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Ha! Fooled ya! I’ve been sketching from cartoons again, and thru that I’ve grown fond of the McKimson designs. His depictions of WB mainstays were a bit more…
OK, hear me out. Murder She Wrote has been enjoying an ever increasing resurgence in popularity, to the point CBS was gonna launch a reboot a few years…
Yes, even a bit more love for the designs of Mr. Jones, but this time from a few, rarely seen, toons. These are from various one-offs that he…
More love for the style of Chuck Jones. Here are some frames from his Three Bears toon “A Bear for Punishment”, plus a toss away design for a…
Ok, he’s not a paratrooper, but in “Forward March Hare” (1953), Bugs does mistakingly get drafted into the army. I did a post earlier about the Chuck Jones…
I really enjoyed the design of the antagonist in “Hare Less Wolf” (1958), and you can see hints of Freleng’s future “Pink Panther” design, which would come less than…
The debate over the drill sergeant’s use of vocabulary aside, the short “Forward March Hare” (1952) is another class in design from Chuck Jones. I rarely see this…
I’ve mentioned my love for Filmation’s Groovie Goolies, from the dumb puns to the dad jokes; yet it’s always the character designs I come back to. Even though the animation…
Robert McKimson, and his brother Charles, don’t get enough credit in the WB universe, in my opinion. I admit they didn’t experiment as the other directors did, like…
“Beep,Beep” (1952) is an all time favorite short, & considering a large chunk of it is an animation cheat, should have earned it an award for ingenuity. To…
“Baby Buggy Bunny” (1954) is a classic, with Chuck Jones is hitting on all cylinders in it. The violent baby shaking scene would be disturbing if you didn’t…
It was always fun to see the characters play dress up. Of course there was always Bugs in drag, but I also liked when he and Daffy would…
The Looney Tunes with the three bears were always a love hate for me as a kid. I enjoyed them, but I always felt the Dad was a…
More toss away character designs from (mostly) Chuck Jones cartoons. The whole right side is from “Touché & Go” a Pepe cartoon from 1957. The opening characters are…
More Tex Avery studies, and mostly of Droopy’s nemesis. There are also a couple “Red” studies, and I have to say, it’s amazing how the weak poses get…
Sadly, while watching these old shorts I have to put up with the unfortunate lack of sensitivity, be it veiled sexism or (worse) flat out racism. “Southern Fried…
I didn’t want to only focus on Looney Tunes as a sketching source, even if I enjoy them the most. I tracked down a bunch of the Freleng…
Everyone should watch classic cartoons in slow motion, or better even frame-by-frame, it really helps one to appreciate the artistry and effort that went into the old shorts….
Bugs Bunny is, without a doubt, the king of animated comedy; and that’s a hill I’ll die on. He’s not even my favorite character, but it’s a fact….
Here are a bunch of classic Tex Avery “takes” from various shorts, mostly “Homesteader Droopy”. The surprise for me when studying these old shorts is how they really…