The basic art of pencil drawing still remains persistent, among the beginners and even among the experts, to get an idea of the desired shape or structure of an object. In earlier times the rough sketches that were drawn, before the outcome is obtained, were known as cartoon drawing. Though it may seem cartoon drawing is pretty simple, considering the fact that all we have to draw are deformed figures, but still one must think twice. The reason behind this is that if we have ever portrayed a cartoon character in a particular shape and size, which was appreciated by various people, we would have to come up with the same deformed structure the next time we illustrate it anywhere. It is also a time consuming job, as in cartoon drawing one has to look after every careful detail of the body, simply because it is an illustration and has to be as self-explanatory as possible.

The toughest challenge ever faced while drawing a cartoon is making animations, as the same picture has to be repeated over number of times with slight alterations, leading to the movement of a single hand or any other body part. It would be worth imagining the amount of hard work that is put in the formation of a single animated video, as the cartoonists have to go through numerous cartoon drawings to get every motion perfect. Cartoon drawing has been taken up as a profession nowadays, due to its growing popularity among the people all over the world. Although the children are mostly attracted to cartoon drawing, on various occasions it has been seen that cartoon drawing has mesmerized quite a number of adults. Since there are no restrictions to cartoon drawing, various issues, be it political, legal, or general, may be addressed by the means of cartoon drawing.

Cartoon drawings are used in several aspects of our daily life, ranging from advertisements to entertainment and are quite readily accepted. With the urge of cartoon industries, there is also a requirement for imparting the art over to others, and for this purpose there are various institutes that give special training on cartoon drawing. No matter how it is done, the basic step of learning to draw proper shapes and structures, with diffidence, comes before anything; unless you master that, you would not be able to perform an art that has evolved from the elementary level of painting or sketching.

Humor is the ability to see funny or contradictory aspects of life and make people laugh. Jokes, cartoons, satires and comedies are forms of humor that entertain and enlighten people. Humor has an amazing ability to make people see a unique aspect of the situation without using harsh words. People are fond of humor and they do not mind if any harsh reality is shown through humor. The importance of humor becomes more significant in today’s world of political correctness, where people do not like to say anything against anyone even if the person is doing something wrong. Humor is a polite and interesting way of showing disapproval of a man or his actions, without seeming rude.

Cartoon is an art form that describes a funny aspect of a situation using drawing. Cartoon drawing requires lots of practice as well as thorough knowledge of the situation being portrayed in the art work. People who draw cartoons as profession or hobby are known as cartoonists. A cartoon is a funny illustration of a person or a situation. When physical characteristics of a person is shown using a cartoon then it is known as a caricature. People drawing them are known as caricaturists. Drawing a caricature requires a lot of practice as it is not easy. To draw caricature of a person first of all it is important to study the facial characteristics of the subject. They find out the prominent features of the face to exaggerate in the caricature.

In today’s world, the art of cartooning is used in various ways. Newspapers use political cartoons, drawn on political current affairs. Comic strips are also published in newspapers that have a set of characters shown in different situations in each new strip. There are animators who use computer software to draw and animate cartoons for making animation films. Even advertising agencies use cartoon to portray any funny situation in an ad campaign.