There are obvious differences in painting styles and forms of expression between cartoons and traditional Chinese paintings.
Cartoons are a popular form of painting that usually express characters or things in a concise, exaggerated and humorous way, with distinctive personalities. It usually uses exaggeration and deformation techniques to depict life or current events as its theme. In terms of technique, it generally uses deformation, metaphor, symbol, suggestion, and innuendo.
Traditional Chinese painting is a form of traditional Chinese painting that uses China’s unique brushes, inks and pigments to create paintings in accordance with long-established expression forms and artistic rules. According to the materials used and expression methods, traditional Chinese painting can be subdivided into ink painting, heavy color painting, light crimson painting, fine brushwork, freehand brushwork, line drawing, etc. The themes of Chinese paintings are rich and diverse, including figures, landscapes, flowers and birds, etc.
In general, cartoons focus on the expression of fun, life and humor, while traditional Chinese paintings focus on the expression of traditional aesthetics and artistic conception.