Jetson's Photo Opportunity
MEDIUM: Limited Edition Cel on Printed Background
IMAGE SIZE: 18" x 20"
EDITION SIZE: 100
ARTIST: Bob Singer
SIGNED: Hand-Signed by Bob Singer and Joe Barbera
SKU: CC1197
ABOUT THE IMAGE: The Jetsons, Earth’s foremost space age family, premiered on prime time television in 1962, and ran only two years in an evening time slot. The Jetson’s Photo Opportunity is taken from an original drawing by award-winning Hanna-Barbara animator, Bob Singer. The background was painted by Warner Bros. master background painter, Dennis Durrell. This edition is signed by Joe Barbera and Bob Singer.
ABOUT THE MEDIUM: Hand-painted limited edition cels showcase legendary characters and recreate classic moments from great cartoons, using the same materials and techniques as were used in making the originals. Cel painting is a time-honored, and extremely exacting process requiring that each color be individually applied by hand.
ABOUT THE ARTIST: Bob Singer (born 1928) is an American animation artist, character designer, layout and background artist and storyboard director of animated television programs, most memorably of several Hanna-Barbera productions such as The Flintstones, Jonny Quest, Scooby-Doo, Yogi Bear, Droopy, Tom and Jerry, The Jetsons, The Smurfs, Super Friends, Richie Rich and the Harlem Globetrotters cartoons.
Bob was born in Santa Barbara and raised in Santa Paula. He attended the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles and graduated in 1955 with honors and a BPA.
He worked at Carson/Roberts Advertising until 1956, then entered the fledgling Los Angeles television animation industry. During his tenure there he worked for such companies as Marvel, Hanna-Barbera, U.P.A. Pictures, Shamus Culhane and Warner Bros.
Hanna-Barbera used Bob's talents for 27 years, and during that time he worked on many of the most popular Hanna-Barbera television shows. He was the founding creator of their character design department, layout department head, and later became art director of publicity.
Bob is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has been for over 45 years. He currently enjoys creating animation artwork for galleries and collectors and designing limited edition prints for Clampett Studio Collections. His personal appearances, lecturing and teaching about storyboarding and animation practices have been well received throughout the continental U.S., Hawaii, England, and Australia.
