Everything You Wanted to Know About This Platform Can you draw? Are you an aspiring cartoonist? Do you need guidance to take your art to the next level? Or maybe you’re simply an art enthusiast who wants to join Cartoon People? This blog will answer all your questions and more. Based in Bangladesh, Cartoon People is a dynamic community for cartoonists and visual storytellers. Whether you’re just starting out or already established, we provide a space for creators to grow, collaborate, and share their unique stories. Our core aim is to create local comic books and animations that reflect our unique stories and culture. Through regular communication and knowledge-sharing among our members, we are building a creative community that we hope will bring our stories to the world. Our group is growing every day, with new members joining from all walks of life. From amateur artists to seasoned professionals, we welcome everyone with a passion for storytelling and art. What Activities Are Offered by Cartoon People, and How Will They help me Develop My Artistic Skills? At Cartoon People, we offer a variety of activities designed to help you enhance your artistic skills. These sessions are completely free and open to everyone, whether you’re just starting out or already an experienced artist. We’ve carefully crafted each activity to support your growth as a cartoonist. While becoming a skilled artist takes time, you’ll start seeing noticeable improvements as soon as you begin! How Can You Join Cartoon People? The aim of these sessions is to learn drawing from the surrounding environment — observing local characters and using that inspiration to create original characters for your comics. It’s also a great opportunity to draw together in a relaxed, creative setting. This is an excellent chance to practice your skills, meet fellow creatives, and receive valuable feedback from others in the community. If you want to develop as an artist, observing and learning from your environment is essential. That’s why Sketchbook Saturday is not only a gateway to Cartoon People’s community but also a vital part of your personal artistic journey. This practice will certainly improve your drawing skills over time. If you’re a young artist interested in organizing these sessions in your district, we’d love to collaborate with you and help bring Sketchbook Saturday to your area! To know more about Sketchbook Saturday: 1. https://cartoonpeoplecomics.com/sketchbook-saturday/2. https://goo.gl/oksHnt We understand that it may not always be possible for everyone to attend Sketchbook Saturday every week due to exams, classes, or jobs. To make sure you still have access to valuable resources and learning opportunities, we invite you to visit our YouTube channel, “Cartoon People”, which features multiple art shows, including “Cartoon Cartoon” and “Cartoon Show Dhaka”. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch and learn from tutorials in Bangla on cartoon drawing techniques. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, these videos are designed to help you grow as a cartoonist. Link: Cartoon People on YouTube While Sketchbook Saturday focuses on developing your overall drawing skills through live sessions, Our YouTube channel offers a convenient way to learn new techniques and deepen your understanding of cartoon art — right from the comfort of your home. The Deshi Character Design Challenge (DCDC) is a bi-yearly competition hosted by Cartoon People. This exciting character design challenge offers a fantastic opportunity for new artists to submit their creations and showcase their talent. As one of the most anticipated competitions for Cartoon People members, DCDC not only helps you enrich your artist portfolio but also offers a prize and earns you respect within the community! Character design involves creating a unique character from scratch for a comic or animation, using pen and paper. You design everything — from the character’s outfit and look to their size, expression, and personality. DCDC aims to generate fresh, creative character concepts for local comics and animations. To learn more about DCDC, read our full article here:Deshi Character Design Challenge (DCDC) At the end of each cycle, the winners are announced, and the winning entries are showcased at our year-end Cartoon People Carnival. To stay updated on upcoming DCDC challenges, be sure to follow our Facebook group. Want to check out previous challenges? Click here:Cartoon People Official on Facebook 4. Cartoon People Comics (CPC)Cartoon People Comics (CPC) is a daily activity from Cartoon People. Every night at 11 p.m., we publish a comic strip on Cartoon People’s Instagram account. These strips are carefully selected and curated from the submissions we receive in our Facebook group. You can find us on Instagram here:Cartoon People Comics on Instagram If you create comic strips, we encourage you to submit your work through our Instagram, Facebook group, or by emailing us at cartoonpeoplecomics@gmail.com. If your comic strips are featured four times on our Instagram page, you will be officially selected for Cartoon People Comics publication. Once selected, you’ll be added to our CPC Facebook group chat, which is a more exclusive, smaller group of talented comic creators. Unlike our main Cartoon People group, this chat offers a personal space to discuss and develop your comics with fellow creators. Cartoon People Comics Volume 1 was published in 2022, and Volume 2 is currently in the works! To read our best of Cartoon People Comics 2017, check it out here:Best of Cartoon People Comics 2017 5. Live Caricature Sessions Live Caricature Sessions are one of our popular event-based activities at Cartoon People. We set up caricature booths at various events, exhibitions, and Comic Cons where our expert caricature artists create fun and quirky caricatures of attendees. For those interested in exploring the art of caricature, we also offer opportunities to learn and practice on the spot. Whether you’re a beginner or looking to refine your skills, these sessions provide a hands-on learning experience. If you love caricature and want to participate or learn at our Live Caricature Sessions, email us your caricature drawing samples. You can also check out our annual caricature event photos on our Facebook page’s album. Cartoon People believes in a vibrant and promising future for the comics and animation industry in Bangladesh. With this vision in mind, we launched Cartoon People Comics — a comic publishing house dedicated to producing world-class comics and children’s books.Our mission is to share

