Rare, original MOTU art







One of the joys and privileges I had during my time at Filmation was checking out what artists in other departments were creating. I especially sought out the background painters and layout artists, marveling at their work. One day after work, I spied blue pencil drawings sticking out of a folder lying in the open dumpster next to my car. After a quick check for possible witnesses, I dove in and retrieved a treasure of 1st season Masters of the Universe background layouts. Filmation saved and reused animation and background paintings but layouts weren’t always saved. This is a shame because of the quality of the work as you can see in these layouts I salvaged. These are straight scans with minimal adjustments in Photoshop so that all the detail and aging can be seen. There are some paint as well as coffee stains visible in some places.







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