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boneshine · 10 months

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Brush my hair

Read my lines

It’s time to go

Wear my suit

Put the make up on

Put on a show

Up, up, up, to the Heaviside layer

Up, up, up, I'm going straight up

Take my lunch Lose my lunch It's a shaky start

I'm old Deut

Now he's old Deut

I've lost the part

Down, down, down, to the center of the Earth

Down, down, down, I'm going straight down

#Bigtop Burger #Big Top Burger #clown #clowns #Worthikids #Bigtop Burger spoilers #spoilers #Big Top Burger spoilers #Steve #Steve the Clown #Cats #Cats: The Musical #animation #you know that feeling when you mess up a vital planetary theater role and you're exiled from your home planet for over 600+ million years #Old Deuteronomy

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cillyscribbles · 2 months

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old deuteronomy has learned that human fathers are oftentimes "out for milk". unwilling to shirk this duty, he too sets out for the closest catvenience store to make sure none of his 467 children are left milkless.

#cats the musical #cats 1998 #jellicle cats #old deuteronomy #my art stuff #idk who those two in the back are hahah i didnt aim for any particulars so. pick your poison

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korybing · 10 months

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I just realized I never posted the CATS zine I made back in 2020! I've had the CATS brainrot since like uhhhhhhh 1998? I know all the deep CATS lore.

#cats #cats 2019 #cats 1998 #mistoffelees #munkustrap #rum tum tugger #rumpleteazer #mungojerrie #bombalurina #demeter #old deuteronomy #skimbleshanks #fanart #broadway musicals

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awliette · 1 month

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Pile o’ Jellicles

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toki-toro · 2 months

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|| Part 1/5!

Gave myself the project/challenge of drawing just about every character from this silly musical :o)

Ramblings about each cat design and a brisk sprinkle of hcs below the cut off 👇

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I say ‘just about everyone’ bc I didn’t include every single swing in the cats I have planned out. But there’s already like over 40 separate characters to draw and I included the Raffish crew in the list cause I rlly enjoy them. So I think that all makes up for the lack of unnamed male swing #2 that was featured in Broadway one time and had no pictures taken of him at any point.

These first eight took me like a month to finish. I’m hoping that none of the other parts will take me nearly that long but um :) no promises that I won’t completely drop this entire idea once I’ve realized it’s dumb

Whenever I draw a cat I pretty much always combine a bunch of aspects from different productions that I personally like. Nothing drastically different from what’s seen in a typical replica. Basically this is a big ref sheet for me for if I ever want to draw any of them again

I've changed some of their 'three words' if they either didn't fit my personal interpretation, or if they just never had any in the first place. But I do promise none of them stray too far from their original concepts

Anywho, onto the kitties !!

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Munkustrap ~ Integrity, Discipline, Dignified

Makeup and wig very much based off of earlier 80's - 90's ish productions, such as a few actors from US tours 1 and 4. Love a good slender Munk with angular shapes;.. . .Each stripe is filled with the respective colour of fluff, so he'd naturally be very fuzzy and probably a pain to maintain

As for hcs, I only really see him being an Old Deut son, and maybe a few others…. So I’m ignoring whichever London production that said Tugger was related to them, even tho i realize that him being in the family is like one of the most popular hcs in this entire fandom lol. I personally just don’t see it but I’m NOT against it at all

Rum Tum Tugger ~ Rebellious, Perverse, Preening

Rocky Tam Tam! I went full force on Tugger since ik his original design had SO much potential to be rlly fun

He does in fact have a harness selection to choose from and he changes which one he’s wearing depending on his mood of the day

Rick Sparks and David Hibbard from Broadway, actors from US tours 1, 4, and 5, aand early 2000's Japan productions were inspirations for this big guy.

Special shout out to that 90's Mexico Tugger as well.. one of my idols 💋

Old Deuteronomy ~ Wise, Commanding, Spiritual

Deut is supposed to be trans in the 2019 adaptation and NOBODY told me. I was so mindblowned by that information.. yes Judi Dench… thank you Judi Dench ily.. .

Um I think this is literally just Ken Page from when he was on Broadway. His pigtails(??) are cute :) Do not zoom into his drawing he looks like a literal carpet

Victoria ~ Inquisitive, Romantic, Un- selfconcious

I think she’d be semi blind and very shy when it comes to verbally speaking. Thats just the kind of vibe I get whenever she mistakenly makes herself the centre of attention during the musical, like her entire solo, the pas de deux, and a few other notable parts. Isn’t rlly able to see the audience nor the people watching her do whatever. She can hear the music just fine and can recognize the vague blurs of those around her, altho she is never certain about how the others around her are dancing nor when it’s the appropriate time to just do whatever. So she does whatever the music is persuading her to do at any given moment.

Vicky’s supposed to be a complimentary opposite of Jemima, so she’s brilliant at dancing but not much of a singer (doesn’t sing in the ensemble), and Jemima is vice versa.

I gave her 80’s(?) Paris/Amsterdam inspired pigtails. .. they’re so adorable on her <3 Makeup is kinda early broadway-ish and a sprinkle of Warsaw with the long under lashes.

