Ub Iwerks may have come from the Disney studio, but he emulated the early Fleischer sound cartoons when it came to backgrounds. You’ll find warped buildings and streetscapes that have a ratty, seen-better-days look (while Disney increasingly went for the pretty illustration-wannabe look).
The effect isn’t as pronounced in “Fresh Face,” a 1933 Flip cartoon, but you can see it. Unfortunately, the versions the cartoons I have been are full of digital pixilation, so I can’t clip together a nice long street background. But you can see what I’m talking about from some of these shots.
And here’s about half of one background drawing of Dr. Skinnum’s office.
A shame it is the artists never got credit. I’d like to know who did the backgrounds for Ub around this time.
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