Mr. Spacely Original Model Drawing Initialed by Dick Bickenbach

Mr. Spacely


MEDIUM: Original Model Sheet Drawing
IMAGE SIZE: 12.5” x 10.5”
SIGNED: Dick Bickenbach
PRODUCTION: The Jetsons, 1962
SKU: CCV3309

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Prolific American artist Richard 'Dick' Bickenbach spent his early career working for Warner Bros. where he animated numerous Looney Tunes shorts from 1939 to 1947. He joined MGM in 1947 where he animated nearly eighty Tom and Jerry shorts over the next decade. He was one of Hanna-Barbera’s first employees and continued there for the next twenty years as both an animator and layout artist. Bickenbach was responsible for drafting many of the studio’s early model sheets and character designs. His influence on the style of Hanna-Barbera’s early cartoons cannot be overstated. In 1984, Bickenbach won the Motion Picture Screen Cartoonists Golden Award.

ABOUT THE MEDIUM: A model sheet shows each character from various angles and with different expressions. Since a number of animators work on a single cartoon, the model sheet ensures that a consistent look is maintained throughout the production.