Vincenzo, who draw and want to share their knowledge about it to others. This article is about the basics of drawings and how to see mistakes that you might make. This article was the most useful to me because it answered one of my big questions, what are the basics of drawings? Information that I might use are the basics of drawings and how to see mistakes in my drawings.

"All You Need to Know About Cartooning."n.d.Web.2May2011

The main purpose of this webpage is basically to tell people about cartooning. This webpage tells me about cartoons, how to make them, and some materials I might need to draw cartoons. This webpage was useful to me because it's helping me decide weather to draw cartoons by hand or by computer. It also tells me how I might start drawing cartoons and some materials I might need if I want to draw by hand.

"A Brief Cartooning History."//CoolCartooning.com//.2009.Web.13May2011

The main purpose of this article is to tell you about the history of cartoons. It is made by this man named Michael Richard, whose passion is cartooning. This article tells me about how cartoons first started off and how they have evolved over time. This article is useful to me because it will answer one of my questions, what is the history of a cartoon? It also tells me things about cartoons that I never knew before, like cave paintings were cartoons.

Hi Andrew--looks good! Remind me I have a few books for you...not sure if they'll help with research, but you might be interested anyway. Also, we're going to library on Friday-ask Ms. Gibler for cartooning books! ms L

also try: google search cartooning tip beginners

@http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2009/04/16/40-cartoon-character-illustration-tutorials/ @http://www.squidoo.com/How-to-Draw-Cartoons @http://ezinearticles.com/?3-Top-Cartoon-Drawing-Tips-For-Beginners&id=424852 = = =May 6th, 2011=

Today I'm going to try and find out if there are classes I can take to learn how to draw cartoons.

@http://www.squidoo.com/draw-cartoons

It tells me that there might be some local college or high school classes. But I'm not sure if it helps me a lot??

**May 4th, 2011**

Today I'm going to find info about my sites = = =May 2nd, 2011=

Today I'm going to try and find out the basics of drawing cartoons?

@http://members.ozemail.com.au/~denyss/lesson.htm

This site helped me, not on this question but another one. It kind of gave me a little idea of art on the computer and how it might be easier. It also showed me the tools I might need if I want to draw by some cartoons by pencil, but I feel that I still need more information. I'm still deciding wether to choose pencil or computer cartooning.

@http://www.drawing-factory.com/drawing-basics.html

This helped me a lot ,on my main goal today, about trying to find out the basics of drawing. It explained to me how to start my drawings and how to see my mistakes in my drawings.

**April 29th, 2011**

Today I'm going to try and find what type of cartoon drawings there are. Ex: computer, pencil, etc.

I did google searches but nothing really helped me.

When I searched what I was looking for everything came out Learn how to draw cartoons, but none of them actually had what i was looking for. So nothing really helped me.

**April 27th, 2011**

Today I'm going to research my topic. Drawing cartoons.

I am going to find out what kind of cartoons there are.

One site I found:

@http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_are_the_different_types_of_cartoons

t told me of the different types of cartoons but I'm not sure if it will help me???