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maverickuk · 8 months

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Cartooners is an animated cartoon creation package from EA way back in 1988.

I had very fond memories of creating various animations as a kid growing up. Me and my siblings would take turns creating silly little animations, full of our current in-jokes.

It's a very simple to learn tool which can quickly be used to create some quite engaging cartoons.

Unfortunately it also has a few minor bugs that can undermine your work, such as background scenes sometimes not changing correctly during playback.

The video above was captured on my ICL 386 PC, however I used to quite happily use the tool on my Compaq 286 growing up without any issues.

You can quite easily track this one down on abandonware sites still and it's quick and easily to play with in DosBox.

I've introduced this one to my kids who still enjoy playing about with it 35 years after it was created. Recommended!

#cartooners #ea #386 #286 #dos

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prokopetz · 2 months

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This site: What the fuck is with all these animated shows getting terrible live-action remakes? We should start remaking live action media as cartoons to balance the scales.

The monkey's paw: *curls one finger*

#tumblr #media #television #cartoons #animation #memes #swearing

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omegasmileyface · 3 months

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realizing that sticking to the "do it bad" "do it scared" mentality implies theres also a "do it bored"

#cartoon blood #guy whos on 2 adhd meds and an antidepressant trying to function any executive at all ever:

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yuri-alexseygaybitch · 6 months

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They need to invent more fake celebrities like Hatsune Miku and Gorillaz and the Muppets because it's genuinely the most sustainable way to maintain a parasocial relationship with the entertainer class.

#who needs real celebrities and their awful takes when you can have fun cartoon people

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sylvleon · 2 months

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watching atla for the first time

#lion.png #the cartoon specifically #avatar the last airbender #zuko #aang #atla

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happyroadkillart · 3 months

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based off a dumb discord conversation

#mlp #mlp fim #happyroadkill #my little pony #my litte pony friendship is magic #mlp art #artists on tumblr #cartoon #comic

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onebadnoodle · 3 months

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i've been rewatching ed edd n eddy and its got me thinking about what their unseen parents are like

#ed edd n eddy #character design #sketches #cartoon network #headcanon

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myjetpack · 8 months

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A recent cartoon for New Scientist

#cartoon #tom gauld #science

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sighcomics · 4 months

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practise disappearing

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janegumball · 1 month

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Twilight Sparkle if she was awesome

#art #illustration #cartoon #drawing #fanart #character design #oc #my little pony #mlp #unicorn #twilight sparkle

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weirdlandtv · 8 months

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FLAPPER FANNY SAYS, by American cartoonist, Ethel Hays (1892-1989).

#ethel hays #art #cartoons #flapper #flappers #roaring twenties #1920s #1930s #cartoon art #vintage #art deco

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alphahobo123 · 2 months

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The Ice maker makes fancy ice

#funny #cartoon #animation #ice maker #wizard #ice #cgi animation

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prokopetz · 1 month

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It's that time of year when Tumblr celebrates Easter by posting pictures of crucified anime characters, and inevitably somebody in the notes will pop up to helpfully explain that crucifixion imagery has no cultural significance in Japanese media because Japan is only about 1% Christian, which bugs me because it's completely wrong.

It's true that in the majority of cases, crucifixion in Japanese cartoons isn't meant to be conveying any specific theological message, but something Western audiences are likely to miss is that a large portion of those random crucifixion scenes are referencing Ultraman.

Ultraman's creator was a devout Roman Catholic who explicitly intended the titular hero to read as a Christ figure, and consequently, various Ultramen have been crucified on multiple unconnected occasions throughout the franchise's history. Crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons are often directly name-checking particular crucifixion incidents from Ultraman, right down to emulating the compositions and camera angles of specific shots. It's like an especially morbid version of the Akira slide.

The upshot is that, while it's true that the inclusion of gratuitous crucifixion scenes in Japanese cartoons typically has no (intentional) theological message, stating that they have no cultural significance is incorrect. A large chunk of the Japanese viewing audience are going to see them and immediately go "hey, that's an Ultraman reference".

Anyway, as an image tax, have a shot of four crucified Ultramen miraculously resurrecting a fifth Ultraman by shooting laser beams out of their hearts: