I'm considering to take this as part of my freelance/part-time or probably even go full time.

1. how's the job market/prospect like for someone who draws cartoon/graphics for purposes of brochures, leaflets, movies, etc. in Malaysia?
Simply put, is it advisable for someone to go full-time for this field for our country here?
(examples of cartoons/graphics refered above, would be like arts of 'Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within', sketches/draft drawings for movies like Star Wars, Lord of the Ring's Gollum)


2. how does the movie makers get their virtual characters downloaded into a computer to be further worked/edited on?
[ I am assuming that the character is initially hand-drawn on a piece of normal paper; but how do they transfer the arts to the computer unless they're using some device that captures hand-drawn arts straight into the computer? ]

3. what are the skills, softwares, applications, etc. that I need to pick up if I were to dwell/get involved in this field?