Bustopher Jones ~ Foppish, Gluttonous, Dapper

Bestie shows up for 5 minutes max, sings about how he love a good luncheon and then runs off into the night, never to be mentioned by anyone again. Banger character

His is pretty basic tbh! Even in some of the non replica productions his design stayed relatively the same compared to replicas lol. No improving upon perfection ig. Based mostly on Tony Timberlake fromm early London. Bustopher is underrated but I can understand why because what’s there to even say about this guy

I LOVE it when they give Bustopher face lines and detailing. Gives him so much personality. So posh so fun. Yet that aspect only adds to how many old people I end up drawing. If I draw one more wrinkle I’m going to turn into one

Jennyanydots ~ Motherly, Controlling, Complacent

Grgrgr Jenny gave me the most trouble out of anyone… . And I love Jenny sm </3

I initially tried drawing her in the outfit she wears during the tap number as per request, but it was HARD for me to make it look any good. I think I went through maybe four separate drafts until I managed to stop myself before I went insane. So no tap.

Super duper inspired by specific actresses in Broadway, such as Carol Dilley & Anna McNeely. Guys she was pink then. Look at what they took from us. And Anna looks exactly like a Jenny rn without all that theatre makeup. She was literally born for the role idk what else you want me to say

Skimbleshanks! ~ Caring, Punctual, Self-Regarding

YAYY I was the most excited for him. Little train obsessed lad dad ❤️

I think in like once year at a UK tour Geof Garratt wore thigh high warmers and they’re so good grgrgrgaheggr. I don’t think there’s any pictures of it but there is a video of which you’re required to watch. I could unironically gush about his performance for several hours, he’s my absolute favourite Skimble 💋💋 Oh and he’s not dubbed by some Scottish dude this time around which is awesome sauce

Whenever I draw this ginger I typically go with a specific makeup look from Robert Burnett in Broadway.. it’s so good and so fun to draw. I never stray from taking creative liberties at all, but he’s peak Skimble imo. I drew a more angular (and lopsided oops lol) version of the wig but it’s basically the same colour-wise.

Grizabella ~ Proud, Hurt, Indomitable

A big sobbing mess :( Griz makes me sad. Couldn’t make grey or brown hair look good in this case so I went with some of the darker looks like Linda Balgord/Liz Callaway from Broadway and actresses from US tour 5. Kinda wish I went with the design Judi Dench was given cuz WOW it’s actually pretty good.

Problem I had with my first draft of her is that she looked way too ugly. Now this time she looks too pretty. I can’t win

Referenced Jacqui Scott for the main idea of the makeup and pose. heavy amounts of mascara tears stained on her face is such an underused element. Those girlies gotta go all out to make me feel emotional. Like damn she really was suffering

I went wild on that mascara but it’s okay it looks kinda cool. Imagine she was crying a waterfall

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Next part will finish off the rest of the song cats liekk Rumpel/Mungo, Jelly and whoever else isn’t included here idk I already forgot

#cats #cats musical #cats the musical #my hcs #doodles #munkustrap #rum tum tugger #old deuteronomy #victoria #bustopher jones #jennyanydots #skimbleshanks #grizabella

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ottosbigtop · 2 months

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Been writing my senior project about the evolution of Cats and it reminded me that I love this silly musical so much… but I’ve never drawn them b4. Changing this NEOW.

#art :0]#cats the musical #munkustrap #rum tum tugger #old deuteronomy #Munkustrap and rumtum tugger r like. Vaguely revamped designs.#I like to give them a little bit of a diff flair.#but I legally don’t feel like I can change old deut from his official recording likeness I adore it too much.

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mysticalcats · 3 months

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Hi !!! As for requests, how about a Tugger or an Old Deut ? :)

hehe old man !!

#my art #cats the musical #cats musical #cats 1998 #old deuteronomy #jellicle cats #ask

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thorinsbeard · 10 months

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A movie for every year since I was born: Cats (1998)

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dykebarbie · 6 months

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mr. mistoffelees on his way to go save old deuteronomy

#old deuteronomy #mr. mistoffelees #epic cats 1998 moment #cats 1998 #cats the musical #a sydney original

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les-gnossiennes-fantomatiques · 7 months

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Get in loser, we’re going to the Heaviside Layer

#cats #broadway #andrew lloyd webber #cats the musical #old deuteronomy #mr mistoffelees #shitposts

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miles-crow · 17 days

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Drew my favorite Cats cats today to cheer myself up :3

#cats #cats musical #rum tum tugger #I hope the world knows how much I love Tugger #victoria #skimbleshanks #yep it's that one 'disappointed man in stadium' meme #someone destroyed his train or smth #old deuteronomy #mr mistoffelees #munkustrap #alonzo #cats the musical

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the-cat-at-the-theatre-door · 1 month

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Old Deuteronomy being endlessly patient means a lot to me, but particularly his patience with humans.

He'll sit for a solid hour listening to the priests talking to him, and while he does not quite understand the problems of humans, he takes their communion seriously regardless. The nuns have pet names for him that range from dignified to amusing, and he answers and blinks, pleased and friendly, at every one. He allows children to grab at his fur and tail and pet him a little too hard, even as their guardians warn them to treat him with more respect, and rewards them with licks to the hand when they listen and change accordingly. He knows the parishioners by name and scent, and knows which ones to give a wide berth to, and which will treat him with dignity - some of them he has even watched grow up. He sits with widows and widowers who are mourning, and the glint in that old cat's eyes suggest a level of understanding that seems improbable - silly even seeking understanding in a cat - but it's there.

Deuteronomy is so revered and respected by the humans in the area, considering how they speak of him in the poem (or at least how Munkustrap *says* they do), and I just feel like the reverence is deserved.

#CATS Musical #Old Deuteronomy #my headcanons #listen i just had a wave of hey did i mention...i love old deuteronomy #and when he's portrayed poorly in fandom i get kinda sad!! i get very sad!!

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emimii · 2 months

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deuteronomy family