On The Town!

 

Loved this movie! 

Decided to make fanart of the three main characters. 

I admire this shot ❤️ 

Start Of 2025 Drawings

 

Since January is half way over and 2025 has just started, I wanted to send over lots and lots of drawings.

Enjoy.

These are my new recent characters I worked on. It's my own versions of The Tortoise and The Hare. Apparently, I planned my first cartoon that I ever finished involving these guys.

But you'll have to wait for another post to see it. 👀 

Another character I made recently is named Bren McGee. He's the smallest bully in the world.

He's supposed to be like Speedy Gonzales who I find annoying. Hopefully you guys don't think this character can make you turn off the TV. 

I made this funny drawing of Mike and Dotts and here Dotts holds up a sign similar to the Tex Avery MGM cartoons that I'm obsessed with.

Szac and Dredd in 20s fashion

My boys Dutcher and Ben Obvious out in town.

Apparently they have a nephew who is supposed to be a Ward Kimball caricature but more anthropomorphic.

I admire this guy's animation alot. He animates the characters so smoothly and the designs mostly involve big heads and rubbery dancing skills.

This is the first time I drew Roger Rabbit and I was having so much fun with it. 

I got into the Preston Blair book and man I been learning new things about animating immediately.

I did a mouse and I traced the final product.

I also did the dog too. I try to not copy all the designs on the book but I think it's important to note that the characters easily fit my style.

Mike The Dog sketches I did. I mostly looked up random thumbnails of Pluto cartoons on YouTube to get inspiration and study. 

My recent love lately has been The Jazz Frogs cartoons. I have a guilty pleasure for those since they involve music and good energy. 

These are probably the best celebrities as animals cartoons I ever saw. 

People can't take a rest when they say that  these are racist because I don't get easily offended by them. I mean come on, they are spoofs of famous black people. What's so stereotypical about it?

Szac and Dredd work decently in show-biz. I wouldn't say it works perfectly but honestly they are a piece of entertainment after all.

Szac is one of my favorite characters, I can imagine him being normal and reserved because he is, but he's also calm and cares about others needs. I learned about this, just because someone may look tough or hard to get to know, you might know they are good people.

I think Artmania should have one-shot cartoons just like Looney Tunes and MGM do.

I made a character named Muriel who is a young burro who wants to be ready to see the real world around him.

I made a model sheet helped by the Preston Blair tutorials.

Of course more human designs. 

《 CARICATURES 》

I always wanted to draw caricatures. I just admired how well-drawn they looked. I remember going to a baseball game with my parents once when I was little and I got a caricature of myself and I was just mind-blown someone could do something like that in less than 20 minutes. And when I was watching those old hollywood cartoons, I wanted to draw some myself. 

Well... except for these types of designs.

YUCK.

First, I made a Peter Lorre drawing. I haven't experienced this guy besides the multiple inspirations from it like Ren Hoek, and in Looney Tunes cartoons like Hair Raising Hare and Birth Of A Notion. But I do like his face. It's easy and fun to draw.

For Elvis's 90th birthday, I drew my own caricature of him. Apparently it's not the best but it does look like him. He's iconic for alot of reasons so that's why I took part in it.

I haven't sketched The Three Stooges in a long time and I wanted to redraw them because they're the funniest people in entertainment. 

While I think The Three Stooges are the the funniest people on Earth, Bing Crosby is the most attractive person in entertainment. I cannot stop thinking about this guy's laid-back faces he throws us on screen. 

Of course I seen a few movies and a documentary on him and it always puts a smile on my face when he just looks reserved as ever. 

I'm one of those people who respects Bing and his soothing music because I seen he's done alot of good deeds and impacted people for many decades.

Frank Sinatra was always a decently good singer to me.

This is supposed to be a model sheet for a music video I wanted to make.

Here's a finished version of him, looking fresh as ever. 

It's Almost Christmas Time 🎄

 

It's officially my winter break. So I'm willing to talk about Christmas etc

First of all I want to make another animated music video this time focusing on Rudolph, you know, the red nosed reindeer. 

The title card is based off of those cartoon heads like with Hanna Barbera cartoons, more or so Tom and Jerry. 

Just by the look of Rudolph's design, you may think this is familiar.

I really liked the Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer special from the 60s. It had a pleasent story and had some underrated songs. 

What I loved most in this film and other Rankin Bass films is the aesthetic and character designs. It may not be the best animation ever but I find it extremely appealing myself.

Claymation had alot of inspiration on me. I didn't love it at first because it was weird but once I grew up with quirky cartoons, I was strongly obsessed with this stuff.

Anyways enough talk aside, I would love to do an animated music video myself. I already have plans to make a Glenn Miller Kalamazoo video since that's one of my favorite songs.

Christmas songs nowadays are okay. But man the classic christmas songs were the bomb. 

What does All I Want For Christmas Is You got that Sinatra's Jingle Bells song doesn't? I might like both songs but classic christmas songs have way more warmth and comfort. I listened to some more modern ones recently and they seriously don't hit like they use to.

I added 4 legendary singers that defined christmas culture as we know it and yes they will be mentioned in my Rudolph animated music video. 

The song is going to be remarkable. I want it to sound like the 40s classic christmas songs but also have a groovy beat with it and a storyline.

This is the official poster. Also included Santa cuz why not.

I would like to talk about what christmas songs I like the best so far as of 2024.

It's hard for me decide because almost every christmas song was at least calm and easy to listen to from what I heard.

I've been enjoying alot of the christmas songs performed by my current music heroes, Bing Crosby and the Andrews Sisters.

They have alot of fantastic songs. 

Of course White Christmas is a classic even if it's not my favorite. 

I've been loving Looks Like A Cold Cold Winter. 

They both also made an excellent version of Jingle Bells as well. 

I honestly love the duo, they don't get enough recognition. Bing Crosby has such a soothing and easy singing voice and The Andrews Sisters are incredibly full of energy. 

They felt really special to me for some reason. 

Also have to mention Leroy Anderson's Sleigh Ride from 1950. I heard this on the radio 2 years ago and I immediately admired this song. It sounds energetic. I'm a fan of classical music and this is no exception. This is when I started to like and grew up listening to people who passed away but are immortal singing christmas songs. 

Few honorable mentions

Frank Sinatra - Jingle Bells

Bing Crosby - Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer 

Dean Martin - Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow! 

Bing Crosby- Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas

Brenda Lee - Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree 

Spongebob Squarepants - The Very First Christmas 

Yeah, not a ton of them to list but still pretty good and all I can think of. I'll definitely experience more christmas songs I never heard of before.

Lastly I designed Santa's reindeer.

The confident, fast Dasher.

The Michael Jackson styled reindeer, Dancer.

The sweet n strong, Prancer.

The pretty and charming Vixen.

The star of the snow, Comet.

The lovable, all for the red, Cupid.

The one with no emotions but cares, Donner.

And finally the extraverted, energetic Blitzen. 

Tomorrow I will be talking more christmas stuff. Can't wait for the actual holiday myself. It's a fantastic holiday. 

Stop being a scrooge and talk me into the truth. Christmas is all about being good, not worrying about your troubles and being grateful just like Thanksgiving 🙏