| ACETATE: | A transparent plastic material used as a support for art work or an overlay. |
| ACRYLIC PAINT: | A water soluble paint. A Polymer based in synthetic resin. |
| AIRBRUSH: | A paint sprayer used to produce a fine spray of ink or paint |
| ALL RIGHTS: | When a publisher purchases exclusive ownership of your cartoons. He can publish, republish or sell your cartoons without further compensation to you. |
| ANTHROPOMORPHISM: | Giving human attributs to things other than people. |
| AUDIOVISUAL PENCIL: |
Pencils that have was lead. Ideal for working on film cel. |
| BALLOONS: | An area within a cartoon frame which is separated by a line and contains the dialogue. |
| BENDAY: | A thin film comprised of various densities of dots used by cartoonists to create halftones (shading). Also called Screen, Zip-a-tone and Mechanical tints. |
| BLEED: | When one color runs into another or when ink soaks into the paper making an ink line fuzzy. |
| BLOCKING OUT: | To paint out sections of art work before reproduction. |
| CEL ANIMATION: | Animation inked and painted on a clear acetate "cel." |
| COLLATERAL: | A printed self-promotion flyer used to market one's services. |
| COMPS: | Comprehensive rough, yet detailed drawing to show client what finished art will look like. |
| COPYRIGHT: | Exclusive legal right to reproduce, publish or sell literary or artistic work. All that is required to create a copyright is to print the word copyright and or the symbol ©, the year and your name. |
| FERRULE: | The metal section of a brush that holds the bristles. |
| FIRST RIGHTS: | Publisher gets to publish your cartoon the first time, one time. Artist agrees not to use the cartoon for a limited amount of time. |
| FIXATIVE: | A clear solution that is sprayed over art work to form a protective coating without altering the the art work. |
| GAGLINE: | The words printed directly beneath the cartoon, also called the caption |
| GOUACHE: | An opaque type of watercolor, also called body color |
| GUM ARABIC: | Water soluble gum used as a binder for gouache watercolor. |
| HATCHING: | Drawing a series of lines and then drawing another series of lines at right angles to the first (crosshatching) to produce shading. |
| HOT-PRESSED: | A reasonably hard, smooth surface paper. Mainly used for pen,ink or pencil |
| INBETWEENING: | If a second of animation requires 12 cartoons, the animation studio may draw the first, sixth and twelfth frames. An inbetweener draws all the rest. |
| KERNING: | Is when the letters in a word fit into eack other. Lettering done with kerning takes up less space. |
| KILL FEE: | Portion of the agreed-upon price received for work that was started, but then canceled. |
| MECHANICAL TINTS: | See Benday. Also called Screens and Zip-a-tone. |
| MAT: | A dull, non-reflective surface. |
| MORGUE: | A collection of pictures of all kinds for use as an art reference. |
| MOTION ECHOES: | Lines used to show repeated movement. |
| NOT PAPER: | Not hot pressed. This paper has a textured finish suitable for soft-pencil, gouache watercolor and ink wash. |
| O.A. : | Publisher pays on acceptance of your cartoon. |
| O.P. : | Publisher pays when he publishes your cartoon. |
| ONE-TIME RIGHTS: | The right to publish your cartoon one time only (not the first time). |
| PANEL: | A boxed-in cartoon, can be single panel, double panel or multiple panel. |
| PENCIL TEST: | A test video used to make sure that pencilled animated scenes move well before they are inked. |
| PMT: | Photomechanical transfer - a photostat produced without a negative, sort of like the Polaroid process. |
| P.O.P: | Point of purchase - display device used at retail store to attract attention to a product. Also called P.O.S. (Point-of-sale). |
| POSTER PAINT: | An inexpensive watercolor paint, coarser and less permanent than gouache |
| QUARTO: | A piece of paper folded in half twice. A greeting card. |
| QUERY: | A letter of inquiry to a editor or buyer that you would like to sell your cartoons to. |
| ROUGH PAPER: | Comes in various roughness and thickness. Usually needs to be stretched before use. |
| ROUGHS: | Preliminary sketches of cartoons. |
| ROYALTY: | Agreed percentage paid by the publisher to the cartoonist for each copy of his work. |
| SCREENS: | See Benday. Also called Mechanical tints and Zip-a-tone |
| SIGNAGE: | Banners, posters - any graphic designed to be viewed from a distance. |
| SLANT: | The subject mater of your cartoon. For example, if a magazine wants only cartoons about doctors. |
| SPOTS: | A small drawing used to break up an otherwise boring block of text. |
| STRIP CARTOON: | A series of of small cartoons which tell a story. |
| STYLO TIP PEN: | A pen with a reservoir used by graphic designers. It produces a line of constant width. Interchangeable nibs for different widths. |
| VELOX: | A photoprint that has been transformed into line art by means of a halftone screen. |
| WASH: | The application of transparent color or watercolor black for a pastel or gray tone effect. |
| WHIZ LINES: | Broken lines used in a cartoon to indicate motion, direction and speed. |
| ZIP-A-TONE: | Trade name. See Benday |
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