in the early 1950s cartoon ad design was remisicent of 40s usage of realism for obvious reasons. by the mid/late 50s it began developing its own stylization. my theory is when studios like UPA became popular people designers wanted to emulate it. i call this process UPAization +
LOVE this guy (found in the phoenix, arizona yellow and white pages, 1962)
also re: people unjustifiably shitting on abstract art without understanding what it's all about https://t.co/rqeXJPMwEQ
MC Escher's "Flatworms" (1959) and "Animals Without Backbones," illustrated by Ralph Buchsbaum (1938). The piece created in '59 is fanart inspired by the latter book's illustrations!
enamored with this genre of image
shout out to this guy from a 1955 atom age era documentary only
From Woman's Day Magazine August 1955
pov: you are about to make the worst decision in your entire life (wip)
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the artist is named ethel hays if y'all wanna check out more of her work btw. she catalogued the roaring 20s flapper subculture within her satirical art... here's a fave of mine https://t.co/vIE4IVlBDL