Seriously, if I had to honestly admit to my artistic influences over the years, cereal boxes and candy packaging would be at the top of the list. I still buy food based on the silliness of the cartoon on the front, and get hit for it when I get home with an empty wallet and bags full of processed sugary shit.
So, I had a free moment (well, lets face it, I was procrastinating) and I thought I'd have a look at old cartoon ads for some inspiration, and I struck GOLD!! For people who make really short animations like me and have really short attention spans, a good cartoon ad is a dream come true! Here are the best of them;
This one's the oldest and beautifully animated back before television when there was more money available.
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Snagglepus was the best in America at selling cereal, in the world even!
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Applejacks, just make sure no bullies get their hands on them or we're all screwed!
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Quangaroos!! Why didn't we have these in Australia?!
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Booberry flavour, looks like some sort of science experiment
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In the early eighties factories were laying people off, but I didn't know it was this bad
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And finally, a glimpse at the future of cereal
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In other news I'm making a collaborative illustration with Nathaniel Milburn, still working on Sketchy Friends 2, and I'm working my way through my sketchbook scans and redrawing them in flash. Some of them are screaming to be animated such as this walking lizard.
KillerDraco
I LIKE CEREAL!
Somebody had to do it.
TheBoogley
I LIKE CHOCOLATE MILK 83