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CREATED on Sunday, April 19th, 2015

An Example of a "Roger Rabbit"-stylized Mixed Media Collage Artwork of Bancy with Mabel Pines,
Donald Duck's Nephews, (Huey, Dewey and Louie) and Tom the Cat surrounding Me as I was listening to
The 1996 "Brian Setzer Orchestra" Edition of the "AristoCats" song "Everybody Wants to Be a Cat"
which this 11-inch by 17-inch collage (developed on Autodesk SketchBook Express for the Digital 2D Drawings and
MS PowerPoint for the Live-Action Photo combined with the Digital 2D Drawings on a MacBook Pro laptop)
of Me with the toons under the "Bancy Gets REAL!" series entitled "Michael's Top Toons on The Loose!"

Sorry about the half-month delay but, this time, I've posted this final blog article for April 2015 and, of course, not only I've "ditched" that "Danny Phantom" to rediscover "SpongeBob SquarePants" on HD DVR (including "Skill Crane" and "The Krabby Chronicle") but I've also went on community outings to Marino's Pizza and More on Parnall Road in Jackson, Michigan and Chuck E. Cheese's of Lansing, Michigan during my girlfriend Hannah "Savannah" Garcia's 20th Birthday (even though Hannah is my female fiance) and, yes, Target at The Jackson Crossing Mall (after Target HQ's system finally got fixed and is rid of hackers) and McDonald's at West Avenue in Jackson, Michigan even though that McDonald's use to have a smaller "PlayPlace" soft play area but The Michigan Avenue Location in Jackson still has a PlayPlace soft play area -- unless that NEW "PlayPlace" soft play area already is taking over the old one?

An Actual Screenshot of a Eric Goldberg scene in The 1994
"Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote" Cartoon entitled
"Chariots of Fur" even though Eric Goldberg was given
a fake name by an executive of Chuck Jones Enterprises as
"Claude Raynes" -- Note that Wile E. Coyote is
about to get flattened with a boulder on top of his head!

I'm Currently working my Tradigital Animated student short film entitled "One Crazy Date to Roller Skate!" which is based on my "Bancy and Company" ideas and those ideas will be later used for my full 8-minute hand-drawn animated cartoon entitled "Adam and Amy that Came to Lunch" where that film reveals that Mike Patterson has two twin sibling cousins, Adam and Amy Foxworthy, visiting from Jefferson City, Missouri -- even though that "Mouser City, Missouri" is a fictional city which is actually a combined caricature of "Traverse City, Michigan" and "Culver City, California" -- but unfortunately, Adam and Amy Foxworthy are driving Toby Ratwaller crazy while Bancy McMouser is relaxing in a hot tub at the BancyToon Filmworks animation studio's "indoor swimming pool" section of its "Cafe and Fitness Center" area -- until Mike stops the madness just in time!   Also, the tools to make an 8-minute hand-drawn animated short film are --

1. 7,000 Sheets of Pre-Punched Animation Paper (10-Field (8.5" x 11") or 12-Field (10.5" x 12.5") with your peg hole choice of "Acme" or "3-Round" or even "2-Round")

2. 50 Graphite Pencils (Palomino Blackwing and/or Dixon Ticonderoga or any other brand)

3. 50 Col-Erase Pencils ("RED" or "BLUE")

4. An Animation Light Box (10-Field or 12-Field)

5. A Line Tester Copy Stand (Buy One from rather Lightfoot or B&H Photo and Video or Make Your Own using wood, metal, a spare peg bar (ACME or 3-Round or 2-Round) and a Mint-Conditioned Webcam that runs on HD Quality

6. Animation Software for Digital Ink & Paint ("DigiCel FlipBook Lite" or "DigiCel FlipBook Studio" or "TVPaint Animation")

And, A WHOLE LOT OF INSPIRATION!!!!

P.S., IF Any Comments about My Latest Blog Post from April 2015, Please Let Me Hear from You!

Traditional Animation Training Days - Part II

We'll Miss You on Disney XD except We'll see your re-runs on
The Disney Channel, Phineas and Ferb!
(I Was SO Disgusted that "Penn Zero Part-Time Hero" replaced
"Phineas and Ferb" after it turns out that "Act Your Age"
(pictured above to your left) and 2 more episodes will be
Phineas and Ferb's LAST episodes!!!)

Not Only I Am Celebrating 65 Years of The 1950 Disney Animated Classic entitled "Cinderella" but, of course, This is Part Two of My Journal on My Own "Traditional Animation Training Days"!    I'm Busy Working on My Tradigital Animated Student Cartoon entitled "One Crazy Date to Roller Skate!" whose key drawings are drawn on pencil and paper except the in-between drawings were done on computer using this software called "Adobe Flash", (I Like both "DigiCel FlipBook" and "Toon Boom" as alternatives to "Adobe Flash"!) I Did start with the storyboard sketches circa Autumn 2014 as my chance to revive my shelved concept of "Mike and Michelle's Perfect Date" which was "shelved" until further notice but, this time, the shelved project is now turned into a student cartoon entitled "One Crazy Date to Roller Skate!" for Animator's Sake!
The Supplies I Needed for The Making of "One Crazy Date to Roller Skate!" are -- 12 RED Prismacolor "Col-Erase" Pencils for the ruffs, 12 Palomino "Blackwing 602" Pencils ("Half the Pressure, Twice the Speed") and 12 Dixon "Ticonderoga" Pencils to tie down the drawings, (Or more Ticonderoga Pencils?) A Battery-Operated Pencil Sharpener, Tons of 12-Field ACME-Punched Animation Paper from Light Foot, A Box of Superfine PaperMate Flair Felt-Tip Pens for the clean-up drawings, "Adobe Photoshop" software, "Adobe Flash" software and MORE YET TO COME!!!    I Sure Felt Sorry for Phineas and Ferb that their Emmy Award-winning Disney TV Cartoon Series are planned to be cancelled after three last episodes starting with "Act Your Age" to make room for newer Disney TV cartoons such as "Penn Zero Part-Time Hero", "Star vs. The Forces of Evil" and others including Disney XD's "Future Worm" and Disney Junior's "The Lion Guard" but, lucky for Phineas and Ferb, I Think they're coming up with a DVD Boxed Set of All 4 Seasons like when Disney Afternoon Fans wrote a petition to have Disney release "Kim Possible - The Complete 3rd and 4th Seasons" on DVD Boxed Set, this time, in Widescreen as originally showcased on 16x9 Widescreen TV Monitors.  Well, Some Student from Concord Schools named Jesse did "perfectly wonderful" on the digital background painting (see picture below to your right) and, yes, Jesse will also be the head of digital in-betweening and animation coloring using "Flash" software.

An Example of a Digital Background Painting of
the "South BancyVille Roller Rink and Arcade Center"
Entrance as digitally colorized by Jesse
(Notice the "accidental mistake" on the face and inner ears of
South BancyVille Roller Rink and Arcade Center's mascot
Pascal the Pastel Green Mouse!)

Even Though I'm planning the upcoming Bancy Studio renovation and that 8-minute hand-drawn animated BancySCOPIX 3D cartoon, I'll make sure that "One Crazy Date to Roller Skate!" will be in production by the time Jesse graduates from Concord Schools on May 2015 and, that way, the post-production work will be entered after a lot of animating, scanning, in-betweening, coloring and lip-synching!

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Yours Sincerely,
MICHAEL A. IGAFO-TE'O

P.S., IF Any Comments About Part Two on My Traditional Animation Training Days, Please Let Me Hear from You!