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Original background painting from ICHABOD AND MR. TOAD (1949). #wardsmorguefile

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Concept art for FOSTER'S HOME FOR IMAGINARY FRIENDS by Carol Wyatt. #wardsmorguefile

Colorful painting of an old Victorian style home with wild colors of oranges, browns, and details in blue.
Colorful painting of an old Victorian home with colors of pinks, yellows, and browns.
Colorful painting of an old Victorian home - the sky and trees are in light blues and greys, and the home is in bright oranges and yellows, with roof details in a dark brown and black.
Colorful painting overlooking a small town with greens and ochres in the foreground, oranges and yellows in the background.
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Background pan from Disney's 101 DALMATIANS (1961). #wardsmorguefile

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More backgrounds from SYM-BIONIC TITAN! These are attributed to Scott Wills. #wardsmorguefile

Moody background painting of two fighters on a broken trellis/bridge, backlit with a fire-y, cloudy sky.
Background painting of a hole torn through a wing of a ship high up in the air, and we can see through the hold of the ground far below (there's clouds in between).
Stylized painting of a vanity with a round mirror and a cushioned chair in front of it.
Dark, moody painting of a city off in the distance with a misty lake in the foreground.
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Backgrounds from SYM-BIONIC TITAN (2010). We deserved more than just one season of this magnificent show. Scott Wills was AD for the show, Joseph Holt is listed as the BG supervisor, with Kevin Dart and Kristen Lester listed as BG artists. #wardsmorguefile

Wide panoramic scene of a street at night, illustrated in a stylized, graphic effect.
Wide panoramic scene of a school or college campus at winter, illustrated with a few trees in the middle of the common area, and surrounded by older buildings to the left and right. Snow is on the ground.
Stylized illustrated background of a kitchen, with a sloped ceiling.
Wide panoramic scene of a suburban street at night, and is grey and ranining. The illustration is done in a stylized effect.
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Spot illustrations from Dial Soap ads, 1956 - by Winnie Fitch. Besides the great main characters in full color, I also love the smaller background characters done in (deceptively) simple black line. #wardsmorguefile

Two illustrations from a Dial Soap ad series, with two men stylized with large heads, but looking stylish in their nice, clean clothes, each covered in suds, signifying the cleaning powers of Dial. The man on the left is a doctor, reading from a clipboard and two nurses are admiring him (both are drawn in simple lines). On the right, the man is cooking out, with gloves, and "CHEF" on his smock. In the background, two women are admiring either his grilling abilities or that he's just a clean guy. Very 1950s.
This one features two illustrations from the same Dial Soap ad series, but with two women instead of men, stylized with large heads, looking stylish in their nice, clean clothes, each covered in suds, also signifying the cleaning powers of Dial. The woman on the right is bowling and her two friends (a man and a woman) are admiring her cleanliness on the lanes. The woman on the right is dressed in red and is on the bus, reading a paper and is being admired by two men in the background. All the characters in the back are drawn in simple lines, while the foreground characters are illustrated in nice, bright color. Very 1950s.
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Here's the full cover, not cropped. Even this is nicely designed. #wardsmorguefile

Cover to Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places, Vol. 2. Features a stylized midcentury illustration of an outdoor restaurant setting with a floral canopy, overlooking a beautiful, tranquil scene, complete with rolling green hills and few 1950s-era cars, including a nice red 1954 Ford in the middle.
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Cover illustration to the Ford Treasury of Favorite Recipes from Famous Eating Places, Vol. 2 - 1954. Amazing piece by Charley Harper. #wardsmorguefile

Stylized midcentury illustration of an outdoor restaurant setting with a floral canopy, overlooking a beautiful, tranquil scene, complete with rolling green hills and few 1950s-era cars, including a nice red 1954 Ford in the middle.
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Backgrounds from THE IRON GIANT (1999). The last image is a background pan with Kent Mansley. #wardsmorguefile

Beautiful background painting of a autumnal forest scene.
Background painting of a junkyard with clouds in the sky, and whimsical junkyard sculptures to the right of the image.
Autumnal forest scene with deep yellows, ochres, and oranges for the sky and trees.
Background pan shot from THE IRON GIANT, with Kent Mansley walking from a hole in the ground on the right of the image, to the uprooted fallen tree that's over to the left of frame.
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Disney animator/director Ward Kimball drew this for Turk Murphy's Jazz Band - most likely during the early-50s. #wardsmorguefile

Illustration of a wild & crazy jazz band in two colors, black and red (with white background) drawn in a stylized way reminiscent of the midcentury era, most notably around 1950 and similar to the UPA style.
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