Got some character sketches for you guys, featuing the Junkyard Dogs!
One of the ideas I had going into this was to overhaul and designs and characters of the Junkyard Dogs. To be honest, the Junkyard Dogs are probably the least memorable part of the film, outside of the boston terrier Francis, who kinda looks like Iggy from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, and one of the dogs voiced by Patrick Star's VA. Since this the story is going to be expanded much more than it was originally, that can provide me some oppurotunies to make them theyre own characters and make them more apart of the story.
We have Franky and Ruby (Ruby's breed has been changed) and Joe Silver, who is, fun fact, one of the dogs that Tramp had to save Lady from in the first movie, making him as old as Buster, if I decided to keep him the same age as Tramp.
Something Ive floated around was the idea of making most of the Junkyard Dogs closer in age to Scamp then they were in the original movie and that included Buster hypothetically. He will still have his grudge against Tramp but it wouldnt be from the perspective of a former friend/implied lover but a son who thinks his father abandoned him and who led his mother on. I would be lying if I said I wasnt doing this because of his relationship with Angel in the original movie which......might be implied to be one sided romantic relationship. I know thats not what Disney intended (I hope) but I know Im not the only one who came away with that interpretation. So if he was younger, not puppy age but closer to Angel's age, their one sided romantic relationship would be less weird. Now thats IF I want to age him down. I could also keep him the same age but turn Angel and Buster's relationship into more of a father daughter dynamic, which would allow me to potentionally make the fanon interpretation of Buster and Tramp's relationship official. But I'll still need to do more work before I can settle on one or the other but what do you guys? Are you up for a different take on Buster or keep him pretty much the same?
I know Im writing this to the void but this in the case someone takes interest in this silly lil idea. :P
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Behold!!!! The poster/cover for Whirlwind!
Im pretty proud of how this came out ngl and its getting me excited for this upcoming project (now I realized what BTAMIY needed more of lol)! I hope you guys are hyped too ^-^
Synopsis:
Scamp has never felt like he belonged. A free spirit trapped in a strict and repressive household with overbearing parents; he always longed to be wild and free. One day, he gets his chance and runs away from home to join a gang known as the Junkyard Dogs. Little does he know that he will be carrying on his father’s legacy by doing so. Inheriting the will of the Tramp, his name is the Whirlwind!
So Ive kind of been on a Lady and the Tramp fixation lately, with me writing one fanfiction project and starting two others. And if this does end up going anywhere, this will be a fourth one XD In this one's defense, the idea of this is something I came up with last year, and even started writing a screenplay of it. Since Im juggling so many stuff at once, I am aware I wont be able to get to everything Im working and this includes this one, but if anyone does show interest or asks questions, I will consider going ahead with this project when I have the time.
The project's name is... Whirlwind.
What is 'Whirlwind'?
'Whirlwind' to put it simply is a revisioned version of Lady and the Tramp 2 Scamp's Adventure, released by Walt Disney Television Animation in Feburary 2001. The general plot of the Whirlwind will essentially stay the same as the original movie; Scamp feels pent up in his home life and wants to be wild and free, he runs away from home before realizing how much his family misses him, and eventually learns to be greatful of the things he has and returns home a changed dog, but with some tweaks and changes that will enhance the story and its potential.
I would like to preface this by saying that this is not being made in the same mindsight as other remakes, where the people behind it look down on the original story theyre adapting and view their new version as the fixed 'better' version. While Im not a big Lady and the Tramp 2 super fan, I do hold a level of respect for the movie because of how much its had an effect on my life over the past decade. I can see the potential of what the people behind it were trying to do while also recognizing where the film stumbles. Its not a perfect sequel, or even a standalone movie; its got a lot of flaws but not enough to be called terrible. But there aspects of the movie I found interesting and the entire goal of this project is to not only address the problems the story has but also amply the good aspects in a way the writers couldnt with how crunched for time they were when it came to making the direct to video sequels.
