Rare Animated Cels

 

Nothing's been too interesting lately, but I'm glad it's September. I thought let me create a simple post this time and share some cel art, mostly Disney. 

It's inspired from Andrea Deja's Deja View blog. 

The first one. This is really cute, from Dumbo (1941). I'm pretty sure Dumbo himself was easy to ink and paint because he has less amount of colors than Timothy Q Mouse does. I bet the ink and paint team were really careful trying to noticeably point each color layer Timothy matches with like his clothes.

Here's another from the same movie. I bet the animators in general were having alot of fun drawing sets of rubbery and playful movements while the characters were dancing. 

Here's a stellar shot of The Headless Horseman from The Legend of Sleepy Hollow (1949), one of my all-time favorite Disney films, only professionals can pull off expressing the scene from where this took place. Nice colors too.

Something a little more random, but definitely not bizarre as it's different sets of poses not attached to the final product, from Pinocchio. I love the Pleasure Island scenes and I somewhat really like the warm colors of Lampwick here. 

Another classic Disney character, Brer Bear, tied up but enjoying and letting loose. This looks clean, and obviously love the atmosphere.

This is an excellent drawing of Tramp from well, Lady and The Tramp (1955). I like how he chews his bone, and has extraordinary amounts of detail. 

I heard that painting the more realistic characters like Cinderella were extremely difficult to manage, but it all turns out gorgeous and handsome looking. I really admire the layout to this one. I wonder what's happening outside. 

I surprisingly never watched Little Hiawatha, because it's a Silly Symphonies cartoon and it's in Technicolor, so I gotta watch this someday. Anyways, this is cute.

An interesting cel of Donald Duck from the animated short, Clown Of The Jungle (1947). I know this cuz I watched this loads of times also it was drawn by Hal King. My favorite overlooked animators.

Here's a funny cel of Prince Phillip with his horse Samson. I always felt absorbed by how different the animation in Sleeping Beauty looked. Couldn't tell if it was using the same techniques as previous old Disney films or something. 

Finally for the Disney cels is from The Ugly Duckling (1939), the lily pads are extremely pleasant and gorgeous, and I like the simplicity. Very appealing. 

BONUS 💥

Here is some more animated cels but they're from different franchises. Enjoy.

This Ren and Stimpy cel is just too perfect, from one of my favorite episodes of the show. I also love these designs best. They feel more at ease, and detailed.

This cel brings me back nostalgia. Rock Bottom used to be one of my all-time favorite episodes when I was a kid. The atmosphere, the concept is just impeccable and what made Spongebob just a great show. I talked about Season 1 of Spongebob already. Feel free to check it out.

Here's a neat cel of Sugar Bear from the Sugar Crisp adverts from the 60s-70s. 

And finally, I just gotta include one from  Looney Tunes. A personal favorite cartoon of mine, Duck Amuck. I love Chuck Jones's design of Daffy Duck the best, and so is his expressions, very good stuff. 

Phil De Lara & Manny Gould

 

I make no secret that I absolutely admire alot of the Looney Tunes cartoons and I will always love them no matter what. 

When first knowing about certain animators and discovering animation reels for the first time, the first studio that came to me was Disney. I love alot of them like Ward Kimball, John Sibley, Hal King, Hugh Fraser, you name it. I was pretty aware of animators until I knew the name "Rod Scribner", and then had to know a few more Warner Bros. animators that made one of my favorite scenes from the cartoons. 

My favorite Looney Tunes director as of now is Robert McKimson mostly the late 40s-early 50s era. He made some of the best cartoons I ever seen like The Windblown Hare, The Prize Pest and The Grey Hounded Hare, all are truly underrated classics.

From what I gathered, Manny Gould and Phil De Lara are among my favorites.

While I tend to like Clampett's zany and wacky exaggerated essence, they weren't always a promise. In my opinion, Clampett is a great director to study and experience I'll give it that, but maybe I like something less wildly cartoony and random to really get invested in a more coherent premise. Chuck Jones and McKimson I feel more drawn towards when it comes to mild but still entertaining cartoons.

Anyways, here is what animators I chose best.

Phil De Lara is underrated for alot of reasons, he's got excellent force, you could literally pause a frame of his, and it would be a great individual drawing piece.

I find his character designs to be really likeable.

I also like when a character stays as a still frame, but the only thing that's moving is the lip-syncing.

I'm not kidding by the way, I noticed that in some of these cartoons. Its a good way to not have too much exaggerated movement and keep the conversation focused. 

What I also love about the McKimson cartoons is the one-off characters. They're fun designs and very complex. The other directors have character designs that looked too round and simple, not to say that's bad at all, but something about these characters, they're more tough and interesting.

My second and final choice is Manny Gould. I mentioned him before, but now it's time for me to talk more about 'im.

Just like Rod Scribner, his animation is very vivid and wacky. While working with Clampett, him and the other animators had more freedom and less limitations, so this meant the drawings were more stretchy, and bizarre almost like Jim Tyer at Terrytoons. While I really like it, its not always useful as an illustrator and future animator myself.

But I really like Manny Gould, he's definitely a loved animator by most fans. There's alot more energy and wit to his animation in the McKimson cartoons in particular. Heck, he animated that one dance sequence from Hot Cross Bunny (1948).

