#clown mouse

[bethdehart]

Zippy Lou

A funny clown mouse who uses fun/funnies/funself pronouns. Fun lives and works at a circus and is mute. I got fun from missylibra.

[ID: A sketch of a light gray-brown anthropomorphic mouse. Fun has a darker red-brown shoulders, neck, and head, though funnies face is painted white with clown make up. Funnies wearing a blue top and a short black skirt with red and blue stars on it. Funnies hair is long and straight, and is half orange half red. Fun is standing and smiling as if posing for the camera, while holding up both of funnies hands in peace signs.]

#character art #furry #furry art #furry fandom #furry anthropomorphic #furry mouse #furry anthro #cute #mouse #mice #mousegirl #mouse girl Monday #mousegirl monday #uwu #clown #clown mouse #beth dehart #my art

[m0use-brained]

Make em Laugh!

because a clown is all i’ll ever be!

#mouse #mouseblr #mouse art #ash art #ash draws #digital art #artist of tumblr #clown #clown art #clown mouse

[starbunnypop]

Toot toot! 🥳

#mouse #clown #clown mouse #cute #clowncore #teadraws

[neonarboretumart]

🎄🌟Boxing Day: Christmas Tree🌟🎄

🎉🥳WE MADE IT🥳🎉

25 days of fully coloured, traditionally drawn original designs! This was meant to be yesterday’s piece, but I spent most of Christmas Day sleeping, so it couldn’t be helped! I’m so proud that I’ve completed this challenge… and I’m looking forward to moving onto new things now 😅

Thank you to the couple of you that stuck with me through this!!! I hope your festive season/December was as good as it could be!

[Image ID: The first image shows a warmly coloured illustration in alcohol marker, of the very top of a pointy pine tree. Two little characters, a tiny clown and a mouse dressed as a clown, are placing a yellow star at the top of the tree. The mouse is gently steadying the clowns leg with one paw. The star gleams and sparkles.

The second image shows a closeup of the mouse. Their pointed hat has a pom-pom on the top of it, and they have white whiskers.

The third image shows a closeup of the tiny clown. They’re holding onto the star and looking down over their shoulder. The satin of their outfit reflects the shine of the star. End ID]

#illustration #spoonie artist #childrens illustration #cottagecore aesthetic #fantasy art #advent challenge #christmas star #christmas tree #clown mouse #clown #clowncore #mouse #boxing day #advent calendar #art from the neon arboretum

[rottenrodent0]

clown mouse

#clown #clown mouse #mouse art #mouse #art #digital art #artist of tumblr #ash art #drawing #artists on tumblr #ash draws #oc #mousebrained art

[enlightenedrobot]

Other Characters you can legally use for your Mickey Mouse project

Mickey Mouse is in the public domain, as is Minnie Mouse and Peg-leg Pete. There's some caveats to that, and I talk about that more in this other post, but for now, let's talk about other characters who you can also use to fill out the cast.

These characters should all be in the public domain, though some characters still have treademarks. I'll get into how to use them safely as we go. Anyways, let's start.

Other Disney Characters

Disney obvciously doesn't advertise this, but there's actually quite a few Disney originals who've actually been in the public domain for a while.

The Mad Doctor never had it's copyright renewed, and so it's very technically the first Mickey Mouse cartoon to enter the public domain. Keep in mind, the version of Pluto featured in the short isn't in the domain just yet, but the Doctor himself is free to use.

What's funny is that Disney would later use a version of Doctor for Epic Mickey. Obviously don't use that version of the character.

Aside from the Mad Doctor, we also have Oswald and Ortensia

Yeah, as it turns out, Oswald's been in the public domain for quite a while, but he's still trademarked by Disney. Easy recommendation... use the original "fat" design of the character and have him go by Lucky.

But before Oswald, we have the Alice Comedies

Everything about the Alice Comedies is Public Domain for a long time, and the Disney corporation very rarely acknowlege these characters existence. Which is a shame because These shorts were some of the first shorts Walt ever produced, and they have the unique gimmick of featuring a live action girl in an animated world.

