Where Did This '90s Classroom Art Come From?
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- Опубликовано: 9 фев 2025
- 🗂️ In the world of 90s' nostalgia, there may be no more remarkable art style than that of Carson Dellosa, whose school supplies and decorations were tacked onto the walls of the classrooms of almost everyone who went to school in the 80's, 90's, or 2000's. But the history behind the company is largely unknown.
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Janet Dellosa's Etsy shop: www.etsy.com/shop/GalVanizedbyEeron?ref=usf_2020
Wow! This is amazing. Thank you so much for making and/or sharing this video about my mom. She is very modest about her accomplishments.
thank you for being quick and to the point with a 2 minute video
Only 290 sales?! This is so crazy!
They remind me of my mom’s sisters!!!
I love Carson-Dellosa!
in my restless dreams i see those posters
Love the reference.
You promised to teach me my ABCs one day, but you never did
@@drea7474 Well... I'm alone there now, in our "special place"...
"Our special place? The schoolhouse?"
@@drea7474 yuo pormsied to theac me my acbs oen day, but yuo nvere did
Could my pencil still be there? In that dusty classroom?
I’m kind of surprised they never made a preschool show out of those character designs.
Totally Agree
thank goodness they didn't. we'd be getting 4 hour documentaries about how evil the adult voice actors were and how the kids were all secretly abused..Glad that we have nothing but positive and innocent memories tied to this
@@Nonyah123 Agreed.
@@Nonyah123 what if that never happened...
Caillou
Finally a positive ending story for the creators, no family destroyed, no harassment, no drugs, nor deep hate for their creation. I'm happy for them
No getting screwed over by a larger firm, or a mad CEO ruining everything after the company got bought out.
@@thevisitor1012 Yeah that's what I was expecting lol
They cut those parts out.
This is the norm, it's just most people don't make videos about happy stories lol
@@nmr7203Can you explain more?
Now it’s the teachers bitmojis all over the classrooms😭😭🤣
They have to be trendy and quirky like it's 2011 or something
My little brother's Elementary School still has these
im a teacher this was sooo funny to read leave me aloneee
you’re so right 😭 it’s so cringy
And i definitely DID NOT make one.....i barely wanna dress myself to go to work, why would i spend time dressing a bitmoji of myself 😬
when i was in elementary school in the early 2010s, those designs were still everywhere. the “rules for good listening” poster is burned into my mind.
😂😂😂
LITERALLY
dude theyre still everywhere in the mid 2020s
2010s classroom was something else
I'm Scottish so elementary and half of middle school is contained in primary school. The second school I went to for the last two years had less as it was built in 2017, but the other one had lots
Imagine my shock when I figured out this video was actually quick and concise and wasn't 10 hour slop for something that could've been figured out with a few Google searches
We need more of this quick to the point videos.
Videos are way too long now, it's awful
Amen
Exactly! I'm not opposed to long-form videos but apparently people are incapable of just sharing something cool they've found anymore. They have to treat subjects "seriously" and spend 10 hours explaining something that really only requires at most 10 minutes or splicing in skits, suspense, or some stupid pretentious shit. Very annoying. All I can think when I get recommended these type of videos now is "I'm not watching that".
I’m actually really grateful that it’s so concise lol
its crazy how stark the difference between the educational environment today and back then has changed
How so
@@The_Alpha_E just different stuff in them I mean hell when I was in elementary there were projector boards that could project the computer screen onto it and replaced the calk board
@@The_Alpha_Eit seem like back then, schools were more lively and happy as teaching styles were different compared to today. It feels like back then, things were more happy as they were good teachers AND students with fun ways to teach important subjects like using games to learn math. But now, things just became shitty with a bunch of unqualified teachers in a behavioral and moral sense, with a lot dogshit students who have been brain rotted to the point where they are also EXTREMELY behind the usual grade standards with the lowest scores in schools.
@@somerandomguy8541 Both blackboards and projectors are still in use to my knowledge.
@@somerandomguy8541
I HAD ONE OF THOSE IN 1ST GRADE
I recently made an elementary style test as a joke for my coworkers, and I drew a person on the page to emulate this popular style. Everyone recognized it and thought it was a very nice touch.
Rules for good liminal pictures
What did you do the style test for? Like in what context I'm curious
@@machinegunlamentyeah
@@machinegunlament i think they mean a test, but in elementary style? cartoons, big words, and spacious lines to write on
@@machinegunlamentthey meant the test was in that style, no a style test lol
They still use this artstyle! I went to my cousins school and saw this everywhere! Im happy its still alive
Thank you for not making this a 30min documentary
this art style is adorable and comforting. seeing it again makes me feel happy. i was in elementary school in the late 2000s-early 2010s but even that late this style was still everywhere. at 19 i got a job as a janitor at an elementary school and some classrooms still had this artwork in them. truly a timeless style.
it’s so iconic in fact, that whenever i think about months of the year, an image of their birthday calendar designs flashes through my head without fail every single time. january was blue with the snowmen, april was green with the ducklings, september has a school theme, etc.. im in my 20s now and the art still continues to be in my mind.
