#Bustopher Jones

[eye-may]

Never-before-published model sheets for canned Amblin Cats movie 🐈‍⬛✏️👁️

Hi all. As promised, I am sharing a comprehensive .PDF of model sheets that were created for the Amblimation Cats movie that never saw the light of day. Most of these model sheets have not been published or posted anywhere on the internet as far as I'm aware. I'm going to get ahead of some questions for the good of the order:

Are these real? I certainly didn't sit and create all 117 pages myself for the sake of an elaborate hoax!

How did you get these? I work in the animation industry. A senior coworker caught wind of my cats obsession and said he had the Xeroxes and asked if I wanted him to bring them in. Internally, I flipped my shit. And then I digitized his hard copies.

How did your coworker get these? They were found in the library of the university he used to go to. (Not super unusual at an arts school in southern California.) He made photo copies back then and has been holding onto them. The thing is he knows nothing about CATS; isn't a CATS fan, never seen it, etc. I guess he just felt it was something worth holding on to!

Can you upload better quality? Unfortunately what you're seeing as good as the quality gets. These are scans of photocopies from the 90s. There is nothing to be done for the crunchiness.

What about (missing characters)? I'm showing you everything I was personally given!

Which character is (nondescript drawing of a cat)? If the image isn't labeled, your guess is as good as mine! I put all the misc./unlabeled cats in the back of the PDF. The only exceptions are ones that I felt were abundantly obviously supposed to be a specific character.

Who are the artists? Unfortunately, there's no way I can tell for sure. None of the sheets are signed. I wouldn't even go about guessing because many concept artists can perfectly emulate more "well known" illustrators whose styles were sought after. My coworker said he might be able to figure out who the draftsmen were; until then it's a mystery! If I find out, I will come back to this post and update it with that information.

Are these all the model sheets ever? No! In fact, there are model sheets that have been posted online that are not in the bundle I was given. I have no idea of the sum total of model sheets in existence.

Where's the link?! Here it is! Have fun kitties!

[rustyorangee]

Cats!

[thedrawingduke]

I realized I never posted these here on tumblr! 2020 did unspeakable things to my mind and body…I staggered away from lockdown with a whole pitch of how I would make an animated Cats adaptation. I got the whole thing up here *taps skull*—it would be Very Good. I can’t think about it too much lest I awaken my sleeping obsession…still want to finish Old Deut and Macavity one of these days.

Fun fact: The term "Jellicle Cat" is actually the cats’ mishearing of the term "Dear Little Cat" (this gives me much joy)

@thedrawingduke on Instagram

[astroanthesis]

hi Cats fans i saw a meme months ago and thought of bustopher, saw someone else make the connection, but i don't think anyone got around to redrawing it so i gave it a shot

original under the cut

[bearloonz]

Kitties. Cats.

[whereareyounoworpheus]

People tend to give a lot of importance to their astrological sign, but we all know that what really matters is WHICH ONE of the Jellicle Cats you identify with the most 😌

[mrjester27]

I FINALLY FINISHED IT

[ratherchaseamouse]

I like this meme format

[skapediem]

fuck it unironic cats (2019) fanart

[themostimportantnight]

🌹BUSTABELLE JONES🌹

[magical-mr]

kitty cats :3

somewhat inspired by the amblimation designs, i got macavity's entire shtick from those sketches for practice but the rest were just me playing around w that sort of style

[eye-may]

CATS!! I can't stop thinking about this musical and these characters! I keep trying to figure out how Id personally translate their designs for things like animation and/or comics. plenty of these I'm not 100% satisfied with and I'm sure they'll change but here's at least my first attempt for posterity. I feel like I drew SO many cats and yet there are SO many I have YET to draw OTL

this musical is making me ill I s2g (affectionately)

[wakeupmeoff]

Bustopher jones

[white-cat-of-doom]

Rehearsals have began in Australia for the tour to open next month, and with it the performers had a chance to see the new (if 2021 counts!) costume and makeup designs by John Napier.

This marks the first time many of these have been posted to social media in any capacity.

A wall of concept Kitties.

Tantomile.

Rumpleteazer.

Bombalurina and Demeter.

Munkustrap and Grizabella.

Victoria (and some Skimbleshanks and Pom costumes).

[jellicle-junkyard]

Bustopher Jones for day 21 with a bonus Mistoffelees cause I love when Misto pulls on Bustopher’s tail

Shhhh, I’m totally not uploading this an hour after midnight…….

[weeblebird]

A pair of twins and a cat who can eat enough for both of them have joined the Jellicle tribe!

Hoping to stop by a thrift store to find a fancy spoon for Bustopher! I’m also going to need a bigger shelf soon 😅