Chuck Jones Characters
Welcome to a world Chuck Jones created through legendary characters and personalities!
Bugs Bunny
My Bugs doesn’t look like a rabbit; he looks like Bugs Bunny. I have often told eager students that the easiest way to draw him is probably...
Charlie Dog
One of Chuck Jones’ most brazen creations, Charlie is the most obnoxious salesman on four legs. He believes that everybody needs a dog to...
Claude Cat
A pampered, sophisticated and vengeful creature as only Chuck Jones could capture with paper and pencil, Claude’s undoing is caused by...
Daffy Duck
To draw Daffy, get out your old swim fins, draw them, and hang a duck on the drawing. When necessary, he can look like a human being, but I...
Elmer Fudd
Elmer Fudd is smaller than many of Bugs’s adversaries, but he carries a big gun, which makes even the saddest of wimps dangerous. When I...
Gossamer
The orange-haired monster takes great pleasure in harassing his victims, especially Bugs Bunny. Gossamer stars in Hair-Raising Hare...
Hubie and Bertie
These street-smart creations wreak comedy havoc in order to find a cozy place to spend the night. They are well-known for their roles in...
Marc Antony
Marc Anthony is your basic big bulldog, but in Feed the Kitty he falls in parental love with a little kitten, in the way any of...
Marvin Martian
Marvin is one of those mysterious creatures that comes out of the sky or up the stairs late at night. You don’t know what he thinks, and...
Michigan J. Frog
A slinky, slimy green amphibian made cartoon history when it premiered in movie theaters across the country on December 31, 1955. ...
Pepe Le Pew
If you can’t do it yourself, animate somebody who can--Pepé le Pew, for example. Pepé’s sexual confidence is absolute. He sees rejection...
Porky Pig
Porky Pig was originally part of a Tubby Millar/Friz Freleng vaudeville-like team of “Porky and Beans.” Beans can probably be found today...
Ralph Phillips
Chuck Jones’ boyhood persona, Ralph is a grade-school day-dreamer whose exploits can be seen in the Academy-Award nominated From A to...
Ralph Wolf
Ralph Wolf was a storyman at Warner Bros. cartoons, and he gave his name to the red-nosed version of Wile E. Coyote. "In pitting Ralph...
Road Runner
"The Road Runner did not change a lot visually over the years; he has very little personality, as he is a force. I tell students that the...
Sam Sheepdog
In pitting Ralph Wolf against Sam Sheepdog, I was trying to discover if I could do the opposite of the chase at the heart of the Road...
Sniffles
One of Chuck Jones’ very first creations—a mouse with a perpetual cold—usually gets out of tough situations by sheer luck! Sniffles’ antics...
Sylvester
Sylvester Cat, a List Among the lavish supply of kittens that graced our manse were three whom my father immediately recognized as...
The Grinch
Dr. Seuss' How the Grinch Stole Christmas How could anyone--how could I--not love the Grinch? I have a section of my heart...
The Three Bears
The Three Bears are fun characters to work with but hard characters to draw, because their form reflects their character in a way that Bugs...
Tommy Cat
Part of Chuck's first credited film, "The Night Watchman" in 1939.
Wile E. Coyote
The coyote is quite an elegant character, but because of his build he has a problem conveying what he feels he is. In silhouette he looks...
Witch Hazel
"I like Witch Hazel. She gets such a kick out of herself, laughing uproariously as she zooms away, leaving behind her a cluster of hairpins...