There's alot of really fun and extremely appealing cartoon characters. There's characters I love for their design like George Geef, Cyril Proudbottom, The Kitty Kornered Cats, and Tex Avery's Wolf. But there's also this unnamed dog. Let me talk about this fantastic lookin' character.
Let's start with 20 frames of him and his funny walk cycle.
His simple design is what I love about cartoon characters. They don't need them to dress like humans do.
I'm a big huge fan of facial expressions. This dog has some fun ones in particular.
Looney Tunes's dogs always were the best moments in the shorts. For example, Hare Ribbin' (1944) You should see my own review of Hare Ribbin' on my blog page. It comes to show you, the expressive animation like that was made in the 40s. I thought back then when I was little, the 40s was like the 1800s or something.
These were meme-worthy back in 1948.
And as I was saying about 1948, the dog appeared with the goofy gophers, who don't get alot of recognition and love. The short is called Two Gophers From Texas released in January 1948. It's directed by Art Davis, my favorite overlooked animated directors of all time.
It's a simple cartoon, really. It's not a masterpiece. This expression in particular is so silly. The dog is kinda breaking the basics of movement. His expression stays still for a few seconds...
AND THEN...
falls.
When I came back watching this cartoon, the walk cycle was just too perfect. Here are some frames.
There's also another dog similar to the dog I was talking about and he appears in another goofy gophers cartoon called A Ham In A Role (1949). It's another good one and his design is also stellar, and was directed by Robert McKimson, another awesome animation director.
Before this reading is over, I made some characters recently and it's my own versions of Jack and Jill.
I wanted Jack to sound like Goofy.
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