Here's something I think you guys will get a real kick out of. If you are a big Hanna-Barbera fan, you are probably familiar with their line of View-Master reels from the sixties. Before the days of home video and streaming, if you wanted to rewatch stories with your favorite cartoon characters, these were your best bets. Several were made, focusing on characters like Quick Draw and the Flintstones family, and each one rendered the characters in this charming 3D-esque look. Here's a frame from a Yogi reel for reference.
Now that you've seen the finished product, how would you like to see some concept art? From the Cartoon Network's "Department of Cartoons" website from back in the day, here are several concept pieces for the Yogi View-Master. Sadly, some of the links on the wayback machine do appear to be broken, and they don't make any mention of the original artist, but this was simply too cool of a find for me to not share it.
Want to know more about these reels? I implore you to check out Yowp's post on them from 2016. Some great high-quality scans of them are included there!
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