Storyboards From The Tex Avery Cartoon “Deputy Droopy” From 1955

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With the HA Laika auctions up, some high-res model images have surfaced. Perfect for details & cosplay references! The rest are queued up, along with some other Laika movie HQs too.

From the 1927 book Negro Drawings, by Mexican artist Miguel Covarrubias (1904-1957). Great suggestion of movement.

From a tourist site for Rauris Valley, in Salzburger Land:

“Schnabelperchten are figures with long beaks, knitted jackets, patched women’s smocks and straw slippers, and are equipped with a basket on their backs, large scissors, needle and thread, along with a broom. The beak is artistically and elaborately bound from large sticks of wood and farmhouse linen. The Schnabelperchten make their way through town on the 5th of January, on the eve of Epiphany.”

By the way, they cut you open with their giant scissors if your house isn’t tidy. Better clean up before they come.

Layout drawing of Ralph Phillips from Boyhood Daze (1957), by Chuck Jones. Notice the footstep spacing guide at the bottom, which Chuck left for the animator to flesh out. 

Puppet.

https://player.vimeo.com/video/216245409?title=0&byline=0&portrait=0&app_id=122963

1955-11-25 Cellbound (MGM cartoon)