Szac & Scotty

 

I made some concept art lately of Szac and a kid he's trying to assist. I'm truly a fan of simple stories, but there needs to be a sense of emotional intelligence and realism to them in order for me to be really invested in them.

This is taken place in the 50s, where Szac plays the titular role of being a secure agent, I came up with a short story where he has to help a kid find his pet salamander in a mysterious gloomy pond.

I named the kid Scotty. He's lonely but very calm. His fashion is a mix of black and grey,  very easy colors and fits his personality perfectly.  

Here's some of the concept art and models.

I have nothing else to really point out with the rest of the idea, but I do have one more additional bonus sketch of Scotty's dad.

September Drawings

 

How about another Drawing Day?

I've been loving my new characters, Thea, Marinette and Fennica. 

Here's some drawings and models of Fennica.

Another group of characters I enjoy drawing are The Wolf and Cauliflower, also Dredd is spotted in this image.

I like drawing human characters, so here's Abby Mee who is part of the Sovia universe as well as her grouchy husband. 

I've been designing mini animated frames lately, and this is my favorite one I made. She's tiny and I tried to simply make a dialogue based scene around her. 

This is the final product.

Total amount of frames : 32

What caused this drawing to exist is that there was this random sketchbook I still have. Apparently in it is drawings I created about a few years ago, but there was one side of the sketchbook that was particularly interesting. 

Here's some more sketches of The Artmania Girls. There will be more coming. 

A wolf sketch I was proud of. This was inspired by a Brer Fox drawing that I really like, by Marc Davis.

I like a little competition, who did better?

I haven't introduced you to this character yet. His name is Roy Irving, he's supposedly an anthropomorphic hedgehog with human proportions and slim fashion. He's close friends with Szac, and I perfectly assigned him in the world of entertainment. Here's a sketch sheet. 

Inspired by my love for old musicals I quickly sketched storyboards of Szac and his dancing polar bears who work for literal garbage! 

Here's some fun sketches of them all.

Lastly is a bunch of Sovia animated frames. The first drawings are movements of a wagon she's riding on but there's constant bumping along the way. The others are a bunch of reactions. 

BONUS 💥

August Drawings

 

Tomorrow will be the 1st anniversary of my exploration blog, so I'll definitely be making something special then. 

For now, Day 364, I'll just give you drawings.

I made a new trio, Marinette, a panda who is quite reserved and private, Thea who is emotional but understanding, and Fennica, a highly productive and hard-working fox. 

Another recently added character I created is Ox Fisher's dog companion. She's a brown poodle with a pink bow.

Next is some random character sketches.

Another selection of Wolf and Cauliflower drawings.

Now lastly 2 extra digital artworks I did on my phone. 

This drawing of Szac I did was inspired by Bill Peet's art especially the ones he did for Song of The South.

Fashion Is The Best Distraction

 

Fashion can be really easy to appreciate and love, it can be more fresh, attractive and vibrant to how you can express yourself.

Wouldn't it be great to make people entertained by the way you look or how other people look? 

I think cartoons barely go for special occasions where they dress casually or in special, unique ways.

It makes the character have more personality and a chance at being iconic.

I've been loving this genre ever since I watched The Three Stooges, almost every episode they would have different and fun outfits. 

I love the duo/trio group trope. I'm doing it myself with my characters. I think having just one character isn't as easy as it sounds. It's all fun in games when you bring another pal, or even a few more of them.

Drawing characters and making them wear clothing takes alot of work and adds more attention to the audience. They can't just be bare-naked, they have to fit into the right atmosphere and setting.

Look at Porky Pig here. In the Charlie Dog cartoons, he always wears his usual blue coat and red bow tie, here he's fit into the farmer archetype. The straw hat, overalls you name it. It's more sensible and fitting.

Characters like Bugs Bunny don't need to have too much clothes because his natural and witty personality fits perfectly with how he looks, however when he does wear fashion, it's less expressive than you think but it's still able to work decently. 

In fact, Bugs absolutely looks fine in various outfits. 

I love stuff like this. The poses, the amusing talking, A Hare Grows In Manhattan in particular is really underrated, and well told. 

It takes inspiration and influences to create something just like The Three Stooges and Bugs Bunny and this proves otherwise. 

You barely see anyone wear fashion like this anymore and it's really good to explore and experience the past. It's also visually pleasing. Everyone looks slim, clean and confident. 

I love a good bit of quirkiness and whenever one of my favorite cartoon characters or actors just go to the silly route, it's a really interesting ride. 

Sometimes weird can be funny and I believe that. When I first saw Three Stooges's Creeps (1956), I was absolutely floored by how uncanny but hilarious Moe, Larry and Shemp are dressed as babies. The short is a clip-show, but I think it has some good clips. 

While we all love to wear whatever we want and try not to be too modest and classy especially in the modern world of today, we still have to appreciate what styles and trends we have experienced so we can talk about them and send love and passion for it. We gotta be grateful somehow. 

Even in those animated versions, you can still like it and appreciate the appeal. 

I love Cock O' The Walk. It has some fantastic dance scenes, and underrated silent characters.

Not only does this 90 year old cartoon have personality but it's widely acceptable for the era. Seeing anthropomorphic roosters dance and having a rubbery boxing match feels like true cinema. I really miss stuff like this. If this ever happens again, don't make it have useless talking involved, make it have exceptional dialogue and trust-worthy and reliable characters who know how to dance and feel at ease and spirit. I'm begging for this genre to come back. 

I think the post renaissance of fashion and entertainment was the 90s and 2000s. I grew up with one of the most creative, sharp and collected TV shows I ever watched. Backyardigans was full of exploration and I loved alot of the music. I think it was clearly inspired by the classics. It's really fun and perfect for younger audiences.