More characters!

I've been playing around on Photoshop for a while and made some more portraits of my characters. I figured I'd at least introduce these character for new comers this time, so I'll give some details here. 

First up is Bhim and Ambika, the cobra and mongoose duo. Bhim (the mongoose) is sort of a jerk. He's extremely pugnacious and hard-headed, but easily wimps out if he winds up fighting something bigger, like a tiger or a python. Ambika (the cobra) is the opposite. She's friendly and shy. She's sort of a wildflower and has figured out that the Bhim is actually hypnotized by her beautiful dancing and singing, which she uses to her advantage in tight spots. They have a kind of frienemy-ish relationship.

I got inspiration for these two after watching Animal Planet and saw a mongoose and a cobra fight in real life. Most of the time, the mongoose is the winner of these fights but I always wondered if the cobra would ever win and how. The musical numbers are also inspired by Eartha Kitt when she was younger with the visual style of Bollywood films. The point of this series is to hopefully have people change their thoughts on snakes. In reality, most snakes are like Ambika: they don't want to fight or bite. They just want to be left in peace.

 Then we have Chilé, a chinchilla with a very fiery personality. A tad brash, Chilé will always act before thinking about it making him believe he can do anything. Even if he comes off as cocky, he's far from it. Chilé is actually very chivalrous and always willing to help even if the odds are against him. Especially for a woman. Chilé is also an amorous creature who's up to sacrificing himself for any pretty face. He happens to have one certain weakness: he also is a habitual cleaner. He'll clean anything that looks dirty with his long, bushy tail since he dislikes filth. Chilé needs to keep his fur away from water which is why he prefers to bathe in volcanic dust.
Chilé was inspired by my pet chinchilla, Kirby, and several viewings of Disney's The Three Caballeros. His outfit is based on a huacho, the Chilean equivalent of a cowboy.

More characters will come later. Keep tuned!

Fire-Alarm Chilé

After he saves his family's home from a disastrous fire, Chilé decides to join his little pueblo town's fire fighting squad. He gets the job easily with Chief Sanchez. Let's see if our favorite chinchilla can handle the heat in his first adventure!

If you noticed, Chilé now looks a little slimmer than before. Just a little redesign after drawing the character for a year.

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"A Clockwork Benny" After a long day of working the night shift, Benny's ready to enjoy a day's sleep. At the same time, an operatic songbird wakes up and wants to greet the day by singing a la Pavarotti. Despite the bird's intentions, Benny is annoyed and does whatever he can to shut the bird up so he can sleep. This cartoon won't have dialogue. Instead, the short will be driven by classical music and the bird's various opera tunes. It'll feature some music that played in the movie "A Clockwork Orange" like "The Thieving Magpie" or Beethoven's 9th Symphony. Plus we get to see a darker side of Benny. :O

Chilé

Meet Chilé, a chinchilla with a very fiery personality. Like Ralph, Chilé is very friendly. He is vey fun-loving, always has a ball no matter where he is. He has a high energy level and loves to dance and samba. Chilé also likes to run because of his metabolism, but is clumsy and constantly trips over his tail. Chilé is also a hopeless romantic who loves the senoritas very much. And believe me, they love him. His nationality is Mexican.

I got the idea for him after watching "Saludos Amigos" and "The Three Caballeros", two Disney films that involve Latin American culture.