So true!
I'm nearly 40 and I still associate it with elementary school. And I agree, adorable and comforting.
Agreed big time 💯
I find it disgusting and disturbing
@@dongvermine yes we get it. everyone say that already
Ears are listening
Eyes are listening
Feet are listening
Mouth is watching
Submit to the lawful authorities
Faces are looking strange
Why did I sing this to the tune of turn the lights off by tally hall-
Lmao is your profile pic supposed to be Marth
@@TheHydrakeHydra who’s Marth
when i went to elementary school in the mid-late 2010s it was still there. im happy one of the teachers started selling her art when she became older
Yeah one of my friends has a younger brother who says that they still have this kind of art all over the school. Some things don't change I guess.
Same here!! Saw these styles everywhere and I loved them!
Sounds like you're a bit younger than me but I'm so glad to hear that elementary school classrooms haven't changed much. ☺️
I was terrified of them
Same here
Other RUclipsrs could have easily stretched this into a 15-20 minute video, really appreciate the conciseness
I grew up in the 2000s and I remember seeing this in school as well.
The 2005-2013 range had these too. These were everywhere on those bulletin boards
@@paulgilbert5278 omg yes 😭😭 even a little after 2013 I saw them everywhere
The last time I remembered them was in 2009. I’ve seen a similar style since, but it wasn’t these ones
2015, straight up miss them, saw them everywhere.
I think even after 2013, like around 2018 they were kinda there too
@@faerie_ann true, even now i still see some teachers still use them for the younger grades(in my school)
Oh my gosh, that "close eye" and "huge smile" art style absolutely PEPPERED my childhood. Preschool, grade school, church, whatever. I've been waiting for someone to make a video on it!
I know. It felt like they just kinda existed.
Same, I feel blessed that the algorithm showed me this video, because for the life of me I couldn’t find this style on my own with googling
I was homeschooled, and all the little homeschool family-run places we went to buy books and these posters and drawings everywhere. Old churches we visited had them, too. I honestly really hate this artstyle, it’s so ugly 😭 maybe it’s just because I’m so used to seeing it, but it feels so bland and lifeless. Those eyes are soulless, too.
Lmao the random cursed Peter Griffin in the thumbnail
You noticed it too!
I THOUGHT I WAS GOING CRAZY BRO
The one of Steven Universe had me in stitches
@@seanobrien3301Where?
i had an innate feeling something was wrong with the thumbnail
This art style was a comfort for me growing up. My family moved us every year, so I went to a new school every year.
But no matter which town or school I was in, this art style was with me in every classroom.
I'm a teacher with 7 years of experience so far. Anytime veteran teachers are getting rid of stuff, I always find some vintage Carson Dellosa decor! Smart teachers would laminate the stuff so they can use it every year. I keep the holiday things because this company's imagery definitely reminds me of my own early education days ❤️
They sure didn't get the credit they deserve, but they probably didn't want it. Leave your mark on the world, secure the bag, and then disappear. It's probably the noblest way to get rich.
I totally agree. Not everyone wants/needs to be famous
Man these drawings seemed almost to just exist in no matter what school I went to in the early 2000s and 2010s too! They really need more love and respect.❤
They are ugly garbage
Same! I hope they get more recognition too, the art is so cute and colorful🩷
When life was good
@@nuclearpugg got that right!
They don't need any respect. Anti-ADHD trash is what they are.
The thumbnail alone just hit that nostalgic spot in me. 😢 Elementary school in the 90's was the peak school experience!!! 😭
I was in elementary school until 2007, I definitely remember these!! The style being so prevalent yet only used in a specific type of environment had an effect of making a kid feel comfortable as soon as they walked into a room. You knew it was a place for you; you could guess that it had games or toys or stickers, and some kind of grownup that was there to look out for kids. I remember always liking it when I went to a room at church or the doctor for the first time and I saw these designs.
I actually respect that you answered the question you posed in the title and that's it. You don't waste our time meandering for 20 minutes about your personal experiences, and trying to spin the answer into some kind of allegory.
😂yes!!!
Absolutely. There aren’t much videos on RUclips that are this straight to the point.
This is literal garbage. How can any of you watch this? This dumbass doesn't even TRY to somehow find a hidden meaning in this artstyle that connects it to the eventual downfall of capitalism (it's totally gonna happen one day trust me guys), or dive into 10 hours of meandering pseudo-philosophical drivel about the creator's entire life story and how it's all about the true meaning of determination. Smhmyheadbhhujikuhygtyhujk
I love it when RUclips randomly shows me a video that answers a very specific question that I didn't even know I wanted to learn about.
As soon as you showed those pictures it dredged up some very pleasant memories of my young school days. Thank you!
Same🥲
I appreciate how straight and to the point this video was. Gave all the needed info and only covered the history that was necessary. It didn’t spend an extra 20 minutes going into the history of the American education system or the founders’ entire childhoods to pad out time or something. Excellent work
Long video essays are fun tho. :(
Edit: And learning about supposedly unrelated stuff is fun too.
