HUNT THE MOUSE

365 Days of Mickey Mouse designs for public domain. Side blog of ninebaalart.

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Celebration Mickey

365/365 #end

Back in the day I used to collect these lil Mickey vinyls that were painted by all kinds of artists and designed with various ear shapes. One of the more common ones was to make the ears a clear plastic instead to change the visual shaping of the character that was painted over the vinyl base.

I am now realizing that was the genesis for this project, especially as I give this last one clear ears to represent the framing of the fireworks as the "ears".

The white skin to this Mickey is to technically break the rule of "no white gloves" without actually breaking the rule- the bracelets break up the body to give off that appearance.

Anyway these asks were so thoughtful I had to fuse the requests together in a way. We are officially 100% done, although I am hoping to do a couple extra things such as a TierMaker list or making a categorized archive of entries.

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Survivor Mickey

364/365 #hunt the last

This is one of the last ones. I included one of the last ones I had in a work in progress state (soda can mickey) in the background, just sort of to hammer home the theme here. Very scrappy lil guy!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long. We have one more to go!

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Basilisk Mickey

363/365 #hunt the basilisk

When I think of Basilisk, it evokes the title screen of a strange SNES rom someone found and archived, where you played as a knight in a empty desolate world with only one other person to talk to who is cryptic and covered in a cloak. I think the game devs of that went crazy or something... anyway the basilisk can refer to a large snake but it also can have chicken and other chimeraic qualities, so I wanted to capture that with this mythical 363th Mickey.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box. We only have 2 left!

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Time Mickey

362/365 #hunt the hour

We're running out of time, but this one caught my attention! Some of the basis for this one was kind of influenced by an alchemy mod for a block building game, but in very broad strokes.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box. We only have 3 left!

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Phoenix Mickey

361/365 #hunt the rebirth

I can't believe we're already at the very tail end here. For this one, I thought a white color scheme with some of the warmer, expected Phoenix colors would be cool, along with an elongated, almost serpentine body would sort of help it stand out. One last border change for the endgame.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box. We only have 4 left!

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Weaponlord Mickey

360/365 #hunt the blade

For some reason the first thing that popped into my head was an animated movie about Camelot and the bad guy using a magic potion to turn people into literal weapons, so this is Mickey if he was fused with a weapon.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Ice Mickey

359/365 #hunt the icemouse

A very frozen mouse for all those who celebrate. This joins the elemental mouses as we have a water Mickey, fire Mickey, slime Mickey, "earth" Mickey, wind Mickey, "dark" Mickey, "light" Mickey... but I don't know if we'll fully fill out most elemental charts before this is over.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Blocky Mickey

358/365 #hunt the mouse

Sort of a overlap with a fair bit of Mickeys like the Low Poly or 8-Bit one, but this blocky aesthetic really is more of it's own thing at this point, and I think the glow ink aesthetic really makes it different at least.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Frog Mickey

357/365 #hunt the froggy

Ribbit :)

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Coat Mickey

356/365 #hunt the warmth

He's cozy under like 30 layers of fur from other animals. And rather stylish!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Gingerbread Mickey

355/365 #hunt the gingerbread

Baked with love! Frosted with haste!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Stocking Mickey

354/365 #hunt the stocking

Gettin' kind of stuffy in here...

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Eye Mickey

353/365 #hunt the monster

He's always on watchman duty!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Crop Circle Mickey

352/365 #hunt the mouse

A mysterious mark left on the grass... perhaps something left by an alien or a foreign plane... or a bored farmhand.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Wind Mickey

351/365 #hunt the mouse

A strong breeze signals a change in the air... I'll be out for a couple days, but I got some mouses to cover the days I'll be out of town and away from my tablet. I wanted to create a cool flow of wind and effects and this is one of the few that I've done with minimal lineart as a result!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Holly Mickey

350/365 #hunt the mouse

A real buddy. One of the rare gender swapped Mickeys that I threw in towards the end of the year here- she's big on those drupes!

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.

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Scissor Mickey

349/365 #hunt the mouse

My mother suggested this to me during a car ride while we were moving stuff from one house to another. It's a very sharp and pointed idea for sure.

I am making 365 new versions of Mickey Mouse for the public domain and releasing them under public domain all year long.

You can join the initiative to #hunt the mouse or suggest a theme yourself via my ask box.