Saturday Shopping IV

 

It's been a while. Last November to be exact, but today I went out to toycon again to buy some cool goodies! 

First up is Frankenstein's Monster and his Bride. Bride Of The Frankenstein is my favorite Universal classic monster movie. Everything about it is SO GOOD.  These plushies sure are cute.

Next is this super cool vintage vinyl Porky Pig. 

I'm not much of a jewelry person, but necklaces are fine. I really like this Winnie The Pooh one dressed as a cowboy.

Ey, why not another Pooh collectible. I like these. I used to have a Space Jam Bugs, but I think I got rid of it. It's Tigger.

There wasn't that much DVDs at toycon which is understandable but I got a Criterion Collection called Vampyr. A Carl Theodor Dreyer film. He also directed Passion Of Joan Of Arc. So this film could be insane, also I barely have any Three Stooges merch, only a graphic tee shirt, but I really like this Moe toy. Nice blue and white polka dot tie.

Adore me some Toy Story so I bought Woody. 

Speaking of graphic tees, this amazing Donald Duck shirt referencing one of his 1940s cartoons. 

And finally, the coolest thing I bought. A Bing Crosby Gemmy animatronic. So cool it still has batteries to play his singing. This was only 30 dollars and was worth it. 

Hope you enjoyed my June 2026 lineup of stuff I bought. I'll probably be back in the next few months but I'll still continue to share more posts of my haul whenever I go out somewhere fun.

Want the links to the 3 parts? 

https://sngexplorationblog.blogspot.com/2024/11/saturday-shopping.html?m=1

https://sngexplorationblog.blogspot.com/2025/06/another-saturday-shopping-trip.html?m=1

https://sngexplorationblog.blogspot.com/2025/11/saturday-shopping-iii.html?m=1

Animation Scenes Frame-By-Frame

 

I've been recently on Sakugabooru and it's been really useful for me. They label such animators who worked on particular scenes in films. It's a great website, feel free to check it out. I set it to animated, if there's any animators you respectfully admire feel free to search their work.

https://www.sakugabooru.com/post?tags=animated

I selected some of my favorites or most likely my favorite animated characters in terms of their movement and fluidity. 

This to me is an incredible frame sequence, it's so smooth. It's only a second of actual animation. I looked into the Hans Perk drafts, this was animated by John Lounsbery. Really underrated animator. He's probably my favorite of the Nine Old Men. What I notice is that one frame looks like the original pencil sketches. I also love the intense colors of the skies.

This is one of my favorite Looney Tunes scenes. From Daffy Duck Hunt (1949). I like Porky's throat slitting gesture. I'm guessing this animation is Charles McKimson. Still fantastic nonetheless. Also like the lip-syncing.

Sir Ector is a phenomenally well animated character in my opinion except for when he head swaggles. Mostly a Milt Kahl staple. It can get repetitive, but I absolutely like when Ector points directly at Wart. It is re-used in other scenes but I liked it more without the sword, since I kinda want to study more on drawing realistically detailed hands. 

Lastly is another incredibly well-animated character, Captain Hook. I really like these scenes in particular. I absolutely adore the original movie most of the time, but something about Hook and Smee in particular gives me a little inspiration. Hook was mostly animated by Frank Thomas and Smee by Ollie Johnston and Cliff Nordberg. I really like those hand movements, like that fist. It's almost sorta live action-like.

Last December I created a post similar to this one. I would recommend you checking that out. They were animated scenes I was heavily inspired while I was still invested in animated short films.

https://sngexplorationblog.blogspot.com/2024/12/my-favorite-classic-animated-scenes.html?m=1

Also to point out, I wouldn't really say that The Wearing of Grin is dull, I kinda enjoy that cartoon nowadays. 

Color Palettes from Vintage Art and Animation

 

Here's some covers from covers, adverts and animated sequences that have great color styling to them.

I love the old Looney Tunes comic illustrations, they can be pretty funny but mainly I'm focusing on the interesting color palette to this one.

The sky has an interesting scheme of blues, and greens.

Here's another Porky Pig comic issue. I like the almost minimal black background, and the yellow word font. 

These 4 sets of colors are for better term "classic colors" they're natural and pleasent.

Now for a cartoon! This is from 1951's Plutopia. This cartoon is equally stunning and underrated, but I definitely like the more grounded moments throughout the film. 

The actual picture has an interesting color for the grass. I seemingly like it. 

This is a Coca-Cola advert from 1936. 

Here's a rare WWII cartoon starring Donald Duck in The Spirit of '43. The colors look so oddly different in this cartoon but I love it, it fits my personality very well. Again I like the limited black background and well-drawn pose given in this frame.

These are only the colors to the Zoot Suit Duck's outfit. The color palette to his fashion is very appealing and warm.

