{"id":38282,"date":"2024-09-25T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-25T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.icanvas.com\/blog\/?p=38282"},"modified":"2025-07-29T12:12:35","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T17:12:35","slug":"bob-doucettes-journey-from-animator-to-gallery-artist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.icanvas.com\/blog\/bob-doucettes-journey-from-animator-to-gallery-artist\/","title":{"rendered":"Bob Doucette\u2019s Journey: From Animator to Gallery Artist | iCanvas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Bob Doucette is a creative force whose whimsical, highly saturated paintings draw inspiration from the world of dreams. With over 25 years in animation<\/a>, including iconic shows like Tiny Toon Adventures<\/em> and Clifford\u2019s Puppy Days<\/em>, Doucette brings a unique blend of storytelling, theater, and puppetry to his fine art. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In this blog, written by Doucette himself, he shares his transition from animation to becoming a full time gallery artist. Explore more on his website<\/a> and be sure to follow him on Instagram<\/a> to keep up with his latest work!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

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From Cartoonland to Toboland by Bob Doucette<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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When I started transitioning from animation to full time gallery painter, I was considering the infinite possibilities of subjects to paint. Wisely, an old friend of mine recommended that I approach painting the same way I approached animation since it was what I knew well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I started to think back on the beginning of Animaniacs when we were developing that show at Warner Bros. Animation<\/a>. The first stage I was asked to work on was creating a font for the show – there were three possible names, Toonatics, Looniacs or Animaniacs. I made a painting of concentric circles, like the kind Porky Pig popped out of at the end of every Looney Toon cartoon, to say \u201cThat\u2019s all Folks!\u201d Then I went through many fonts to lay on top; my brilliant boss Tom Ruegger liked very bold and easy to read fonts so that made it easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Next, he asked me to come up with some ideas for a logo. I put my mind to thinking about the idea of these three characters that had been locked away for many years in the Warner Bros. vault and chose to have them spring out of the official WB logo. It was irreverent and it parodied serious corporate logos like the Animaniacs parodied pop-culture.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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