Fun In The Fiction Farm

 

I've been planning on making a farm series since I watched the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons. They were so unique, and hilarious. 

They were one of the best Looney Tunes cartoons back then. I still recall alot of the slapstick and characters to this day.

Back then I would've still had a hard time talking about what character or cartoon I liked best because they were so satisfying and interesting to me. But now that I watched every Looney Tunes short and not having to hold my opinions on things as much, I have a standard affair with the Looney Tunes shorts.

I realized that drawing animals and timeless personalities could make a good product. So I tried it out when I was beginning to be a teenager.

I mean, I could draw more better than when I was 8, and when I was 13, I started to watch more YouTube and classic cartoons. 

This is what got me started. A chicken rooster that abuses a cow to work more hard and pay off.

Last year I wrote some information about the Fiction Farm and this is how it goes.

Mr. Cockedee and his friends live in Corncop Fields. 

More information I gathered was that the area was mostly sunny. Barely any rainfalls, if I'm being honest with you, I would love to make a cartoon where Corncop Fields has rain someday. 

The Coyote and Roadrunner cartoons may be iconic, but I always mumbled at them because they barely had any other forecasting environments to them, it was always the same hot and dry desert. 

This is a model sheet of Mr. Cockedee. The name is based off of rooster's main catchphrases, "Cock-A-Doodle-Doo" and I thought Cockedee was just a catchy piece of wordplay.

I had alot of fun designing the rest of the gang. In the next few sentences, I'll talk about all of these characters and their distinct characteristics. 

Let's start with the first one. Spring Baby. The cutest chick you'll ever see. All he ever does is whine and humanity itself throws with good aiming a bottle.

Grampy Goat is described as the old timer curmudgeon of the farm. His duty is to lay all day quietly sometimes playing hillbilly songs with his violin. He doesn't pay attention to too much authorities but is willing to try his best with his useful cane. 

Grampy Goat's pose on the left side of the drawing is inspired by this drawing of Old Bugs in The Old Grey Hare. 

What you need to know about Grampy Goat is that he's one of the more complicated characters to draw. His hat places right on one of his trusty horns not on the head, it'll fall and not stay balanced. 

The Quackerson Brothers

Montogomery and Quackintosh are two classy-talk ducks who strive for eating a decent meal. Their opportunity on doing that is by talking to themselves chat to chat. They are birds who basically want to eat a chicken, a cow's pile of milk, or a lamb chop. They're basically the villains of the series but they have such a wise and soothing relationship to them that we all can appreciate.

While talking about the other characters that I didn't have time to make art for. Do you know what else we're missing?

Cal Cow, he's the first character I designed from this pack.

Ms. Bo Blacksheep, is one of the few black portrayed characters I ever made. She's got masterful cooking skills, and has a love for singing alongside baking the food. 

Henrietta Hen is Mr. Cockedee's formal wife. She lays a ton of eggs and described more efficient than her husband.

Scarecrow Jim is well, a scare-crow. He's usually located in the main side of Corncop Fields where all the plants and food grow. And yes if you didn't tell, farmers come by once in a while.

Lastly, the dog. I named him Chilly Dog because why not. His sneaky yet practical nature is not enough for Mr. Cockdee's demands. Cockedee himself thinks that his dog is just another average housepet who has half brains not similar to a human.

Mr. Cockedee has his own wake-up call tune. I don't have any suggestions of what song will sound like yet.

I almost want to make these sorta like the runtime of a classic comedy short. Three Stooges and Laurel and Hardy style. Those films are 15-18 minutes long.

Hopefully you'll like alot of these characters I came up with all in a matter of minutes. 

I love a good bit of countryside and relaxed atmospheres!

Artmania Drawings From The Past

 I kept inside some of my old artwork I did while still in high school and at home too and thought I'd show you some interesting drawings.

This is one of the first sketches of Angelica Pig I ever done, at least for now. This was definitely made during the end of 9th grade. 

The 2nd drawing reminds me of Tom's running cycle.

This is supposed to be a prototype of Cal Cow. He didn't get his full name about 2 years later but I can tell you this is a cow that has personality.

Back then I made Noble look like an anime teen boy who hasn't washed his hair for two months. 

Anyways, this sketch was inspired by Bugs Bunny's ballerina outfit and the expression he makes in the cartoon A Corny Concerto. 

Back then when I drew that picture, it was one of my favorite cartoons. 

I just loved the backgrounds and zany expressions and I was obsessed with the three characters on screen genre.

Now we get into the 10th grade drawings. 

I had no idea I still had drawings of Dutcher and Ben Obvious even with these designs. Apparently I had a sketchbook and I'm glad I still have it.

What was also in my sketchbook were a bunch of celebrities I created. Unfortunately I barely remember all of them so I don't really think they're going to be official. 

Jack Asley was still quirky even 2 in a half years ago.

When I designed Dutcher and Ben Obvious back in the early days of high school, they were alot different than what they are now.

Dutcher had a fluffy tail, for some reason and he looks like the caretaker type. I swear he talking to Ben Obvious about redundant morals.

Ben Obvious is more or so the guy in need of perfection, he's basically kicking his legs like he did a bad thing. 

I also had a character sketchbook during sophomore year and I managed to draw the most earliest designs of my characters imaginable, Mr. Cockedee for example. I named him Mr. Cockdee which is terrible so I'm glad I changed it. 

He looks like the type of guy who is self-protected at all cost.

When I seen this early design of Timmy Sheepdog I didn't even know I was actually bringing him back. I forgotten all about it after I redesigned him.

Lastly, Dumphrey Dog's design. He doesn't fit in with the detective genre so I'm proud he's more like Ren Hoek than anything else.

There's also characters that were left off and not used but just looking at them, they feel like they deserved to be needed.

And now I have 11th grade artwork. There's not too much but it is still interesting enough.

Just like with Porky Pig, Mr. Toad, Roger Rabbit, Huckleberry Hound, Donald Duck, and Tex Avery's Wolf having fantastic character designs, Ren and Stimpy don't give enough credit. 

I was obsessed with the art style of this show once that it influenced me immediately except for the godawful closeup gross imagery.

Montreal Fox and Spoiled Brat. This is probably the first drawing I ever made where they pair with each other.

Ox Fisher's 2nd design I ever made. Apparently I made this after I first experienced Billy Gilbert's performance in The Music Box (1932).

If you didn't know, Ox Fisher was the inspiration for that one scene in that short because it completely caught me off guard.

Behind it was a whole lot of educational brainrot.

Welp I'm done with drawings for now. I will post something more different tomorrow.