tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post2589527610437575760..comments2024-03-27T01:21:03.543-07:00Comments on Yowp: Background Artist Richard H. ThomasYowphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09264605351878574044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-38942819526693309292023-11-14T16:01:48.388-08:002023-11-14T16:01:48.388-08:00I'm one of his adopted sons from his second ma...I'm one of his adopted sons from his second marriage. Would love to get in touch with the children from his first marriage. Reach me at thomascc@netzero.net.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-28575725893789461632011-01-24T06:47:32.807-08:002011-01-24T06:47:32.807-08:00Taos also has the advantage of being high enough i...Taos also has the advantage of being high enough in the southern Rockies so that you really don't have to go too far from one place to the next to experience a major change in the landscape, which may also have been an appealing factor to those joining the art colony there. Desert below 7,500 feet or so, pine forest (with lots of winter snow) above that elevation.<br /><br />With his H-B background work, much of it could just as easily be paired with the characters in a late 1950s Warners cartoon or a 50s MGM CinemaScope release and you really wouldn't notice the difference. Given where the background work in general would be headed in a few years, that's not such a bad thing.J Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15175515543694122729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-56843198166637819152011-01-24T05:33:34.202-08:002011-01-24T05:33:34.202-08:00Very great post about him Don. Like Zartok says, h...Very great post about him Don. Like Zartok says, his works for 1940's McKimson are among the greatest.Martin Juneauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193943985570930659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-41193363325371761302011-01-23T18:30:34.187-08:002011-01-23T18:30:34.187-08:00A very nice write up. I always like Dick Thomas, h...A very nice write up. I always like Dick Thomas, he was really good at painting realistic backgrounds. His late 1940s work for McKimson is some of the most beautiful art I've ever seen.Zartok-35https://www.blogger.com/profile/00449976580118722879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-90177273365255777312011-01-23T15:48:04.033-08:002011-01-23T15:48:04.033-08:00Wonderful writeup.
Thomas was a mainstay at DePat...Wonderful writeup.<br /><br />Thomas was a mainstay at DePatie-Freleng as their BG artist. He replaced Tom O'Loughlin roughly around 1969 and stayed until the studio closed in 1980. He's credited as a BG artist on all the DFE theatricals produced after O'Loughlin's departure (save for the handful produced overseas)<br /><br />The way BGs were done at DFE was a bit unusual. What they would do is they would xerox the layout drawings onto cels, paint certain areas, and then place it over a separate color board. Tom Yakutis developed it for Inspector and continued to be used by O'Loughlin and Thomas.Brubakerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10741995395720022279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5403931334822730200.post-46662471071014141882011-01-23T14:35:28.101-08:002011-01-23T14:35:28.101-08:00The desert has an appeal like no other. Things are...The desert has an appeal like no other. Things aren't too tall or over grown. You can see far off and feel the shift of colors as the sun rises and sets. Night skies are spectacular and rich with stars...got to love the desert.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com