Everybody already knows about Oswald, but nobody talks about Oswald and Mickey's older brother from these shorts, Julius the Cat

Like... yeah no, it didn't all start with a mouse. Or a rabbit. It started with a cat.

Foxy and Milton Mouse

Both Foxy (top) and Milton (bottom, pictured with his girlfriend Rita Mouse) were characters created by Warner Brothers and Van Beuren respectively to cash in on Mickey's success, and both characters are also in the public domain.

In fact, all Van Beuren cartoons are apparently in the public domain, and I encourage you to find their cartoons and use them as you please.

Fleischer Characters

Betty Boop is probably in the Public Domain, but there's a few caveats with this. From what I can tell, the name Betty Boop is trademarked, but the character herself isn't. Most of the old Betty Cartoons are free to use, but newer incarnations, including the versions used in 1985's The Romance of Betty Boop and 1989's The Betty Boop Movie Mystery are still very much under copyright.

To avoid any legal trouble, I have two big recommendations. Although everybody remembers Betty as having Black hair, in one of the few early instances of Betty being shown in color, she's actually depicted as Redhead.

This is Betty Boop in 1934's Poor Cinderella, and her hair color is pretty clearly red.

The other option is to just make her black.

Though there's been some debate as to whether Betty Boop was intentionally modeled after Esther Lee Jones or not, there's still no denying the influence of Jazz on the character. Betty Boop is a Jazz singer and is often depicted dancing to Cab Calloway. Hell, the Betty Boop musical features Jasmine Amy Rogers as the titular character.

Betty Boop aside, there's an entire world of defunct Betty Boop characters who are definately public domain, including Bimbo and Koko the Clown.

Next year, Popeye's also gonna enter the Domain. So keep an eye out for him too.

Anyways, these are my picks, but obviously this list isn't meant to be comprehensive. There's a ton of old cartoon characters out there who can be freely reinterpreted into newer works. Feel free to add your own favorite public domain cartoon to the list.

#Mickey Mouse #Public Domain #Betty Boop #Koko the Clown #Foxy #Milton Mouse #The Mad Doctor #Oswald the Lucky Rabbit #Alice Comedies #Disney #Walt Disney #Max Fleischer #Warner Brothers. #Cartoons #Animation #Editorial

[kevinarsenault]

My next group of OCs by the next 10 years

#mickey mouse #donald duck #looney tunes #betty boop #snow white #popeye #krazy kat #oswald the lucky rabbit #koko the clown #bugs bunny #daffy duck #public domain

[cheeseychainsaws]

CLOWN MOUSE CLOWN MOUSE

Adding the mouse girl Monday tag because I'm busy Monday!!

#artists on tumblr #furry art #furry fandom #mouse #digital art #anthromorphic #furry #oc art #mice #clown fursona #clowncore #clown girl #mousegirl monday

[littleguymart]

(source)

#toycore #kidcore #plush #clown #clowncore #fr #french plushies are my secret weapon #when i cant find the right color scheme #i have an intricate and ineffable way that i must balance the order i post the guys in so they appear in the archive #but for some reason in france they have stellar clown baby toys that usually hit the sweet spot #also they have really good mouse plushes? #paid link

[ratthivolt]

mimic,

helpi sketch under read more because its been living rent free in my head

#fnaf #fnaf ruin #ruin spoilers #fnaf spoilers #fnaf mimic #helpi #fnaf helpi #ruin dlc #the mimic #top ten posts that make me want to buy a new cable for my drawing tablet instead of just using my mouse like a clown within a car of nothin

[senpa10]

I'm very sillx and very tired RatMouse-

And also imma clown HEHEEEEEE

#clowncore #clown #silly me hehe #art #my art #cute #silly #funny #:3 #artists on tumblr #my ocs #i woke up like this #mouse rat #rat mouse #rat #mouse #sleepy