Other notable favorites is that funny walk Daffy does in Draftee Daffy (1945), his expression when he glimpses at the piggy banks in The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) and the unnamed cat noticing Tweety resting his nest in Birdy And The Beast (1944).

I have talked about McKimson and other animators and directors from other animation studios like Ken Muse, who worked for Disney and the Tom and Jerry cartoons, and Jack Kinney who directed the How To cartoons starring Goofy. 

I could just list like 50+ more animators I like but it would take all day honestly. I would like to keep my inspirations fairly low level. 

Recent Artmania Drawings Cuz I'm Bored

 

Today was kinda "eh" so for now I'll post my usual art.

I never ever read The Three Billy Goats Gruff before but I do know it stars three goats and a troll. Just like with the chihuahua and poodle movie idea I made on Valentine's Day, They're going to get their own feature film. 

You know how obsessed Disney is with their fairytale adaptations and somewhat decently handled original stories? Not all of the Disney movies based off fables were good. In fact some of them don't shut the hell up like with the two kings in Sleeping Beauty. 

Have you seen a fairytale adaptation that's similar to the original story? Not all of them, but even if they don't relate, it still can hold up.

What I like about Wizard Of Oz, Pinocchio, and Matilda was that they had more of a comedic and expressive approach. The slapstick, the style of songs and acting all feel different than what literature gives you.

{ THE ARTMANIA SHOW }

I made some new experiments to save the show. I added a phone. It's one of those antique wall telephones back in the 30s. I really love those. Wonder how they worked. 

Pretty cool to learn history in a show for once.

FIRST EPISODE 

The first isn't always the very first. I knew that from one of Tex Avery's shorts at MGM. His first short he made at that studio was The Early Bird Dood It but it was 2nd to be released.

But promise me, the first episode is going to be the very first of the Artmania Show. 

While I was stumbling across some entertaining shows nowadays, Mickey Mouse Funhouse has a pretty perfect start to their first episode. It begins with Mickey and his friends at his house until they open up their imaginative funhouse and begin their adventure there. I think the show is an approvement over the previous entries. It has a banger theme song and cute 3D designs. 

Where could I start with The Artmania Show? These are some random doodles of Phillips and Szac. One shows Szac thinking that making a stage theater is expensive, but since it's a cartoon, you can make it up as you go a long. 

That's what I love about art. 

Ox Fisher is what y'all are seemingly liking lately as far as I'm concerned. I mean he was based off an actor I think should get more recognition.

CROSSOVERS

I first heard about this type of genre when Hanna-Barbera was doing it. Seriously these were everywhere when I was born. We had Tom and Jerry pairing with Wizard of Oz. That's interesting. 

So why can I do it myself? 

The Princess

Cinderella would work perfectly in any genre.

I mean how simple is just going to the ball, and party until it's midnight? Sounds like a good plot for a TV episode.

I feel completely lost on this one because I really want to add the Disney version of it because it's the best looking there ever will be. 

But I dunno. Maybe if I manage to reach my career to the year 2046, it'll work.

But it is public domain, so whatever works I suppose.

Whenver you guys make something that has to involve heaven and hell, I'll totally make an animated segment of my designs of the angel and devil. 

I could imagine a live action musical centered around heaven and hell and having some stylish costume choices, like the angel being swapped to a boy and singing soothing songs while a bunch of harps float around in the spiritual clouds. While in hell, a sassy queen-size devil woman hails all her imps to perform some black metal songs.

School Drawing Shenanigans 

I'm almost out of school, and I'm not feeling the groove for it anymore. I don't care about it a bit anymore, but whatever the case, I still gotta finish whatever throws at me, and whenever it's time to break loose, I draw once more. 

I designed various poses of Dredd in his show suit.

I mostly studied it with the scenes involving Zoot Suit Daffy in Book Revue. 

This is Daffy at his most attractive.

Snoopy and Woodstock Don't Get Along

You know those stupidly foul parodies from popular TV shows and media back then? It's still a thing to this day. I like some of them like Saturday Night Live's Disney Vault. The Simpsons and Family Guy had some solid parodies, song parodies can also be stellar, even sometimes being better than the actual original, I like Weird Al, but mostly I like fairytale parodies done by classic cartoons. 

What do I make?

 

A comic about Snoopy talking and Woodstock complaining about it like the stubborn pale canary he is. 

Take this as a TV-14 demographic if you must.

THE THREE PIGS ARE SCREWED

Here I made an adult-oriented three little pigs. I didn't like the third act so here's the two acts.  

Truth is, these pigs personality traits feel similar with The Three Pigs Walt Disney made in 1933. I always loved the practical pig the best because the other two are completely identical to each other.

I think Sovia works as a golden age Disney film. Unfortunately, it's not as easy to boot up. Sequels, sequels, sequels. Mostly live action movies too.

I wanted Sovia to sound like an average joette, who speaks clearly it'll make you blush. As for her sidekick, The Working Squirrel, I'll have to hire an actor, it'll be more of a surprise.

Sovia is the Bambi of our modern generation. Lively nature scenes, an animal companion and a feminine protagonist. Main fact, is that there isn't a fictional villain, the villain is basically the rainforest where the characters live.

Here's the rest of the drawings I made this time at my comfort place.

TOM AND JERRY ADULT SKETCH

GENERIC DOG TALES 

Don't ask.