The animators drew backgrounds onto pieces of celluloid, which were then laid atop the drawings to be photographed.
In this respect, the game is very similar to the successful Alone in the Dark series of games which used hand drawn backgrounds.
He drew backgrounds for Woody Woodpecker cartoons in the 1930s, 1940s and early 1950s.
His drawing was stiff but loosened up after a while, but he drew backgrounds and inked them beautifully.
Previous to his work on SpongeBob, Jay designed and drew numerous backgrounds for Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!"
One of the hallmarks of Feiffer's cartoons and books has been his inability, or disinclination, to draw backgrounds.
Initially, crudely drawn backgrounds and stereotypical characters surrounded Terry as he matched wits with pirates and various other villains.
While working on Blackhawk and Espionage, he drew backgrounds for Will Eisner's The Spirit.
The game contains cartoon-ized artwork consisting of drawn backgrounds with embedded video sequences played by actors.
The process worked most dramatically with pans or tracking shots; for static shots, traditional drawn backgrounds sufficed.