A background illustration by Paul Julian for The Tell Tale Heart, a cartoon adaptation of the classic short story written by Edgar Allen Poe (UPA, 1953). Photo: Heritage Auctions ...

Art Lozzi, a background painter on the early Hanna-Barbera TV cartoons, has written a great little tutorial on his background painting techniques. It is posted on John K’s blog .

Kids use their imaginations to create a cartoon fight scene. We’ve included a free printable to help kids brainstorm ...

Japanese art director and background painter Nizo Yamamoto died on August 19 of stomach cancer. He was 70. Yamamoto was born in Goto City, Nagasaki Prefecture, in 1953.