Chuck Jones Paintings

I have no harsh feelings to say about Chuck Jones's work specifically Looney Tunes. I think alot of his cartoons are highly influential and funny to me. But in my taste, he isn't one of the greats as being a director. I do have problems with his cartoons, his paintings though are a different story.

This is an unpopular opinion, but his paintings he made after the classic looney tunes went to its final stage and onwards, are actually brilliant.

I have never seen Coyote dream of him actually catching the roadrunner. I wished that was what the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons were actually like instead of the same plot of him catching the same thing over and over again. 

I feel more drawn to Sam and Ralph's cartoons since in those, there are cartoons where the introduction is different and they have more characters by sometimes talking to each other.

I'll admit it, both of these paintings are gorgeous.

Robin Hood Daffy is probably one of my favorite Chuck Jones cartoons in the later era. I admire this one. Daffy's expression here is too impeccable.

Imagine what Foghorn Leghorn would've been if Chuck Jones made him. Promise me, it would've been alot less funnier and more wiser. I like his design though.

This is by far my favorite painting from Chuck Jones. Daffy + Fantasia's Sorcerer Apprentice would've been a hilarious parody.

I really like this Pepe Le Pew painting. This feels more "aesthetic" than the others I showed you so far.

Of course Chuck Jones himself was going to consider painting his more iconic scenes in his cartoons especially with Rabbit Of Seville, and I love it. This is coming from one of my favorite all-time frames in a cartoon ever. 

A few more to look at

List Of Cartoon Gags That Consider To Be Timeless

 

Cartoon gags matter in cartoons, even classic cartoons. In fact, all of these gags you've seen have been created and invented by golden age animation studios like Warner Bros. and MGM.

The most famous gag is definitely the eyes popping out. It's easily been done in a hundred cartoons already.

I enjoy the jaw dropping gag in cartoons. It's extremely expressive and really fun to animate.

Another timeless cartoon gag is when a character's eyes have some sort of symbol like a heart to show someone expressing love.

They also have money eyes. That means they can feel the sense of being rich and seeing a bunch of dollars and cents.

Eh... sometimes they can get a little too hard with the eye symbols. 

Powerpuff Girl's reboot made them have these happy emojis on their eyes and it kinda doesn't make sense and it's a little weird. Just stick to heart or money eyes.

An overlooked gag is the Screwball sign. How clever.

The lumps gag has to be my favorite out of all the classic cartoon gags because it can be so painful or just silly. It's incredible detail at times and it's a gag I want to do mostly in my cartoons. 

Dredd The Moose is probably going to get the most lumps. 

The sign gag is extremely well known in the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons. 

The sucker gag is definitely genius. 

Gags like having the characters naked (in a appropriate way) is also funny. It mostly happens to characters like Donald, Foghorn Leghorn and Daffy.

Lastly, the jackass gag. Yes. When I first seen this gag, I was mind-blown that the animators could do whatever they want, and not care about how kid-friendly they want to be. I mean back then these cartoons were mostly aimed at adults in theatres, but nowadays I swear they need to bring this gag back. If that's not the case, then I'm doing it! 

I did some sketches my own gags and zany drawings last year, and I'm really proud of it.

Wile E Coyote vs Bugs In Operation: Rabbit

 

Bugs Bunny and Wile E Coyote as a duo feels overlooked. I think it's better than most of the Coyote catching the Roadrunner cartoons. I love all of these except for Hare-Breadth Hurry (1963). That cartoon is kinda uninteresting and that's when Chuck Jones's short films became less exciting.

This is by far the best of their cartoons. It's one of my favorite classic cartoons ever.

 

Wile E Coyote builds a door next to Bugs Bunny's hole and it's off to an amazing start. Look at Bugs Bunny's face. So funny.

Wile E Coyote shows his name card. "Genius". Coyote is extremely well known for catching the roadrunner and being exploded by dynamite and other ACME products but why do people not even care a bit about his talking and his name card? It's meme-worthy in my taste.

Chuck Jones's Bugs Bunny is also the best. I might like Bob Clampett's portrayal a little more but I can't go wrong with how cute Bugs is at times.

I also love when cartoon characters do their own thing for the audience to watch for about 10 seconds. Just like with Sam And Ralph's cartoons I love how laid-back it feels.

What's rare for me talking about a cartoon I love is the walk cycle. Bugs Bunny pulls off the sickest walk cycle I seen in a cartoon. 

This is a great frame. I need this as an actual picture frame. The colors are perfect.

This one too.

The cartoon starts to get even more funnier when Coyote fails his works and makes these shocking expressions.

This is by far my favorite scenes in the short. Wile E Coyote's best plans is saying he's such a genius when he clearly is making carrots, doesn't have enough time and gets hit by the train.

I never get sick of that moment. 

By the looks of him, it pretty much felt extremely painful. 😬😅

The ending showcases the Coyote hilariously building the door as he did in the start and my goodness look at Bugs's expression.

Coyote says "My name is MUD" and Bugs explains Mud backwards is "Dum" Obviously means the word "dumb". Wile E Coyote may be a genius but I would certainly say Bugs is far more of a genius than Coyote is. 

What a true gem and one of Chuck Jones's best cartoons he made. I would put it on my Top 10 Best Looney Tunes Shorts.

Now as a sidenote, I said that Wile E Coyote works alot better with Bugs than with Roadrunner. But I don't think all of the Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons are bad. They are really solid but in my taste I prefer something less redundant and more structured. I also like cartoons with some sort of dialogue in there to make more sense and more coherent. 

I would say my favorite Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons are Fast and Furry Ous (1949), Stop! Look! And Hasten (1954), and probably a underrated one, The Solid Tin Coyote (1966).