Sketchbook Satury is a weekly activity done by the members of Cartoon People. Artists with professional skill set to newbies, everyone gather and explore the local environment with an aim to discover the local characters. It’s open for everyone to join. This is how it works: every thursday we upload a status from cartoonpeople Facebook group mentioning where the next sketchbook Saturday will take place. The time is always same in summer it is 4 pm and in winter it is 3. Following the status members of cartoon people come and meet at the designated area at Saturday with sketchbook and pen. And after the drawing session there’s a discussion session where we criticise each other’s work, which also helps us grow.Cartoon People is a community that is testament to the adage that you can find your inner artist at any age. It has members from different age groups and professions- school students to corporate employees. They are all quick-witted, slightly eccentric and passionate about art- be it doodling, sketching or cartooning. But what made Syed Rashad Imam Tanmoy come up with a platform that is dedicated only to cartooning? “Think about the reaction from your parents when you have the “I want to become a full time painter/cartoonist” discussion with them. In Bangladesh, we don’t have any institutional backup for cartooning,” he says. “Most of us started our journey of cartooning and doodling on the back pages of our math notebooks, for which we would be chided at home and school many a times. When I made ‘Draw my life’, a documentary on my journey of becoming a cartoonist, many people could resonate their stories to mine. My inbox would be filled with queries, asking for advice and suggestions about cartooning and how to become a cartoonist.” Tonmoy believes interaction is very important for art and artists. So the activities for Cartoon People are taken up using a very friendly and easy-to-follow approach. Cartoon People is bringing up an online show called Cartoon Show Dhaka, a first ever cartoon based show channelled officially on YouTube, where cartoon buffs can meet, and learn from a host of local cartoonists. Have you ever stumbled over drawing the perfectly proportioned head or often get confused where the eyes and ears should sit? Cartoon Show Dhaka addresses these struggles and engages accordingly with its viewers. Since its first episode in October, Tonmoy’s easy-to-master steps along with his friendly demeanour, made it a favourite to all the cartoon lovers. The bright green screens and high-end visual editing, spice it up even more. For many years Tonmoy has been feeling a huge need for a media platform for the art lovers. Today’s youth are mostly hanging out on social media and YouTube as opposed to watching television. “We wanted to create a platform that is accessible to people living in different parts of Bangladesh, who cannot be physically with us. So we decided to hold this show to put the message across while creating a social media existence,” says Tonmoy. Not only online tutorial, they also offer a diverse range of handouts with detailed instructions, available on their page. Cartoon enthusiasts go through them, implement these tricks in their work and rush back to the page moderators for feedback. Apart from tutorials, the show also promises to come up with artist interviews, funny skits and other interesting events in the upcoming seasons. Another activity that Cartoon People carries out is going on a sketch walk in different areas of Dhaka. “We call it Sketchbook Saturday, where every Saturday we meet up and fill our sketchbooks with what we see around us. We post a status on Facebook every week, prior to the walk, saying when and where we are going to assemble. This walk is open to all.” Talking about Baily Road, during such a walk, “What are the features that pop in your mind? The rows of eateries for example, or the vibrant saree shops. That is what a sketch walk helps us to do- catch the essence of the particular area and different gestures of people around,” says cartoonist Asifur Rahman. Other than being a mobile-cartooning-school, the meet-ups also work as a platform where aspiring cartoonists can come in direct contact with the established ones. “At the end of each of these sessions, we also sit in a circle and share tricks and tips while giving constructive criticism to each other, without hurting anyone of course,” Tonmoy says. Just like the YouTube show, Sketchbook Saturday sessions are also an interesting sight to behold. “Sometimes we would find people looking at our sketchbooks in curiosity, sometimes we would get a request of making their portraits,” says Rakeeb Razzak, a young member of Cartoon People. “The hardest thing about pursuing cartooning has probably got to be gaining my parents approval. But now when they see me going out with cartoon people community, holding a sketchbook in one hand and pencil in the other, they take me seriously,” chimes in Oishik Jawad, a young cartoonist who has been with Cartoon People since the beginning. Like Oishik and his friend Masuda Khan, Cartoon people can now boast about a new crop of cartoonists who are not scared to experiment and work further on their love for cartooning. It’s sad that we could not grow a cartoon industry where our comics and cartoons could be appreciated on the international platform. Tonmoy believes, Cartoon People is here to carry the flag forward by making cartooning popular while experimenting with different forms and styles. It aims to work as a platform for those who want to take cartooning just as a hobby and also for those who are sitting around with their passion for cartooning, waiting to learn more and pinning to get their works published. And with a platform like this, we can surely hope to get a new generation of cartoonists who have already taken a step to build an industry, in which we can take immense