After watching Cats Don’t Dance again like 3 times I had to try this out.

When you watch old cartoons like CDD and Warner Bros in general, you see all these anthro characters. Yet.. you don’t think that. For some reason I see Danny and Sawyer and I don’t feel “Furry or Anthropomorphic characters”. All I feel is “Cartoons.”  

Its an interesting distinction that I have in my mind that I don’t really think about until after I watched these things again. 

So I tried it. (And Failed.)

Rarity was obviously my first shot. The “line of action” or whatever the animators call it is obviously completely non existant. But I didn’t want to just throw it away after I took so much time on it.

Applejack I feel is closer without exaggerating the key features. Its almost there but not quite.

What makes a cartoon character seem more cartoony and less anthrony (Even though they are really not).

 I noticed the body types

Like a cartoon should be, characters are exaggerated in places where it matters and completely diverse. Just compare Danny and Sawyers and even Darlas legs. One of the most interesting elements is the characters hands and feet are extremely simplified. So when someone insults someones ability to draw hands and feet, I just point them to the style of cartoons. Some characters after tiny feet and hands that could probably stab you with a boop. How accurate the hands look don’t seem to matter so long as you get the point across that they are indeed hands, not fins.

Characters also tend to be very skinny around the stomach and arm areas, a huge critique on King Cheetahs style. Also as far as overall design, Dannys pelvis seems to be lower down with less leg room while Sawyers is higher. It gives an interesting distinction between female and male characters (though nt all are like that.)

I don’t know what I’m going on about but I want to explore this more. 

Also someone wanted me to draw Soos from Gravity Falls on a pony but I didn’t have enough good source material so I’ll get to that right when i get more. I’m not the type to download episodes and keep them since I have limited space.