Goals with this Re Imaginging
There are some things Id like to do with Whirlwind that'll elevate it above it being a simple rewrite. There are angles I want to attack this story at that the original film makers didnt think too much about. But the big ones will be listed below
Scamp
Scamp's personality and character arc will remain largely the same but with some minor tweaks here and there. One of the biggest problems people have with Lady and the Tramp 2 is Scamp as a character how unlikely he is, being very bratty and selfish. Which is true and I think that was intentional on the writers part, so that he could undogo a character arc where he ends the movie with a much different outlook on how he treats his home life. The issue is that I dont think the writters wanted the audience to hate Scamp, and I dont think they did a good enough job of making him likeable enough for the audience to cheer for him. Thats not say Im going to make Scamp a good tooshoos, but I dont want to explore more of his good side while also making his plight at home more understandable from his perspective. Like how the first episode of Yu Yu Hakusho handled Yusuke's characterization. We see him being a punk at school but we also see that he has a kind side when he entertains a small boy and when he saves said small boy from being hit by a car. This perfectly sells his likeablity to us, the viewer, thus making us root for him and sell us on the fact that his family and friends do want him back. Now Im gonna kill Scamp off, bring him back, and make him a spirit detective obviously, but I would like to make him as a character a bit more likable from the start so that we dont just focus on his negative traits.
As for his desries to be wild and free, unlike in the original, I dont want him to entirely forgo that at the end of the story, which will tie in to the different ending I have for 'Whirlwind'. Scamp will return home to his family with Angel, like he did in the original movie, but as time goes on and he fully mutures into an adult, he comes to realize that his desire to be wild and free didnt go away. Even though he realized how much his family loved him and how much he loved them, he still wont feel satisfied with the life of a house pet. This will lead to him leaving his home again, but this time with the promise he'll return to visit. Angel will, obviously accompany him and maybe have an omage to the 'beyond those distant hills' speech Tramp has in the first movie as the final scene of the story. This will mean that his desire to be "wild and free" wont be treated more neutrally than something thats negative; basically going for more nuiance here. This will also mean I'll need to tweak Angel's character a bit, where she learns that the concept of a family doesnt have to be this one specific but can be anything, even if its with the person you love so much.
Romance
I will retain Scamp's and Angel's romance in Whirlwind (not just for OTP reasons), but I do want to have their relationship be more central to the story than it was originally. As much as I hate to say it, I do feel like the romantic subplot in the movie was not handled too well and felt shoved in to meet a quota that I feel like a lot of kids movies at the time had, where the main character has to have a love interest just because. Now, I understand this is a Lady and the Tramp movie, so of course, but I feel the romance in the first movie was woven in much better than it was in the 2nd movie and with Whirlwind, I want to correct that by having their relationship more important to the narative. In order to do this, Angel will be much more of a main character than she was in the original, and I'd have more scenes with them together and overall, have Scamp's change be because of Angel, much like how Tramp's change in the original was because of Lady.
Father, Son and Legacy
This ones going to be a little more complicated to explain but I'll try my best.
An interpretation Ive had of Lady and the Tramp 2 is how at the end of the day, its the story of a son who wants to (unknowlingly) follow in the steps of his father, and the story of a father who doesnt want his son to follow in his steps. One thing I wanna do with Whirlwind is hone on that idea with the story also focusing on Tramp as equally as it will with Scamp. We'd delve more into his backstory, his reasonings for being so hard on Scamp, and have him go through a change of his own; understanding that he cant control his son forever and accepting that Scamp being like him doesnt have to be a bad thing. I feel like this would make the story more of a true continuation rather than feeling like a spin off; with us developing one of the main characters from the first movie.
