Major Influences On Artmania - Three Stooges and more

 

Here's some new enamel pins. 

Ey if I ever get a job, this might be useful, just make money by drawing stuff and advertising it.

These are all my main characters, don't they look appealing? 

I'm taking advantage into creating characters in a style of the classic 2D handdrawn animation almost everyone thinks is timeless. 

While everyone who has experienced my blog knows that I was inspired by most of the classics, recently I tried to study three stooges gags.

The Three Stooges especially in their early run were filled with funny moments, I love when a random human falls and gets hit by some random object. It's quick, yet appropriately timed. 

You should watch at least one of their short films, An Ache In Every Stake, Hoi Polloi Pardon My Scotch, and Idle Roomers are all comedic genius.

Here's my all-time favorite moment, 

THE ETERNAL SPRING! 

These were rough sketches of simple shape models but I managed to accurately fit the original gag where it came from.

Of course if you have seen Hoi Polloi, you may remember this, I even chuckled when I drew this.

I admire the classic Three Stooges shorts so much that even their lesser funny stuff is amusing and inspirational. The close-ups and especially the expressions are all priceless. I drew Szac with a mechanical cigar in his mouth, relating to Moe's harmonica scene.

I always imagined Szac sounding alot like Moe, his voice is just too timeless and funny, it's so unique alongside his brother Curly and Larry, Curly's nyuk laughing in particular is just fascinating to me everytime he does that it truly never get old in the slightest. 

Something I'm wanting to do with my own original characters is having rhythmical purpose. Most people don't get easily impressed by musical cues in between scenes, I certainly love it myself. I listen to old music every day and would come up with dance scenes or dance scenes that have been done before this list could go on but here's a few examples.

-Baloo dancing with King Louie

- Bugs Bunny tap dancing in Slick Hare

- Jose Carioca and Donald In Blame It On The Samba

- Any of Gene Kelly's scenes

- Peter Pan Tiger Lily

- Snow White's Silly Song

- Fantasia Satyrs

Whenever I'm using menacing characters like the forthcoming Ox Fisher, I like to act like I'm awakening the audience for a second by the way he gives off that creepy expression. It's a key to making a decently interesting character. 

Back to the drawing board, I studied more on The Disney Illusion Of Life book. I actually animated the usual bouncy ball on Digicel, I wish I would show you it, maybe soon. 

Ooh, here's something a little fun, I've been liking to use the line of action from the Preston Blair resources so it doesn't feel obvious that I drew in the wrong direction.