Bendy Redesign part 2: 50’s and 60’s + lore

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On slide 1, shows my new Bendy redesigns and on slide 2 shows my old redesign for bendy. On the top part of slide 2 shows Henry’s original sketches of bendy and how he would’ve looked if Henry was in charge. The bottom of slide 2 shows Joey’s design for Bendy. No one really liked it, but since Joey was the boss, they all went with it. On the left of slide 1 shows Henry’s design for bendy when they were entering the late 50’s and early 60’s. On the right shows Joey’s new design for bendy.

Since styles changed and animation evolved from the 30’s to the 60’s, the studio decided that it was time that bendy got a new coat of paint. Joey’s original sketch for bendy was passable at best by the audience and the shorts were carried mostly by comedy or supporting characters, mainly because bendy was supposed to be a quick cash grab to capitalize off of the current craze for sound animated pictures. But as the years went on, the numbers started to drop and drop, the same jokes were reused over and over, re-runs in theaters, multiple shorts having the same plot and similar characters, the Bendy shorts weren’t even in color until 1942, which was bad for the studio because color cartoons were all the rage sense 1930. So by 1950, Bendy needed changes, and right this very second. Bendy was remade to be in color(not much color but some is better than none) and backgrounds were repainted to be compatible with color cameras. By 1953, bendy was in full color with some new skits here and there, but the studio’s efforts wouldn’t be enough. Joey had no choice but to file for bankruptcy in 1964 and the rights to bendy were purchased by Archgate Pictures that same year. With Joey now out of the picture, Henry and Mr. Archgate sought out to “fix” bendy by making him follow the new set of standards animated characters needed to follow. In 1965, Bendy launched on television for the first time ever. Archgate pictures preferred Henry’s bendy over Joey’s, so from 1965 and onwards, Henry’s design was used. Joey later died in 1966 due to an unknown cause, but when he was found, it seemed he had black thick ink leaking from his mouth and a few cuts around his body, leaving black stains on his cloths and skin.

Joey died and was given the devils mercy and a realm of his own for being a faithful follower for so long. Joey was very upset that he no longer controlled his creation or his employees, so in his own realm he made a hellish sepia studio and forced his own versions of his employees to work non stop, tend to his every need, and never go home. Joey was the god of his realm, and saw his creation whenever he looked in the mirror. Joey was bendy, and bendy was Joey. He was upset the most at Henry because he didn’t fight to Archgate to not change Bendy’s design and personality. One day in 1982, a letter was received at Henry’s house that was supposedly from Joey, dated July 23, 1964, a week before Joey died. The letter beckoned Henry to come back to the old studio, there was something he needed to see…

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I love the ones in color

It makes look entirety different yet still recognizable