ED BENEDICT Original Animation Model Drawing DOGS RARE

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TheDeepArchives Animation / Fine Art Gallery specializing in RARE and OBSCURE Animation FOR MORE INFORMATION call or email HANNA BARBERA STUDIOS LEGENDARY DESIGNER ED BENEDICT Original Animation MODEL CHARACTER DESIGN DRAWING(LAST ONE OF DOGS) Type : AWESOME Original Animation CHARACTER MODEL DESIGN DRAWING by ED BENEDICT Legendary Designer of The FLINTSTONES, YOGI BEAR, HUCKLEBERRY HOUND, THE JETSONS,DROOPY DOG, BOZO THE CLOWN, CAMPBELL SOUP KIDS, KOOL AIDE GUY and MANY MANY OTHERS This is one of the original Animation Drawing from the ED BENEDICT COLLECTION NOTE: THIS IS AN ORIGINAL; NOT A MASS PRODUCED LIMITED EDITION Type : . Vintage Hand Drawn Art Condition : EXCELLENT Featuring DOGS Date 1967NOTES: Ed Benedict (August 23, 1912 – August 28, 2006) was an American animator and layout artist. He is best known for his work with Hanna-Barbera Studios, where he helped design Fred Flintstone , Yogi Bear , and Ruff and Ready . Benedict began his animation career in 1930 at Walt Disney Studios . He left in 1933 to work at Universal Studios as an animator on Walter Lantz 's Oswald the Lucky Rabbit shorts. He briefly returned to Disney in the 1940s, receiving his only Disney credit on the animated film Make Mine Music . He then spent several years creating animation for television commercials. In 1952, Benedict was contacted by Tex Avery , who'd worked with him at Universal Studios. Avery invited Benedict to work on Avery's animation unit at MGM . Benedict performed lead animation and layout duties for Avery, and later for Michael Lah after Avery's departure from the studio. Benedict's work can be seen in Dixieland Droopy , The First Bad Man , and Deputy Droopy . In the late 1950s, Benedict was recruited by former MGM animators William Hanna and Joseph Barbera to provide character designs for their new animated television series, The Ruff & Ready Show. Benedict eventually became the primary character designer at Hanna-Barbera, designing Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound , Quick Draw McGraw , the various characters on The Flintstones , and many others. Benedict left Hanna-Barbera in the late 1960s, but continued providing freelance work until his retirement in the early 1970sEd Benedict was the main character designer for all the early Hanna-Barbera cartoons, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Quick Draw McGraw. Benedict, who worked at MGM, Universal and other studios on short, theatrical cartoons, joined Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera soon after the pair launched their groundbreaking Hanna-Barbera TV animation studio in the late 1950s. Among his many designs for them were the characters for their first series, 1957's "The Ruff & Reddy Show."For "The Flintstones," the story of a "modern Stone Age family," Benedict not only designed the hapless cavemen Fred and Barney, but also their long-suffering wives, Wilma and Betty, and the show's clever array of Stone Age houses and gadgets, including the characters' foot-powered cars."The Flintstones," one of the first cartoon series created for adults as well as children, debut ed in 1960 and was an immediate hit. Forty-six years later, Fred and Barney remain squarely in the public consciousness as pitchmen for various products, including Flintstones' vitamins. Without the time and budget that were lavished on classic theatrical cartoons, TV animated comedies had to leave out beautiful backgrounds and lifelike movement in favor of witty dialogue and stories with vivid characters.Before joining Hanna-Barbera, Benedict worked for another cartoon legend, Tex Avery, at both Universal and MGM studios. At MGM, where Hanna and Barbera also worked, he was the lead layout artist and designer on "Deputy Droopy" and other popular theatrical shorts.He also worked with "Woody Woodpecker" creator Walter Lantz on several shorts, including "The Dizzy Dwarf" and "Unpopular Mechanic." Johnny Bravo (TV series) (background design consultant - 1 episod... read more

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