Friday, July 28, 2017

Tex Avery Animals



I love these stylized animal designs from Tex Avery's 1954 short film The Farm of Tomorrow.
I don't know who in Avery's unit came up with the designs, but they are terrific caricatures and graphically solid as a rock.
This is what Wikipedia says about the film's plot:

A series of gags showing how much more productive farms would be if farmers started crossbreeding their animals to create weird (but very useful) hybrids. A number of items include,
  • a chicken slot machine
  • sheep with long underwear-like wool
  • corn jumping like Mexican jumping beans
  • cow with a beaver tail

In other words...what's possible today!















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8 comments:

  1. paulJuly 28, 2017 at 2:09 AM

    Hey Andreas. Poly here, calling you from my vacation. Did you know that Ed Benedict did those animal designs that you posted?

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    1. Andreas DejaJuly 28, 2017 at 2:45 AM

      I did not know that. Thanks very much for letting us know. Enjoy your vacation.

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    2. paulJanuary 5, 2022 at 2:57 PM

      Actually Andreas, I'd done some fact-checking. I've looked into iMDB. It is that Gene Hazelton designed these animal graphics, too.

      For example, the cow's Ed Benedict's, while the beaver is Gene Hazelton's, due to the rounded and cuter appeal in its design. Happy New Year.

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    3. Andreas DejaJanuary 5, 2022 at 7:25 PM

      Thanks for the update! Happy New Year!

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  2. Chris MerrittJuly 28, 2017 at 9:24 AM

    Hi Andreas - all your emails I have for you are bouncing - would you mind dropping me an email? Thanks, Chris Merritt

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  3. Jeremy LE LAYJuly 29, 2017 at 12:35 AM

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  5. Marc HendryJuly 29, 2017 at 9:17 AM

    Love the inking style on these

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