The heart of cartoons

Cartoons are a film made using techniques to produce the appearance of movement. We also get stop frame animation, merely like cartoons which create the illusion of movement. In stop frame animation, the cartoon effect is delivered by the use of drawings, colour and mostly paper.

So, cartoons are made using animation techniques, this means cartoons are animation. Animation is the technique of photographing successive drawings or positions of puppets or models to create an illusion of movement when the film is shown as a sequence. 

Graphic design is what animation falls under. Graphic design is also known as 'Communication design'. It takes two forms-virtual and physical and may include images, words, or graphic forms. It can also serve any purpose, whether commercial, educational, cultural or political. 

Graphic design also relates to visual art, meaning; drawing.

Graphic design is the heart and core of cartoons because that is the only way animation can be achieved with good quality. Cartoons also relate to web design. The designers of these cartoons aim to produce systems that are meant to be experienced over time. This is where the concept and the story line come in because they determine the relevance. Designers aim that the target audience's encounter, late develops a relationship with what has been designed.

These designers do not only design for themselves, they have clients who are in a certain fields as well where design is needed-for brands, logo's et cetra.

If Graphic design did not exist, there would have not been cartoons. Yes they would be drawn, but how were they going to be animated? Animation through Graphic design have the control on cartoons.