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- is an act that combines satirical illustration with politics, news events, or social issues.
* * *How to conceptualize
1. Read/listen—research your facts well.
2. Decide on your point of view or angle of your chosen issue.
3. Make your comment on the issue.
4. Translate your comment into coordinating, representative graphic symbols (e.g.
crocodile for corrupt officials and typewriter for press)
5. Take into consideration the paper’s target readers.
6. Sketch/make doodles.
7. Draw your final cartoon.
b. EXPRESSION - Eyes are the most expressive part of our anatomy. Next, comes the
mouth. Third, are the hands.
c. EXAGGERATE - Overemphasize a feature or several features to make your cartoon
funny.
2. In drawing caricatures, exaggerate the prominent features of the subject.
3. Take advantage of your medium.
a. Pen and in, brush and ink, charcoal or dark pencil.
b. Contrast the black and white.
c. Dark areas tend to catch the focus of the eyes.
4. Properly place your shadows. Simplify your light source. Have only one light source.
5. Read and draw left to right.
6. Use less words. Less is more difficult, but the better. Instead, use symbols a lot, especially
familiar ones (e.g. crocodile for corruption).
7. Don’t overwork your drawing (using too much props, background, details, etc.)
8. Keep your message clear to the intended reader, not only to yourself. Ask the opinionof
others.
9. If you can, apply Balance and Composition; Depth and Perspective.
10. Be funny, except in tragic situations.
* * *Steps in Editorial
1. List down the subjects to choose from.
2. Once the subject is chosen, ask what is the issue? What is the paper’s opinion about the
issue? Example: Issue—Press freedom Opinion—The government is going back to the
martial law days as far as press freedom is concerned.
3. Decide the symbols to be used Example :Government—GMA Press freedom—bird
(dove) flying, typewriter, school paper Repression—chain, scissors, slingshot, bar
4. Draw the cartoon.