[ghosts-cyphera]

#that’s it. that’s the tweet lol. I just needed to have this on my blog because pLEASE #I like to think I look as cute as clown mouse rn #but I think today I was rocking full on helena bonham carter vibes instead. which is a vibe too but not exactly silly clown mouse #helena on the outside silly clown mouse on the inside #inside me are two wolves 🫶🏻 #lo talks

[smol-pip]

My sona! A tiny lil clown mouse, her name is Pip

#my art #fursona #G/t #furry #mouse #clown #digital art #character design

[nonamewth]

«I know the guardians can make me a toon again, \ I played Mickey and Oswald for fools!»

I make it clear for everyone: I DON'T like Epic Mickey 2 (you CAN hate me for this, I DON'T care), but I find these costumes pretty funny :)

original:

#mickey mouse #epic mickey #oswald the lucky rabbit #clown #YES I'M GENIUS

[neonarboretumart]

🎄🔥December 5th: Fireplace🔥🎄

Ngl, kind of sad yesterday’s piece flopped so much on Instagram, I try not to focus on likes too much but it was going so well for the first three days 😭

And I don’t even have tomorrow’s scanned in ready yet. Yikes. Oh well, here’s day five! Anyone got their decs up yet?

[Image ID: The first image shows a very warm, cozy drawing coloured with markers. It depicts Balthazar, a little gnomish person with bushy hair, beside a big red brick fireplace. He’s clearly been decorating, as there are bits of tinsel stuck in his hair. There’s a fire lit inside the fireplace. Balthazar is busy decorating the mantelpiece, gently pushing a big snow globe into place. A thick evergreen garland full of red baubles and pinecones is draped over the fireplace, hanging down on either side, and there’s a wreath with a red ribbon hung on the chimney breast. Down on the hearth, a little mouse dressed as a clown is warming its feet.

The second image is focussed in on Balthazar. He’s wearing a fuzzy orange sweater and brown trousers.

The third image focusses in on the very small mouse clown: it’s not very detailed, because it’s tiny. ID end]

#illustration #cottagecore #childrens illustration #cottagecore aesthetic #fantasy art #christmas decor #christmas card #fireplace #cozy #christmas scene #grandmacore #storybookillustration #clown mouse #tiny clown #art from the neon arboretum

[tymime]

Public Domain cartoon characters from the Golden Age of Animation (and beyond)

Revised and expanded version of this post: https://tymime.tumblr.com/post/648495121557585920/instead-of-whining-about-mickey-mouse-not-falling

While Mickey entering the public domain is exciting and all, I do think a lot of people are overlooking the many other animated characters that are available to use in their creative works. This list isn't entirely exhaustive, but it does highlight some of the most interesting and/or appealing characters, as well as ones that have the potential to be so.

Koko the Clown

One of the oldest cartoon stars from the Fleischer studio, almost all of Koko's silent-era cartoons are PD, and have been for quite some time. A handful of his appearances alongside Betty Boop are also PD.

Oswald the Lucky Rabbit

Oswald's PD status has been greatly overshadowed by his fellow Disney star Mickey, but I believe that he deserves more recognition. All of the shorts produced by the Disney studio are PD as of this year, and let's face it, those are the only ones most people care about. Pegleg Pete's bear design is also PD.

Keep in mind that the blue shorts that Oswald wears in Epic Mickey and elsewhere are likely copyrighted, so I recommend steering clear of that.

I'm also not entirely sure you can use the name "Ortensia" for his cat girlfriend, since that name first appeared in Epic Mickey also. She was called "Kitty" back in the day, among other things.

All of Van Beuren Studio's cartoons

The Van Beuren Studio was active during the rubberhose era, and their cartoons, especially the earlier ones, are like a cruder, possibly even more bizarre cousin to Fleischer and Disney. They went bust in the late 1930s, and no one renewed the copyright later on, so the entirety of their output is PD.