Now when it comes to legacy, I mean it in how Scamp mirrors his father, or at least how Tramp was in the 1st movie; priortizing freedom over everything else. And this comes out more when he joins the junkyard dog, even using his father's nickname as a title, much like Tramp's name was. This is admittidly more of a unique angle to the story but I feel like it would be an interesting take that I dont think Ive seen anywhere else.
There are other things but these are the main goals I'd like to achieve with Whirlwind. Now the question comes of how am I going to tell this story? Is this going to be an AO3 story? A fancomic? An animatic? As much as I do love writing, I do think this story would benifit from a visual medium. I still need to write the screenplay, which I have started but havent finished yet. But, like I said, if anyone here finds my ideas interesting I'll possible consider pursuing this project more in the future! Until then, stay toasty
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Fanfic Announcement! "The Best Thing About Me Is You": A Lady And The Tramp 2 Story
What's this? Ken doing a fanfiction instead of his original works!? Le gasp!
I dont normally dable into the world of written fanfiction but recently I came up with an idea for a story that might be interesting to the 5 people who happen to find the idea interesting as well. And its a AU based on the main protagonist and heroine from the 2001 direct to video movie lady and the tramp 2, Scamp and Angel. Now normally, I wouldnt be posting about this so publically because this hyperfixation of mine is something Im really REALLY self conscious about (I am comfortable talking about my interest in Thomas and Friends than I am about this, no joke), but recently Ive made an effort to be more open and comfortable with it because of how much its had an impact on my creative works and the direction my life has taken for the past decade. Its apart of me and trying to run away from it would useless at this point.
Anyways, the story is up both on fanfiction.net and most recently, AO3, so if you wanna go read the first chapter right now, be my guest!
Synopsis: After leaving her life in California, Angel finds herself back in her hometown of Walton, where she's reunites with old friends including her childhood friend Scamp, whom she develops feelings for. Both are young adults trying to find their place in the world and perhaps they'll learn that they'll be able to do it together.
Im just realizing this my first post this on this account....huh. Anyways...
In 2024, Amtrak launched its Borealis service, a daytime train running between Chicago and the Twin Cities. Total travel time end to end takes about seven and a half hours, with a top speed of 80mph. It is not high speed, not only when compared to the American definition of high speed rail, but even compared to the Twin Cities Hiawatha, a train that ran the same route that traveled at a top speed of 100mph. But despite that, it has been one of Amtrak's most popular trains; having an annual ridership of over 200,000 passengers as of 2025. It has sparked a ridership boom between Chicago and the Twin Cities and is so popular that Amtrak has considered adding a second train according to trains.com.
Why do I bring this up you ask? Well, the success of the Borealis, alongside Amtrak's recent success has had me rethinking my stance on high speed rail in America. A few years ago, I was one of those guys who felt America NEEDED high speed rail, that we needed to be on par with other countries who did like Japan and China. But after the current president was re elected, who cut funding for the East River Tunnel rehab during his first term, and whos party has generally been hostile to passenger rail in the past, that perspective has changed quit a bit. But apart of me is glad that happened (the perspective change, not the assentation of the demented clown in the white house) because its allowed me to have a more grounded look at what America needs rail wise, and I've come to the conclusion that America doesn't really need high speed rail. At least not yet.
Looking at the high speed rail discussion in this country, it seems the focus is more on bullet trains replacing existing passenger services, rather than both coexisting at the same time. And that really pisses me off because the people who think like this dont understand why high speed rail has worked in Europe and Japan. Those countries had existing slower, higher speed trains by the time construction on their lines began, trains that could help prop up the bullet trains, and serve communities not served by the bullet trains along their route. America doesn't really have that. The amount of passenger routes America has is a fraction of what we used to have during the golden era of rail travel, and the only way high speed rail would work here was if our system was as big as it was during the 40s. So if you did introduce high speed rail with our current passenger levels, the only advantage that train would have is that it would be faster. And if you went as far as to replace the existing slower passenger trains with the high speed ones, that would be way worse. Someone who wanted to go from Chicago to Galesburg wouldnt be able to travel by train because the high speed train from Chicago to Omaha doesnt stop there. "Why not just add a stop there?", then its not really high speed rail is it? The point of high speed rail is to link large destinations as quickly as possible, not to serve every single town along its route, and thats one of my major gripes with California High Speed Rail. Why is it stopping at every single town along its route when you could just use the San Joaquin to serve those local areas!
