Henry Limpet

Henry Limpet, played by the classic actor (and may his soul be happy in God's Heaven), Don Knotts, from "The Incredible Mr. Limpet."

For those of you don't know, it's a 1964 live-action/animated film (the same year when "Mary Poppins" released), done by Warner Bros Studio. The movie was about a man, Henry Limpet, who loves fish so much, while his wife, Betsy, can't stand it. But when he made a wish to be "a fish," he fell in the water and transformed into an animated fish. Now, with his super-whale sound, Limpet must help the US Navy to stop the Nazi u-boats.

Here's the clip:
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Also, here's the interview clip of Don Knotts:
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I really love this film. I began to watch this film when I was 13 for the first time. The animation makes me fall in love with this film, and the character design of the fish inspires me to draw (which is why I drew fish characters since I was 13). I understand that the film wasn't a hit, but later on it became a classic favorite film to most audience. Just to remind you that the animation sequence involve the animator who worked at Disney, Bill Tytla, and others who did Looney Tunes.

Don Knotts (God bless his soul) did a really fantastic job in this film, which it was actually his very first role in motion-picture film, after he was well-known in "The Andy Griffith Show." Not only his first role in the feature film, but it was his first time to voice a character.

In this pic, just to remind you that this was a first time to use gouache paint (my X-Mas gift from my uncle). I know, should've practiced more in college, but I wanted to use different media than just using watercolor pencils. Meh, I don't think I'm happy with the black-outline; it might cause line-weight, which I don't like. XD Luckily I used Photoshop to edit it.

Enjoy.

*PS: This drawing was based off the scene where Limpet-Fish said "Hi" to the group of fish as a reference, just to remind you.
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Henry Limpet (as a fish) (c) Warner Bros.
Medium: pencil(s), gouache, watercolor pencils, and black color pencil
*Edited with Photoshop