Their most notable characters include Tom and Jerry, a pair of average Joes who always get into strange adventures. They shouldn't be confused with MGM's Tom and Jerry, and in fact they were called Dick and Larry when their shorts were rereleased for the home-movie market in the 1940s.

Also notable is Waffles and Don, who are basically just animal versions of Tom and Jerry. You might consider these two as a better alternative, just to avoid confusion.

There's also Cubby Bear, a pretty blatant Mickey Mouse clone, but unique enough that I don't think anybody’s going to confuse the two nowadays.

In the previous post, I mentioned a rumor that Disney threatened legal action over the character, but I can't find the source for that now. I may have been thinking of Milton Mouse, who was so extremely similar to Mickey that they actually did sue the studo for copyright infringement. So maybe don't try selling any Milton merchandise...

Finally, there's Molly Moo-Cow, who appeared in several Rainbow Parade cartoons in the mid-to-late 1930s. Molly is arguably not the most interesting character, but I have a fondness for her since we grew up with one of her shorts on a VHS tape.

Toby the Pup

Another very obscure character, about half of his cartoons are lost media. The little that does survive is hard to find online, but I think his design has appeal.

Dr. XXX

Disney's The Mad Doctor was never renewed for reasons unknown, though some speculate that the studio thought that the cartoon was too scary and decided to let it go. Fortunately for us, that means that this iconic character is now in the people's hands.

Goopy Geer

Goopy appeared in the three Merrie Melodies cartoons alongside his unnamed girlfriend. Despite his name and appearance being similar to Disney's Goofy, he actually made his debut about a month before (Goofy was named Dippy Dawg at the time anyway, so it was undoubtedly a coincidence).

Claude Hopper

Claude appeared in a single Looney Tunes cartoon in 1943 called Hop and Go, alongside a pair of Scottish rabbits who antagonize him. The cartoon ends with a very unfortunate depiction of Tokyo being blown up (World War II was still going on at the time), so it's no surprise that Warner Bros. decided not to renew this one. Despite that, he has a very appealing design (imo), so I think he has potential. (Also, he's voiced by Pinto Colvig, the original voice of Goofy!)

Private Snafu and Mr. Hook

Snafu and Hook were created for the US government, so according to the law are automatically public domain. The shorts were made to be shown to members of the US army and navy respectively, in order to teach them valuable lessons for fighting in WWII, but are nevertheless hilarious cartoons- animated by the Looney Tunes team with scripts by Ted Geisel- aka Dr. Seuss!

The Dover Boys

Also of note are the ComiColor cartoons from the Iwerks studio, Rainbow Parade from Van Beuren, and most of the Color Classics by Fleischer. These don't have any especially memorable characters in them, but I thought I ought to mention them.

Yes, Tom, Dick and Larry, Dora Standpipe and the villainous Dan Backslide are all public domain. A bunch of YouTube Poops were created after this fact was discovered by the internet a few years ago.

How Warner Bros. could ever let this one get away I'll never know. Their loss is our gain, I suppose.

Caveats and other concerns

Krazy Kat

Felix the Cat

All of the strips up to 1928 are definitely fair game. According to the Public Domain Superheroes wiki however, the entirety of the strip's run is PD. I'm not sure if it that's true, but the Fantagraphics collections don't credit any newspaper syndicate, so it seems likely. (Apparently the copyright status of newspaper comics are a whole can of worms on its own...)

At any rate, the strip's cast was pretty well set in stone by 1928, so it shouldn't be much of a problem. A large number of animated shorts starring Krazy are also PD, but those were pretty much in name only.

Flip the Frog

Felix was pretty much the first cartoon superstar, and almost all of his Golden Age appearances are PD now. Keep in mind that this does not include elements from the 1950s cartoon like his magic bag, or from The Twisted Tales of Felix, as amazing as that series is.

