It is quite a complicated process to create a cartoon. Learning all the ins and out of graphic design, motion design and storytelling overall is not a walk in park.
Still, we wanted to give you just a very short spin about how such cartoon series as ToySeekers are being made.
Though it is a lot of work it’s also a lot of fun. Especially if you see others enjoy the end result. We hope you’ll like this short explanation of our work 😊
1st step: Pick a topic
There are numerous topics children between ages 3 and 5 can learn with the help of entertaining educational cartoons. When it comes to education, you need to indentify values you wish to talk to them about, and need to water down the life lessons into forms children are able to understand.
2. Create your script
Here comes the part where messages are put into forms and a side-story is created. You need to tell a tale in order to keep their attention. Small children have a short attention span, so a lengthy epizode can have them chewing on unchewable toys instead of realizing how to interact with strangers in real life.
3. Pick an animation style
Your child might like hippos. Frankie from next door might likes superheroes with fancy capes, and Emily from the kindergarten might likes kitten-shaped princesses. And our job is create characters most children deem nice, friendly, maybe even cool, but certainly entertaining enough to sit through epizodes of 5-7 minutes. And that is a harder job than it looks! We included child psychologists during the project in order to be able to draw the attention of as many cute ones as possible.
4. Animate your cartoon
We now have Mr. Roundy, Mrs. Roundy, Emma, Otto and Snoozy. But at this point the nice Roundy family is just a couple of drawings from a couple of angles, far away from being relatable for children. All members or the Roundy family need not just to move around and talk, but to do so in a way that is cute, relatable, attention-seeking, and last but not least, technically possible.
5. Add voiceover & background music
Josh Brolin might be an amazing actor, but his voice would be more useful if we wished to scare children instead of educating them in an entertaining way. When it comes to educational cartoon, the voiceover needs to be just as cute as the characters themselves. And we shouldn’t forget about background music and noises either! The correctly applied sounds and noises are the final touch that make those characters come to life!