But at least CHSR can justify itself by the fact that its route through the mountians is quicker than the existing rail lines, which is another reason why High Speed Rail has been built in places like Japan, where its mountainous terrain prevents higher speeds from being achievable. And while we have similar topographic challenges, there are vast stretches of traditional railway lines that are incredibly straight and could be upgraded for faster speeds. "But those are owned by freight companies! They wont allow anything faster than 79mph", so your solution to that is to build a whole a new railroad costing billions of dollars and requiring partison effort from both political parties. Which is easier said than done because republicans have shown themselves to be anti passenger rail and especially high speed rail whenever the opportunity would show itself. Like look at Texas! They've been trying to build a high speed rail line for 30 years, and have always run into problems due to the politics over there! Even though I would like to see Texas Central Railway happen, I dont know if it will. And I would like to stress that I am not against high speed rail as a concept. And Im not against the ongoing HSR projects happening in this country at the moment. Im just annoyed at how high speed rail as a replacement for conventional rail, when the reality is that both need to exist in order for one to prop up the other. America is at a much lower level rail wise when compared to Europe and Asia, and we cant just skip the other levels just to have high speed rail.
And just because a train is not going 200mph, doesn't mean it sucks. Like look at the Borealis! It is not even close to reaching high speeds but it doesn't need to be that in order to be successful. It just needs to exist for people for to use it, and this goes for Amtrak's other services like the Capital Corridor, Northeast Regional, Pacific Surfliner and others! Can they upgrade the speeds in the future? Of course they can, but the train needs to exist before we start thinking about building high speed trains. Only when the traffic levels demand it can we start thinking about building new high speed railroads, but for now, its important for us to pace ourselves instead of trying to sprint to the finish.
This may or may not be a hot take but this is something I've been wanting to get off my chest for a while
Crescent Blue Chapter 1 Pages 6 through 10.......posting three and a half years later. Anyways, Scamp's continues with Tabino and subsequently reaches its climax
The stylized background work of 101 Dalmatians, under Ken Anderson’s direction
Paula Sigman: Ken Anderson in 101 Dalmatians brought a whole different look… very angular and abstract. It’s very modern in its look.
Ken Anderson: It was the first use of Xerox line on any kind of a feature picture, and I personally loved the idea of seeing an animation drawing in Xerox, so then I tried to make it one world by doing the same thing with the backgrounds.
Brad Bird: And a guy named Ernie Nordli went over the backgrounds and made perfect symmetrical things a little asymmetrical and fattened some things up and gave it a little more of a caricatured quality. It’s a subtle effect. His drawings were then Xeroxed and placed over the background painting to bring it all together and make it all feel like it all had the same graphic quality as the foreground characters.
Brad Bird: There’s something very sophisticated about using the impression of a shape to be where your color is defined. While it looks simpler, it’s actually very hard to do well. And Walt Peregoy had a real knack for that, and I think Ken Anderson recognized that in Peregoy and let him go to town.
Floyd Norman: And I think what Ken Anderson, Walt Peregoy gave us with Dalmatians really fit that story, and I think it’s a great-looking film. Then we find out that much to our surprise that Walt was not all that pleased with it. And poor Ken Anderson, boy, he really suffered for that film because I think having Walt being displeased with your work is probably the worst thing that could happen to any Disney artist.
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One might like at my style and think I love Disney and was mostly inspired by their works. Which is partially true, but I do like Disney films. I do not, however, like Disney as a company, especially in the current year. And I dont think Im alone in thinking.
