My First Planned Artmania Short

 You might probably remember who this might be. If you checked out my concept Bud Light commercials, you might know this cat. 

I named him Whiskey. 

So the last time I posted on my blog, I was talking about a segment in Mickey's Follies (1929). I have alot to say about this, because it's probably the first Disney film to ever have realistic acting to their animation. 

More or so this picture.

I watched this a few days ago and I was astounded by how pleasant the frames looked, more or so Mickey's song is kinda out of character, but it's hilarious. The cartoon to me isn't that fantastic, as is it has a unammusing rooster fight, and a basic singing pig scene, but man this part where Mickey sings is what made this cartoon good. 

In fact, it saved myself by making and planning on a short film I want to make that includes some inspiration with Mickey singing in that cartoon. 

You may notice I doodled in Astro-Cat drawings and those unnecessarily are not needed in the actual cartoon. 

I made additional sketches on what I'll look like.

It's definitely out of order, and certainly isn't the final product obviously.

Notice there is some supporting characters than only Whiskey. 

Chloe the Cat, Whiskey's love girl.

And Tronic. The bad guy who is trying to kidnap Chloe. He's also a less insipid version of Pete in the Disney shorts.

I have alot of passion with classic cartoons.

With it's zany animation

Gorgeous backgrounds

Hep dancing

And romance!

Okay maybe not all of it.

But that's what's in this cartoon. I named it "It's A Cat's Thing". 

I would like to talk about inspirations on what the cartoon will lead to because I'm full of inspiration. I watch alot of stuff and mostly it's the classics.

When Whiskey flaps his arms it's inspired by Fleischer cartoon, Hold It (1938), it's by far my favorite Fleischer cartoon I ever seen. It's full of energy and musical spirit.

Not only is my character Tronic inspired by the likes of Pete, but also the hotel manager in Porky Pig's Feat. It's a hilarious cartoon. 

I made Tronic purposely follow Whiskey's rules to make Tronic trip onto a mud hill and it was clearly inspired by the hotel manager falling the stairs. 

I also have a passion for the alley cat concept in cartoons. Top Cat is a huge example of that. 

It's not only going to be about a male cat and female cat falling in love!

While I loved the scene in Mickey's Follies where Mickey was singing and his facial expressions were widely bizarre even in the late 20s, Whiskey's singing and facial expressions was also inspired by another singer back in the roaring 20s.

Al Jolson, he was massive in the 20s, his songs were influential and admired by millions of people, and I can see why. I haven't listened to all of his songs, but he's a really good entertainer. If it wasn't for him, songs would've been alot different.

Here is my character doing the pose.

While on that, my artmania cartoons will definitely have some smart writing and classic acting. I already made it clear that I want my cartoons to be inspired by a collection of classic comedies like The Three Stooges, Abbott And Costello, Laurel And Hardy, Looney Tunes and The Muppets.

However this would've taken another route if I haven't touched a certain actor.

Bing Crosby has to be my favorite classic hollywood actors of all time. I can relate to this guy's personality and films more than any other actor I have ever watched.

In his first short film, I Surrender Dear (1931), the scene where he is talking to a girl he is interested in, the bad guy shows up and causes trouble. You can tell it's influenced by my drawings of Whiskey, Chloe and Tronic.

Wait for it...

BAM! He holds onto the stick and it's no funny business. Seriously I love this stuff. He was a underrated and legendary actor. Even in his over-dramatic or dull movies he was still good in them.

Whenever he fights/argues with someone, it's legitimately the funniest and most amusing arguments in film history.

Bing's films, and laid-back charm inspired alot of my character's facial expressions and cartoon stories that I started to like romantic and musical films even more.

The cartoon is clearly a damsel in distress climax as well. But I actually made it more smart and entertaining. 

Usually Damsel In Distress in classic cartoons are centered around a popular female character and a strong looking villain, Minnie Mouse, Pete, Olive Oyl, Bluto, etc.

I found cartoons like that to be good, but a little too redundant.

I certainly don't like when the girl is screeching "HEEEEELP". It's been done a million times and I never was a fan of it. Like can you say something else than just "Help"? 

I didn't want Chloe to be annoying and dumb-founded like how Minnie and Olive Oyl are. When she gets caught, she has a tough heart. She knows that it's not the end of the world since Whiskey and the other cats love her. 

That's all I have for the cartoon so far. Once last thing is that when Tronic gets defeated, the cat's are all going to cheer like with Book Revue's ending.

Whew, this was the most difficult post I done so far. I'm feel proud for completing this off, since Artmania is such a big task for my drawing career. 

I certainly want to make the world a better place with my drawings and characters.