The video above is a first draft of the cartoon, all music was temporary and decided to change the ending.

Here are some background sketches to final designs;



I wasn't happy with the first few, so I asked for some feedback from Patrick. Who you might know from this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iE8v5WDbbC4

I looked at alot of Looney Tunes before working on these. Even bought the art book ''The Noble Approach'' from Maurice Noble, who did the backgrounds for a lot of the WB cartoons.






References to iDubbbz's ''Save the Squirrels Initiative''


The sun rising & colors changing was done in After Effects, using a CC Light Rays effect.


The water in this shot was originally going to be cliff, where Ian would throw the gnome off of, Looney Tunes style. Decided it was funnier to just drop him, while still being in the cage, into a lake. Ending the toon on a lighter note..
All of the backgrounds were done in CLIP STUDIO PAINT with finishing touches like lighting & color correction in Photoshop.

I used TVPaint to animate everything. Niels (who did the sound design) worked in FL studio.
If you have any more questions, let me know!
Thanks for the support!