Hanna Barbera

Another style that I wanted to look into was stuff done by Bill Hanna and Joe Barbera.
So some reference pictures to look at here:

Roadrunner Cartoon Backgrounds

Another point mentioned was the style of backgrounds were similar to those used in the roadrunner cartoons. So posting some more reference images.

50's Barkcloth

Just some quick referance images:

Background stuff

Working on the backgrounds for my level...
First off I started with a sky like background:

Coming from that I created a Forest style background:

After speaking to Sonia about it she mentioned the image comes off as very stylised and similar to the Eames style cartoons and 50's style Barkcloth.

Need to research this.

The second style of background was a farm style background which I'm still working on at the moment:

Trying to create a muddy field effect.