I think most people in 2025 are just done with Disney, some for invalid reasons (Like karens worried their kids are going to be turned gay by having two men or women kiss on screen), but Id like to think a lot of it is for valid reasons. At this point in time, people have realized the game Disney has been playing since 2010s, with its obsession with constant remakes of classic movies and diluting of beloved franchises like Marvel and Star Wars, and aren't blind to it like they would've been in 2019. I was one of the few people who saw what the company was doing but it was a minority opinion back then because people still liked their films and the company was making bank. But 2023 I think is when the cracks started to show, where nearly all of their films released that year were box office bombs, and while that has rebounded somewhat, I feel like Disney has lost a lot of good faith in people and now only really caters to their 'Disney Adult' fanbase.
Like, why the fuck is Moana getting a remake in 2026? Why is a barely 10 year old movie getting a brand new live action remake? Like, I can get behind remaking an older movie like lady and the tramp for example, since parts of it have aged worse than others. But 2016 was almost a decade ago! And apart from society has a whole getting worse, not much has changed culturally in the past 10 years. Besides, its not like theyre going for parents to show their kids the stuff they grew up with either. Most kids who grew up watching Moana in 2016 are in their 20s now, arent even close to having kids yet! And I should know, since I was 13 to 14 years old when that movie came out, and 23 now! So is this for exactly? Who is going to want to watch this aside from loyal Disney fanatics?
Why did we need a 5th Toy Story? We didn't need a 4th one and we certainty DONT need a 5th one. I mean, yeah I know why they're doing it but, all this will do is tarnish the legacy of one of Pixar's greatest film franchises. And its a shame because the premise of this new film sounds interesting, and I think a story around toys vs technology could work. But why Toy Story though? Will Woody be back? Will the 4th movie be made redundant by Woody returning?
And dont even get me started on their decision to add an ai slop feature to Disney Plus. Disney didnt sue Sora only because they were infringing on copyright but only because they wanted a piece of the ai pie, and this very disappointing as someone who loves animation. Like, Ive known for a while that Disney has cared less and less about its animation roots but this just seals it for me. And I dont even know if this will be lucrative because ai as a whole is not profitable, what so ever. Period. This is just going to end up blowing up in their greedy faces and I hope it does because Disney seriously needs a fucking gallon of reality.
I know this was very disorganized and scatter brained but I just wanted to vent on how much Disney as a company sucks, and how I keep getting surprised by every low they stoop too. I'm genuinely wondering how long this charade will last. Like its already starting to slip but how long will Disney have before they run out of movies to remake, sequels to milk dry and when people get fed up with Disney and leave? Im not sure but I hope its soon
Hey guys! Ive been getting a lot comments from random accounts about commissions lately while I dont want to jump to conclusions, my gut feeling is telling me that these people are scammers, or someone who wants to steal my discord account.
That segways into my commission sheet which I will list below!
If you would like to commission me, please dm me on any of my socials (including this one). If you want to change to discord, that can arranged but don't immediately jump to that option because it makes you look really suspicious and the last thing I want is to get my account hacked.
Also, I should clarify that at I am currently in school until December, and then from January to late April. This, combined with other commision requests I have on backlog, means that I wont be able to get to you immediately
So I dont think Ive brought this up at all on this platform, but Ive been a student at the School of Visual Arts Animation program for over a year now. And for our second year, we have to make a 1 to 2 minute animated short film.
The film Im doing centers around a high class Dalmatian, a boy, and his ball, and this is the animatic:
So remember how I said I nearly rage quited last week's illustration and started a new one that I would save for later! Well, here it is! Its two of my characters, Sarah and Akane, outside Yankees Stadium in Yankees merch. Fun Fact: I actually went to this location in person to help me draw this assignment
BACKYARD BRAWL TIME! WHO WILL WIN? SCAMP OR VICKY!
