Chapter 756
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As Josiah used his brush to finalize the image of the cat and mouse, the white cat from the World Tree also jumped onto Josiah's table out of curiosity.
The white cat's paw stepped on the paint that Josiah had placed on the table. By the time it reached Josiah's drawing paper, colourful meaty footprints had already appeared on the table.
"Lord Holy Tree."
Taylin hurriedly hugged the white cat. It resisted slightly, but it still looked at the cartoon drawn by Josiah in Taylin's arms.
"Mr Josiah, are you drawing something similar to the white cat race?"
Taylin hugged the World Tree in her arms as she looked at the two cartoon figures that Josiah had drawn.
These two figures were too different from the cat and mouse that Taylin had seen in real life.
Compared to an animal, the blue cat and brown mouse looked more like creatures that were closer to humans.
They both had two hands and were standing upright. They also had rich facial expressions.
"These two are just ordinary house cats and mice in the cartoon world. They are called Tom and Jerry respectively. They are just slightly smarter. Hmm … very smart."
Josiah carefully recalled the Tom and Jerry cartoons that he had watched when he was young. Tom and Jerry had done almost everything in the cartoons, from going into outer space to battling with aliens to performing a symphony in a grand theater.
"Is what I have to do to make them move?"
A faint purple inscription appeared in Hiri's hands.
When she was in the purple robe's class, the purple robe had also made 'making a scene move' a test for Hiri to complete.
"This is just the character design. I'll draw the first storyboard first. Wait a moment."
Josiah searched his memory and decided to draw the first episode of Tom and Jerry, called Sweet Home.
Josiah didn't spend too much time on the first storyboard. Josiah only needed to sketch out the background and the characters.
"What is the mouse doing?"
Taylin looked at the first storyboard that Josiah had drawn. The white cat in her arms kept using its paw to touch the storyboard that Josiah had drawn.
Jerry, the rat that Josh had drawn, was trying to escape with all its might. What caught Taylin's attention the most was that the rat was running on its own two legs.
"Escape." Josh sketched out Jerry's tail, and then drew out Tom who was lying on the ground in a very comfortable position. He used his paw to press down on Jerry's tail.
"Hiri, you can make the scene move now. The first step is to focus the camera on Jerry. Don't let the audience see Tom."
A purple inscription flashed across the surface of the painting. Ciri followed Josh's instructions and made the mouse on the painting, Jerry, start running.
"The expression should be slightly exaggerated, and the tail should feel like an elastic rope."
Josh looked at the sprinting Jerry on the screen, and he couldn't help but feel like something was missing.
"Like this?"
Hiri had never seen a creature with an elastic tail in her life. However, the cat and mouse that Josiah had drawn could walk on two legs. It shouldn't be a problem for their tails to be able to extend and contract.
As the number of storyboards that Josiah had drawn increased, Hiri gradually understood that the cat and mouse were not ordinary creatures. Instead, they were more like highly intelligent magical beasts.
The story was about Tom teasing Jerry when he accidentally broke the furniture in the house. After being scolded by the owner, he had to be extra careful to protect the fragile items in the house. As the mouse, Jerry used this to threaten Tom.
"Both of them are … very interesting."
Taylin watched the story from the side. It was a very simple story.
However, under Josiah's request, the cat and mouse's exaggerated movements and expressions always made Taylin cover her mouth and chuckle.
"What should we do next? The glass cup breaks on the floor?"
Josiah had already drawn the scene of Jerry standing on the table with a glass cup and threatening Tom not to come near. When Tom chose to leave in fear, Jerry directly chose to throw the glass cup off the table.
"No, let Jerry whistle to warn Tom, and Tom ran over to catch the glass cup."
Josiah continued to draw the scene of the blue cat showing a shocked expression and jumping in the air.
"Catch it … Does this cat know any teleportation magic?"
Ciri felt that her actions and expressions were exaggerated enough, but the time it took for the glass to shatter on the ground was less than a second, and the mouse had even whistled to warn the cat.
In less than a second, it wanted to run from the table to the ground to catch the glass cup.
Even a powerful spellcaster needed five to six seconds to chant a teleportation spell!
"It needs to run. Here, it needs to disappear the moment it jumps up, and it needs to blur while drawing, leaving a gust of wind behind." Josiah explained again.
"Run …"
According to Josh's instructions, Ciri had to draw this scene a few times before it was approved. The final result was that the cat, who was originally sitting on the table, suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye. The next scene was of the cat appearing on the ground and catching the glass cup.
"Josiah, where can there be such a cat … I want one too." Hiri said softly after finishing the scene.
"Probably not in the real world."
Josiah drew another scene of Tom holding a plate and accurately catching the glass cup that Jerry threw from the table.
Even the oldest bartender in the tavern would feel ashamed when he saw this series of skillful movements.
"This is an animation … animation."
Hiri kept repeating this sentence, and then she composed herself again and began to draw the following content.
This episode was not long, only about nine minutes. With the help of Hiri's illusion, Josiah finished the recording of the entire animation before the sun rose the next day.
"The rest is the dubbing."
Josiah said while holding the original recording of the first episode of Tom and Jerry.
"Dubbing? I … want a role. "
Taylin sat beside him as a bystander during the production process. According to her biological clock, she should have gone to bed three hours ago.
"In this episode, only the hostess has lines. Hmm … Taylin, your voice is not suitable for the hostess."
Josiah admitted that Taylin had recently become an excellent singer and broadcaster, but her voice was not suitable for the only role with lines.
"What about the plot of this animation?"
Taylin looked at the last storyboard. She always felt that the story was not finished.
"The plot is cat and mouse. This is the theme. The plot of each episode is independent … For the dubbing, I have to go to the Demon Realm to find the Venerated Skeleton."
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