Tortoise And The Hare - Part 2

 

As previously mentioned in Part 1, I had a little flipbook with my tortoise and the hare project.

You'll be seeing the rest on paper.

Enjoy!

Yep. All finished. Hoped you really liked it. 

I would like to talk about what went into this cartoon.

This cartoon is paying homage to those Tex Avery fairytale cartoons. The beginning is sorta like Torotise Beats Hare (1941) mixed in with Red Hot Riding Hood (1943). 

While talking about Tex Avery, I also love the Bob Clampett animation. His best films were from 1943-1946. It's so sad that he never got a chance to make more cartoons after 1946, he would've been unstoppable like Chuck Jones.

Falling Hare is probably my most influential out of Clampett's cartoons, that doesn't mean it's the best though. I just love the animation when Bugs fights with the gremlin. 

If they won't allow me using dynamite in the actual cartoon, I'm going to be pissed.

This is also the first time we get to see Cedric The Cat. He's one of my main characters. And this is my first drawing of him.

Well, that's it for now. Here's the official poster. It's also inspired by those outstanding classic animated posters. 

Tortoise And The Hare - Part 1

 Ladies and gentleman, and also pets too, introducing the first finished Artmania cartoon....

You'll expect a different sidestory of how the rabbit actually defeated the turtle, and is also hilarious, fast-moving and nerve-wracking for all ages!

This is obviously a re-telling of the classic fable, The Tortoise and The Hare. As it tells the important moral slow and steady wins the race, or is it, really?

I love a little bit of fairytales and nursery rhymes myself, I even like it a little more when their funny parodies. Disney, Warner Bros and even MGM have been doing it for 90 years.

The most well-known re-telling of Torotise and The Hare was the Silly Symphony version. I really liked it but I don't think it was that outstanding. Max Hare impressing the girl rabbits just goes on for too long. 

But how do we fix that?

By this!!!

How The Hare Dood It!

This title was similar to Tex Avery's The Early Bird Dood It, I just gotta love that title. 

My future for making cartoons is bringing back the 4th wall breaks. Remember when those were just hilarious? 

Next, I will show you what the cartoon is going to be like with the little book I made. 

It has a few pages. Surprisingly I ran out of room, tomorrow you'll see the rest of the storyboard drawings on paper.

(Apologize for my hands distracting the pictures, I had to hold my phone somehow since this book isn't folded that well)

That's all I have. No more pages, even though there's still more.

Remember how annoying the gremlin was in Falling Hare? That's what my tortoise is like. He's a shameless cheater.

I also love those cartoons like with Red Hot Riding Hood when the wolf gets fed up by the same story told over and over. 

These characters can be so relatable and observed that I just miss these types of animated films.

Modern animated films nowadays are basically emotional, or there isn't any logical dialogue. 

I remember when I was in middle school, a teacher would show us these type of films, and I can tell you, they were boring and nothing special.

Part 2 Tomorrow 

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Traggedy Hobbs

 

I actually wanted to do something that will excite readers. I made a new novel. Well, not entirely finished but is already planned.

When I was still in school, I was drawing a cat and my mind popped out an idea. Drawing is easy isn't it? Writing a story sounds simple? I've been doing it ever since I was little. 

It can be easy but you also need to check your grammar and not point out certain mistakes. Writing an actual story takes effort and time and usually when I write on my blog, I check for any errors or sentences I don't like in order for me to make a good product.

In the world of not only animation but art, I love a little bit of focus and storytelling because it gets sucked into my mind in what I'm willing to make. Films such as The Great Piggy Bank Robbery, Ichabod and Mr. Toad and The Old Mill all have an incredible impact on cinema. 

There's a ton of cartoons that are mostly average and don't really have good plots, they mostly don't have any funny moments or coherence. 

I'm mostly an animation and "the reals" type of person. I enjoy both animated characters and human acting. 

I don't know why I ever experienced the classics far sooner. I was more modern to what I was watching, but I wasn't too keen on watching anything on TV at the time, I would watch the more smarter shows or otherwise do other sorts of hobbies.

Now I want to show you the introduction. This story is about Traggedy Hobbs. A black and white cat that lives black and white.

You can tell by just looking into the words so far, this is inspired by my current life. Yeah, I'm living in a hard depression right now. Not fully depressed, but cold and shivering inside. 

This can be a cure to my insanity.

That's all I have for now, but it's a good start.

This is going for a more deep and dark route. Not in an abysmally horrific way of course.

I love when stories start kinda calm and prepare you for what's coming. Stories mostly do that but I think here it's reasonable.

I want to talk about the characters because I already made his friends who are apparently incomprehensible and full of idiocy.

This is Joe Meatydog. He's the more unassuming of the bunch, but make no words, he's still as fierce as a pit bull.

This playful, optimistic pig is T. Beef. He's the main leader for sending some really unhealthy meals to his buddies including Traggedy. 

Pigs are the easiest animal to draw in my opinion. You can look at other pig designs that made my childhood.

 

This happy little chap is named George Chicklester. He laughs alot even for no reason. 

Chicken Roosters in animation are mostly well known for being talkative and uncontrollable. So George could fit in with characters like Foghorn Leghorn perfectly.

Who's dishonest, but proud of it? You guessed it Vaude. Named after "vaudeville" he's the most talkative one out of the bunch and would rather spend his life entertaining people than go get an education, and you know how that can be a waste of time for half the entire day, right?

Now don't leave, I know this character looks controversial but hear me out. 

I think it's sad that alot of people are sensitive over these type of designs from those banned old cartoons.

I'm not easily offended by any of these designs and I think that's what other people should realize too. Now I get it some of the Censored 11 and others are pretty terrible but when you think about it, these had a backstory, not a perfectly comfortable story but some interesting history. 

This is a picture from Coal Black And De Sebben Dwarfs (1943). What's amazing about this cartoon is that it wasn't made to be mean-spirited as something like Sunday Go To Meetin' Time where the protagonist gets sent into inappropriate territory. This is simply just fun, zany and creative storytelling. The designs may look stereotypical, but you can just instantly get distracted by the 40s animation throughout it. 

I think reasons why I made Vaude and another character Rodney, is that just like with white people and other cultures, they can have spirit and energy in them. They are humans after all. 

So my vision with Coal Black and my character is simply that. He's supposed to be the outdated black design of the old cartoons, but he is no where near that type of horribly offensive.

Hear me out, we're in 2025, people are still believing in racism. But it's a whole lot different than in the old days. You may not like these cartoons but it definitely has to be learned so you get why these were made.

And finally, Hip-Hop. He's the one that skips school the most and you can definitely tell why. 

Artmania will definitely be a thing. Don't worry. But I think the real good thing happening as of now is making my own story. I already finished drafting 1 short but tomorrow maybe? I will show you it.