You have no idea how difficult and nightmare this was to draw. The angle, the foreshortening and the short time window I had to work on this made me almost rage quit this entire illustration and start from scratch with a new one which I almost did but am saving for this week's assignment! You'll see that one later!
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Its been a hot minute but a new episode of Crescent Blue is out, with an update regarding some changes to the series at the end! Tapas: https://tapas.io/episode/3475991 Webtoon: https://www.webtoons.com/en/canvas/crescent-blue/chapter-2-dont-give-up-sarahs-big-game-part-3/viewer?title_no=849305&episode_no=15&serviceZone=GLOBAL
Im pretty youre tired of hearing about AI, as much as I am especially if you're an artist, and I'd like make to make something clear. This is not a doomer, fear mongering rant about how is going to replace artists and how we're cooked and blah blah blah. In fact, Im of the opinion that no matter how good Sora or whatever aislop bot that'll get introduced before the eventual bubble pop gets, ai will never be good enough to replace artists. But anyways, this is not going to be about the tech itself but rather the people online who not only bandwagon ai but are also gitty about the idea of ai replacing artists like Asmongold. What Ive noticed with alot of these people is that they treat art as a product to consume and that's easily replicable. Like a fast food, and they see ai art is a natural evolution and overall seeing the replacement of real people as necessary to making artwork more efficient to create. And while that might be true for some movies and shows, labeling all artwork as that is just flat out wrong.
And that got me thinking, and I realized it this morning: the people that ai appeals to so much are incredibly consumer brained. They've never actually had the experience of creating something, and just see stuff as something to consume. They never intellectually engage with the stories their reading or watching in a way that would allow them to think critically, and its why you have so many people who freak out when a new video game or show has a female protagonist and call it woke. And when I say 'intellectually engage', I dont mean they have to break down the piece of media for all its themes and crap. Something as simple as wondering which character is stronger or which character the MC would end up falling for counts, because you're using your brain to engage with the piece of media in a way the story didnt intend for you to do. You're not just consuming it mindlessly and moving onto the next piece of content, and maybe youd want to write a story with those characters to see who was stronger or who would end up with who. And that alone would make you a more intellectually stronger than any of the ai bros that plauge the internet.
Creating artwork is not an easy thing, but its not supposed to be easy. Nothing in life is, but you dont have to be skilled to create stuff. Like, think back to when you were a kid for example. Remember using your imagination when playing with your toys, or making creations with legos or doodling stuff in your notebook. Was the stuff you made or stories you played example of quality or skill? No but you werent trying to tell make something that would be profitable or to be enjoyed by alot of people. You did it because it was fun, and you liked doing it. And maybe, as you got older, you wanted to improve on one of your skills like drawing for example. And in doing so you'd not only learn new skills but also gain an appreciate for the craft itself as being something only humans could make. Thats how I became as skilled at drawing as I am and why I created Crescent Blue. Sure, I would like to go big with my comic one day but I also enjoy telling that story and drawing those characters and I wouldnt trade that away for the world. Art and storytelling may have become a product for consumption but that's not what defines it. And that's what these ai bros will never understand because they never create. They always consume, while also acting like they're superior which is ironic since they're the types of people that would easily get replaced by ai.
But I think these ai bros are a symptom of a large problem happening right now, especially in America. I dont want to sound like a conspiracy theorist but I think companies are trying to make us stupidier. Its why shit like tik tok got so popular, while fads like beanie babies, stanly cups, and labubus happened, why this stupid culture war is still going on and why these ai bros exist. They want us to be mindless sheep that wont fight back against them as they destroy our planet and make us poorer. But you know what? Fuck them! They only win if you let them win! And you know how you win? By being creative! If youre reading this and have never made something before but always wanted to, go out there and make something! It doesnt have to be professional, it just needs to something thats fulfilling to you! Express yourselves in ways ChatGPT could never do in a thousand years! Be better than what ellite and ai bros want you be!
