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Rubber-hose retro

Bouncy 1930s black-and-white cartoons. Great for comedy, history and music channels.

Black-and-white 1930s cartoon: bendy noodle limbs, white gloves, pie-cut eyes and a flickering film-grain finish.

Start with the character

The storyboard

Go in order: the character sheet becomes a Cast reference, the scene becomes the first frame of the animation, and any frame can become the thumbnail.

  1. Step 1: Character

    Change the sentence that starts 'The character:'.

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  2. Step 2: Scene

    Change the first sentence to your own scene. The rest is the style.

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  3. Step 3: Animate

    Describe the movement in the first sentence. Keep the rest.

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  4. IT WENTWRONG

    Step 4: Thumbnail

    Change the character and the words in quotes. Keep the headline to 2–4 words.

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