J.C. Thornton

J.C. Thornton (born: ),https://www.deviantart.com/jcthornton/about better known online as JCThornton (also formerly known as JT90INTHEHOUSE and Regulus Black during his Freak Fortress 2 days), is an American YouTuber, animator, artist, and occasional commentator known for his 3D model artwork depicting famous cartoon characters like Looney Tunes, and various video game characters. He is also known for making videos of animation remakes with his models using Source Filmmaker and Blender.
==Videos==
J.C. is notable for his 3D animations and modeling artwork of cartoons and characters. Most of the animations he makes are remakes of famous parts of the cartoons (sometimes the full animation if it's a overall short length, such as the Conker's Etiquette Guide shorts and the SMBSS' live-action skit A Basement Divided) and notable cartoon scenes that became internet memes.
J.C.'s new content featuring his SFM and Blender animations with his 3D model work has garnered notoriety and a following, with other popular YouTube animators using his 3D models for their animations and entertainment situations. His 3D animations consistently remained popular, gaining an average 10k views or more per animation video.
He has a commentary series titled "JCTalks," where he occasionally makes them for commentaries and video essays of a certain subject. 
==History== 
J.C. first started on YouTube making music videos of game soundtracks. He officially made his first animation with Team Fortress 2 characters using Garry's Mod titled DoomSpy's First Attack, marking the beginning of his "Freak Fortress" era of videos. He later rose to notoriety for creating TF2 "freaks" Piss Cakehole and Demo Samedi, spawning a series of Garry's Mod videos featuring them and various other freaks he's created. The span of Freak Fortress videos lasted until around 2015 when J.C. went on a hiatus from YouTube to pursue a career in animation and 3d art. 
After progressing in 3D art until around 2019, J.C. uploaded his first video animation using Source Filmmaker with his 3D models titled Looney Tunes - Bazooka Coyote, marking the first time he's uploaded an animation short since 2016. After almost a year has passed since J.C.s Looney Tunes animation, he uploaded another SFM animation, along with an animated short released shortly thereafter. J.C. announced his official return to YouTube with new content featuring his new style, 3D models, commentaries, and even more animations, but has discontinued the Freak Fortress span of videos because making them isn't fun for him anymore and wanted to pursue in something he's more passionate about, which is cartoons and animations. His new content involves animations done using Source Filmmaker and Blender using his 3D modeling work. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0B1Bdiiqn8w
Despite the cancellation of making anymore Freak Fortress videos, he uploaded his last video Last Saturday - Revenge of the Samedi, serving as a "farewell" video for making Freak Fortress videos. 
On August 3rd, 2022, J.C. announced that he's developing an animated web series "The Adventuresome Six" which features an animation showing the characters and the voice cast. The first part, The Adventuresome Six - Part 1 - The Interview, was officially released on November, 30, 2023.
==Artwork==
J.C.'s artwork consists 3D models and renders of characters from popular cartoons and video games, such as Looney Tunes, Animaniacs, Conker's Bad Fur Day, etc. Examples of his 3D animations and 3D renders can be viewed in his Portfolio on his website, Twitter, and his DeviantArt account. 
J.C. also shares his 3D model work publicly for free, only for entertainment use on his website and Patreon.
==Impact==
===Fandom content===
J.C.'s 3D models has been used for video game mods and animations in many contents, such as fan-fiction, remakes and parodies. The models are used and featured mostly by notable animation YouTubers such as Crispy Toast, Sunstriker, Mister Prawn, DevilArtemis, etc. using Garry's Mod, Source Filmmaker, and Blender. 
===The Garfield Movie art theft scandal===
On May 24, 2024, the Twitter page of Sony Pictures released a video clip promoting Snoop Dogg at the official film premiere. 
Around the 0:06 time mark, It features Garfield merchandises and one of the variants revealed artwork by Garfield, Jon Arbuckle and Arlene. J.C. quote tweeted and revealed that the Jon Arbuckle and Arlene artwork used on the merchandise was made by him years ago, and panned Sony for using his artwork without authorization or giving credit. https://x.com/lIJCThorntonll/status/1794095595155538310
It was soon after revealed from Twitter user Hibarinrinrin that the matching merchandise shown were likely not manufactured by Sony, but have been bought from an online Amazon seller PacuM, who sold bootleg Garfield merchandise. https://x.com/lIJCThorntonll/status/1794125924272574865 https://www.amazon.com/PacuM-Garfield-Supplies-Birthday-Decorations/dp/B0CYLPTHHT 
The incident resulted in backlash and negative reaction towards Sony and the movie. Many commentators pointed out their unethical acts of taking fan creations and capitalizing them uncredited and without the fan artist's consent. They also were criticized for partially false advertising by including Arlene, another character from the series, as part of the film promotion, but she never appeared in the film. They lastly were criticized for purchasing and using bootleg merchandise instead of making their own merchandise, despite being a large media cooperation with a $894 million revenue.
==Quotes==
*"Let there be Toons!"
*If you think you're too young or old to become a cartoonist, animator, or voice actor, you're lying to yourself. Success doesn't happen by accident, but it's never too late to achieve working at your dream job and fellow heroes just because you didn't reach fame at a certain age!
==Trivia==
* J.C.'s rendition of Mickey Mouse was briefly featured on Markiplier's video "YouTube Just Gave Me a Strike"
==References==
Category:Users who joined in 2010
Category:Animation YouTubers
Category:Art YouTubers
Category:American YouTubers
Category:Gaming YouTubers