The last picture for now is a stellar shot from One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961). I promise I will talk more about this film more often because the colors, the backgrounds, the designs are all visually stunning and memorable, I also like the laid-back and modern feel of this film. 

Sometimes limited colors are the most appropriate. The bottom layer is the shadowing. 

Hopefully you liked all the pictures and if any of these color palettes interest or inspire you feel free to download them. 

My Favorite Classic Animated Scenes

 I had alot of inspiration with famous animators and actors mostly in the 30s-50s. Looney Tunes, Mickey And Friends, Tom and Jerry, Tex Avery's MGM Cartoons, Three Stooges, Abbott And Costello, Glenn Miller, Gene Kelly, and The Andrews Sisters. 

They were simpler times, no AI, being greedy wasn't that common, nothing was too minimalistic, it was just decent and average and that's what makes Earth exicting and so does animation.

 

Classic Animation hits so differently than animation today. They were simple, but for a special reason. These animated films had soul, it was hand-drawn, the expressions were lively and felt human.

The geniuses behind the golden age of animation include

Warner Bros. 

Disney

Fleischer Studios.

MGM

Terrytoons

If you never heard of how fantastic classic animation was, this is your lucky day.

I have chose my favorite animated scenes for this project. 

Enjoy.

The Great Piggy Bank Robbery (1946) is my favorite animated short. I grew up with it. The first time I saw this when I was like 13 or 14, I was mind-blown, I was a silly, goofy kid and this totally fit my personality. I loved the Daffy calling on the phone scenes the most. So expressive.

It's no surprise this scene in the overlooked Disney cartoon, Mickey Follies (1929) doesn't get enough popularity. This feels like the first real detailed animated frames of a character, look at Mickey's mouth and movement. It's really appealing and easy to draw. 

Porky's expressive smear animation in The Wearing Of The Grin (1951) is timeless. For such a dull cartoon, this ultimately was the best part of it.

Motor Mania (1950) is a hilarious cartoon, definitely Disney's best. Mr. Walker is a character that's always been in my mind. I love him. Especially in this scene where he goes into beast mode with his car.

I love the Clampett Bugs Bunny alot. It's definitely a step up to his career. I love this sequence of him being so annoyed with the gremlin in the cartoon Falling Hare (1943)

For an average cartoon, I like this part in Little Pancho Vanilla (1938), where he's sent up at the top and has some well-drawn scenes of him reacting to his fall. It's funny. 

Frank Tashlin's 30s cartoons were well known for the characters looking so chubby, it wasn't really made to last. I don't love it, Porky Pig in those cartoons like Porky's Spring Planting and Wholly Smoke, he just looks like he has gained alot of weight and looks like a balloon. 

Mammy Two Shoes (yes that's her name not making this up) is a character that is kinda forgotten, she's funny and can be really expressive at times like with her rushing to get to her house in Saturday Evening Puss (1950)

The best animated cartoon that isn't a 10/10 is The Hep Cat (1942), when I experience this cartoon all I ever think about is the cat singing his song at the start. 

It's got itself a nighttime aesthetic which I genuinely love and has the simple generic cat and dog designs that I can't dislike.

This has drawn to me recently. Bugs Bunny's meltdown losing to Cecil in Tortoise Wins By A Hare (1943). This scene is fantastic. It's certainly relatable and fun to look at.

Alot of this feels like it wasn't drawn at all. This was 1943. I was shocked at stuff like this when I first watched it.

Bugs Bunny has such a hatred for Cecil Turtle. Look at the intense rage. It makes sense.

Classic Disney wasn't always known for their wacky faces and gags but they were sure up there for being the most talented of the animated studios. Also have to mention they are funny and not only a fairytale. Crazy With The Heat (1947) has got to be the most bizarre cartoon Disney ever made. Donald is exhausted and hot from the weather in the desert and he definitely needs something colder. So he's day-dreaming about seeing an iceberg and this is his expressions when seeing it. Hilarious.

Tom and Jerry is a timeless cartoon series. I can see why people might find it boring, but maybe it's because it's the 50s cartoons. The 40s cartoons were much more gag-heavy and better animated. I watched Mice Follies (1954) and that was fine but then I watched Kitty Foiled (1948) and man was it alot different. It's was definitely better of a watch.

Anyways. I love Jerry's heart beat in this scene. Especially when he holds it and it flips it to the other direction.

Even the yellow canary is scared of Tom. Look at that eye. I can see why that canary is so frightened. 

Lastly, here's a slick cool walk Donald does in Donald Gets Drafted (1942) I can't show you an actual animated gif, so it's best for me to show the frames in order.

Pretty interesting? If you love it, go ahead and watch a classic animated cartoon or look at more fun animated frames like this one.

But anyways, hope y'all liked this post. Bye-a 👋