The character's name and appeance are still trademarked by NBC Universal however, so you might be able to use him in a minor role, but not much else.

I'm uncertain about this one. According to most sources Flip is PD, but according to the Thunderbean Blu-ray collection he's copyrighted by the Film Preservation Archives, whatever that means. Additionally, Flip himself is supposedly trademarked by Leslie Iwerks, Ub Iwerks’ granddaughter, though no one seems to be able to confirm that. I don't know how the trademark hasn't lapsed yet, considering that Flip hasn't appeared on any official merchandise or anything in decades.

Bosko and Honey

I believe there's nothing stopping anyone from using Bosko's classic design (later appearances at MGM and in Tiny Toons are still copyrighted), but the character himself is a bit problematic, considering that it's all but stated outright that he's a blackface caricature. Use with caution.

Foxy and Roxy

Noveltoons

Like Goopy Geer, Foxy appeared in three Merrie Melodies cartoons. Roxy's name originates from an episode of Tiny Toon Adventures however, so keep that in mind. Though I'm not sure what else you would call her (or if Warner Bros. would even care). Supposedly her original name was "Fluffy", but I can't find a source for this.

Like Bosko and Honey, later appearances in Tiny Toons are still copyrighted.

Noveltoons was a series produced by Famous Studios, the successor to the Fleischer studio. The characters include Baby Huey, Herman the mouse, Blackie the sheep, Little Audrey, and of course, Casper the Friendly Ghost. Only a small handful of the shorts are PD though, and Casper is trademarked, so one's options are limited.

Ginger Nutt (and rest of the Animaland cast)

Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (1964)

This one I'm not entirely sure about either, but Ginger Nutt's Christmas Circus has long been a staple of grey-market tapes and DVDs, so I'm just going to assume all of the Animaland cartoons are also PD. Considering that the series wasn't very sucessful, and is very obscure nowadays, it seems pretty likely.

If anyone has any insight on this, let me know.

Calvin and the Colonel

Now here's an interesting case. An all-time classic Christmas special, and yet large parts of it are PD because they accidentally put the wrong date on the copyright notice. Instead of the Roman numerals MCMLXIV (1964), it reads MCLXIV (1164), and according to the law at the time, that meant that the film immediately went into public domain.

Of course, Rudolph himself is still copyrighted, and will be until 2035 when the original book falls into the public domain. Even then he's likely to still be trademarked. Not to mention the songs featured in the '64 film will be copyrighted for a long time afterward.

Still, this means that anyone is free to use all the other characters, including Hermey, Yukon Cornelius, King Moonracer, Clarice, and all the Misfit Toys. It's a wonder no one seems to have taken advantage of this. And of course Santa and his reindeer have been PD for ages, especially Santa since he comes from folklore- and you can't copyright folklore.

This cartoon is based on and stars a lot of the same voice cast as the old-time radio show Amos and Andy, which, while not overtly racist, featured white actors pretending to be black. The cartoon obviously has animals instead, but still, tread carefully. Someone is bound to point out the characters' history.

Hoppity Hooper

Another one I'm not sure about. The Public Domain Superheroes wiki has characters from this show among its articles, but I wasn't able to confirm if it really was PD. It was created by Jay Ward, the same studio who made Rocky & Bullwinkle and George of the Jungle, but was also a huge flop for some reason, so that may be the reason why they let the copyright expire. Again, I'm not sure, but no one seems to care that the entire series is on YouTube, so who knows?

...Well, there you have it. Lots of obscure and forgotten toons waiting to be rediscovered and reused! If anyone has any more info or corrections, leave me a comment. I'd love some clarification on some of these.

#public domain #mickey mouse #steamboat willie #oswald the lucky rabbit #koko the clown #van beuren #fleischer #disney #the mad doctor #looney tunes #merrie melodies #private snafu #the dover boys #krazy kat #felix the cat #rudolph the red nosed reindeer #rankin-bass #jay ward #toon #cartoon #animation #racism #tw racism