Okay, I'll start this off saying that this character and the story behind him is almost nostalgic to me; it's reminiscent of a family movie that I'd watch when I was a little kid, and that's a compliment from me! Such simple concepts, like the rivalry between cats and mice, as well as the common stereotypes that they are given in media have such a great potential for stories, and you have used it extremely well! Even simple dynamics between characters, like Mousely and Giles, a 'brain and brawns'-type dynamic hits that hunger for nostalgia that I have ^.^
I'll take this moment to say that I also really like how your characters have more 'obscure' occupations, at least compared to what's more common on Toyhouse. I always see stuff like assassins, doctors, fantasy roles, businessmen etc., but with you I see so many other roles that no one really touches upon, like Agnes being a cat lady, Billy being a drummer boy, and the Werewolf Lifeguard! Keep up the good work :D
This story was inspired by a prompt from a storyboarding discord that I'm on: "A mouse caught in a trap" (Not literally but metaphorically) I decided to play around with that theme and have the cat caught in the trap with the mouse serving the "cat" role. I've noticed that in popular media, whoever the hero is always serves a "prey" role, whether it's a mouse or a cat. This was my attempt to have the predator as the protagonist with a prey member as the antagonist.
For Giles and Mousely's relationship, the primary dynamic I wanted to create was "book smarts vs. street smarts", though brains vs. brawn works as well. Archbishop Mousely is educated and able to come up with wild and imaginative schemes, but can't implement them practically in the real world (as one can see in the accompanying storyboard which allows Thomas the Cat to escape) That's why he needs Giles to stick around, though he doesn't want to admit it. Giles is very practical minded and can actually get things done. So they both need each other for their plans to work.
And I love obscure occupations, glad you noticed! And obscure time periods as well. Lots of great stories can come out of the most mundane seeming lifestyles. I think I need to work on their designs a bit, as some of them are starting to look way too similar lol. Thanks for the feedback!
Okay, I'll start this off saying that this character and the story behind him is almost nostalgic to me; it's reminiscent of a family movie that I'd watch when I was a little kid, and that's a compliment from me! Such simple concepts, like the rivalry between cats and mice, as well as the common stereotypes that they are given in media have such a great potential for stories, and you have used it extremely well! Even simple dynamics between characters, like Mousely and Giles, a 'brain and brawns'-type dynamic hits that hunger for nostalgia that I have ^.^
I'll take this moment to say that I also really like how your characters have more 'obscure' occupations, at least compared to what's more common on Toyhouse. I always see stuff like assassins, doctors, fantasy roles, businessmen etc., but with you I see so many other roles that no one really touches upon, like Agnes being a cat lady, Billy being a drummer boy, and the Werewolf Lifeguard! Keep up the good work :D
3 years, 23 days ago
This story was inspired by a prompt from a storyboarding discord that I'm on: "A mouse caught in a trap" (Not literally but metaphorically) I decided to play around with that theme and have the cat caught in the trap with the mouse serving the "cat" role. I've noticed that in popular media, whoever the hero is always serves a "prey" role, whether it's a mouse or a cat. This was my attempt to have the predator as the protagonist with a prey member as the antagonist.
For Giles and Mousely's relationship, the primary dynamic I wanted to create was "book smarts vs. street smarts", though brains vs. brawn works as well. Archbishop Mousely is educated and able to come up with wild and imaginative schemes, but can't implement them practically in the real world (as one can see in the accompanying storyboard which allows Thomas the Cat to escape) That's why he needs Giles to stick around, though he doesn't want to admit it. Giles is very practical minded and can actually get things done. So they both need each other for their plans to work.
And I love obscure occupations, glad you noticed! And obscure time periods as well. Lots of great stories can come out of the most mundane seeming lifestyles. I think I need to work on their designs a bit, as some of them are starting to look way too similar lol. Thanks for the feedback!
3 years, 23 days ago