Artmania Cartoon Cats!

 Pretty much the first post on my blog that only includes my current artwork. I didn't want to keep on talking about cartoons I didn't make for a long streak, so I decided to take a break and show you my new recent characters.

Artmania Party Cats!

Ralph The Cat. He's the most recognizable of the bunch even though he's a bit of an introvert. He always has the right to speak.

Gilbert The Freckled Cat is the main lead singer. He has alot of energy, hardworking, efficient, and has a perfect voice. He also loves to sing 40s music. In my opinion my favorite decade of music ever.

Roots The Cat is the smooth singer of the bunch. He's also light-hearted. Earning himself as a hippie like personality since his name is Roots, he examines more grounded experiences.

Ol' Hiredhand is the most helpful member in the party. He's also got a smoky tail, some say that his tail can literally make it hazardous. You have to be careful about this cat because if you dare step on his tail, you might experience something burning on your feet.

"Ay, fellas this guy has two-tails! Why would we never be born like dis guy?" said a bunch of alley cats meeting on one of the most unique and surprisingly overlooked member in the cat party, Roscow the Double-Tailed Cat is known for being playful, energetic, and is good at sports. 

Marcoco Polo-Lolo is the shortest of the lot. His name obviously is a inspiration on the famous explorer, Marco Polo. Unlike Polo, Marcoco Polo-Lolo rarely explores at all and likes to be mischievous and quick witted.

One of the latest posters I made was a pitch on Glenn Miller's classic song, Kalamazoo. When I made this poster, I loved the original song. Glenn Miller is one of my favorite musicians and his songs can be really relaxing, and this is by far his best. When I'm going to make fanmade animations on classic music, the first one I planned on doing is the Artmania Cats sing Kalamazoo in a Bob Clampett like cartoon. Bob Clampett is one of my favorite animators. 

When this amazing song gets into the public domain in like the late 2030s, or if i can get rights to it, I will be making it into an animated music video. 

The cats were inspired by my favorite cartoon, Kitty Kornered (1946) with the 4 zany cats. Highly recommend you watching it, it's hilarious, and also features my favorite character, Porky Pig. 

Maybe soon I should talk about Classic Cartoon Cats and Dogs on my blog presumably this month.

Have a good day and I will make another post tomorrow like always. 👍 

Classic Cartoon Title Cards

 

This is from one of my favorite classic cartoons, Kitty Kornered (1946). As you can see after the iconic Looney Tunes intro plays in the background, you'll see a really detailed and well drawn title card to know what your getting into. It has a certain aesthetic and charm to it that really gets you going and finding it a good watch, but in some other cases, introductions to a classic cartoon can also have unique styles. 

In mostly the Tom and Jerry classic shorts, they would have a silhouette within the characters, and I always found that to be cool. 

In one of Tweety's first few apperances, he usually is in his cage singing his main theme song. Also, in Donald Duck's cartoons back in the 40s, he would have a theme song played in the background. It's extremely catchy and timeless if you ask me.

Heads are pretty much a main staple to classic cartoons ever since Mickey Mouse, and it can also lead you to excitement on who will be in the cartoon. Back when these aired on TV, I guess, they wouldn't let you know what cartoon it would be until a title card would show up, but sometimes it would have a head shown to give you a clear understanding. Seriously I need to do something like this. Not only does the classic animation era use the heads in the title cards but also classic comedy, and modern cartoons usually does it as well. 

In House Of Mouse, every 20 minute episode, they usually would show you a short film and they would have the classic designed faces at the start. It's good to see that the people who made this underrated show, had a true passion with the classic shorts made in the 40s and would tell you that, "You know, these are funny!" 

In the classic comedy era not specifically cartoon related, for example The Three Stooges had their heads shown at the start. I always have excitement when this is shown whenever I watch an episode with them.

I'm not expecting every artist to draw cartoony like how classic cartoons were back then. That would be mean and aggressive. People can of course have their own style of art. But when it comes to me and some people however, they LOVE to bring back the classic animation just for the sake of passion like I have. Cat Burglar also has heads for the title cards. And the cartoon itself is a solid passion and love for Tex Avery cartoons, and what's so unique is that it involves trivia, I mean I don't love it but the answers in them are hilarious. 

Something like this, is kinda interesting!

What about this? This looks nice.

In conclusion, title cards are what specifically makes you want to pay attention to the screen and see what the film has to offer. It's simple and unique, and pretty much easy to do if you want to animate like this. 

Heck, I made some right now myself. 😀

Feeling better already looking at my art? It will become a main thing on my blog. So stick around to see what's in store next time 👀