Soyuzmultfilm Animation (1950s–1980s)

The Moscow animation studio Soyuzmultfilm produced a body of work with a visual language utterly distinct from Western cartoons: geometric rounded animal characters with circular heads, simplified tubular limbs, and enormous expressive eyes — think Cheburashka, the Wolf and Hare from Nu Pogodi!, the Hedgehog from Hedgehog in the Fog. Backgrounds are painterly and atmospheric — misty forests, soft fields, simplified Soviet domestic interiors — in muted warm palettes far from American primary colours. Constructivist graphic design sensibility applied to gentle storytelling. The style The Simpsons parodied as "Worker and Parasite."

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Fête poster

Soyuzmultfilm Animation — fête poster example

Gig poster

Soyuzmultfilm Animation — gig poster example