@@debbieganger And there are people who may not want that right then, or in general. There are always long form essays, short AND to the point is rare nowadays.
@@debbieganger no no valid. I'm not hating on long video essays, they're certainly fun (I will drop everything to watch a six hour defunctland video don't get me wrong). I meant to comment on certain essayists specifically who use unrelated info to either pad out runtime or sound more intelligent on a topic that's really straight forward.
@@oliviab4079 Video essays are trash.
I got flabbergasted when I clicked this video and didn’t see a PNGtuber, dramatic music at unnecessary moments, a vhs filter, or a cassette sound effect
I'm an '03 baby but I remember seeing that artwork and style in my elementary classrooms from at least Kindergarten to 3rd grade
Thanks for solving the mystery of what I didn't know need to be solved after all these years
I went to elementary school in the early 2010s, this style was inescapable, one of those questions you never really ask, but intrigued to know the answer, when you find it,
The unsung heroes of the classroom. I miss when going to school was whimsical for a child. These posters stimulated and inspired creativity, regardless of environment.
The characters always creeped me out really bad as a kid. They all wore the same exact faces and only ever stared straight at you. And about their smiles, for some reason my mind was always fixated on how they would possibly open their mouths. I imagined their upper lip just flapping like a door for them to talk.
Jeez 😂
Right? They used the same style when they made Sunday school stuff at my church. Creeped me out
I always figured it was just basic/generic art made by most places selling that stuff to the school systems.
You're so fragile. How do you get through life.
Oh, agree. I'm neurodivergent and an artist, I never liked this style. No hate, I'm all for any artist being successful with their art, but these always looked alien to me.
This is why I love RUclips!!!!
All these random questions that I once had or stuff that I accepted as a child but forgotten about, now have answers
Back in my Elementary, I've seen a ton of illustrations like these on each wall I walk pass by in a classroom. I even received stickers that have the same exact style, and I remember admiring the little stars, thinking they're adorable while also being happy for achieving my schoolwork. I am glad I am not the only one who remembers these, something about these kinds of pictures itself makes me feel comforted now, maybe it's because it brings back the days where I actually enjoyed my years of Elementary School.
I wish I could tell these artists how instantly nostalgic this art is for me, and how it formed my memories of school. Thanks for posting this video, I might’ve never known their names!
I remember these fondly
born in 2010, and its STILL HERE
I was born in ‘06 and I love that artwork! 😊💛🖼️
Yeah man!!!
SAME but only in elementary:/
had to think that one over because my brain thought you were like, 6, but no
@ nah I saw them sence day 1 at school
1991 baby here-seeing this thumbnail was like a blast from the past, because yes, absolutely! My preschool was decorated top to bottom with this artwork. I always associate it with my earliest grade school years.
Thank you for the info, and for answering a question I never knew I had!
Same here! 1989 baby - the elementary school I attended from 1994 - 2001 had this artwork in every classroom grades K - 6. One of my most memorable moments in elementary was when Mrs. Edwards in 4th grade rolled the TV cart in and slid a laser disc out of its sleeve kinda like showing off making a big deal out of it, and loaded it into the player. It was a D.A.R.E. presentation. My jaw dropped and I froze there for a second after seeing what I thought was the world's biggest CD because it was about the size of a 12 inch vinyl record and the first DVD movie I watched was Ghostbusters in 6th grade on a PlayStation at a classmates house for his birthday party. 😊
That style was everywhere in the 80s, too.
This artstyle is so nostalgic! I loved seeing this in the classrooms!
I miss this back in my childhood in school. It made the classroom more welcoming
Even now I still see those characters in elementary school classrooms. I remember them vividly from when I was in elementary school and they’re haunting.
Yes they are. I was never able to understand why people liked them. It’s like they are only ever posed staring straight into your soul. It’s even creepier when there’s a group of like 6 or more. When I was little it always gave me the vibe that they were trying to force me to be happy.
I’ve seen some of these that are actually very cute
@@omegawario7479 the knockoff versions were even worse.
As a millennial, this art was my childhood. Just seeing those illustrations brings a huge wave of nostalgia. I miss those days. A time when shows like The Magic School Bus, Bill Nye the Science Guy, and Zaboomafoo educated me on cable tv and VHS, my Kindergarten teacher encouraged me to pursue art, and my 5th Grade teacher read amazing books to the class.
I miss this, so wholesome and friendly.
I have respect for anyone who uses art to inspire the young people.
this art style is the butterfly that caused the whirlwind of my severe anxiety
It always felt like a slap in the face for these smiles to be plastered all over such a miserable place.
@@GoldenGrenadier exacty
:( it's unfortunate that for many people, the positive energy in the art wasn't reflected in the school experience
i hated the poster of the kid sitting down and pointing out like "feet and hands still, ears listening eyes watching" cause my little adhd brain couldnt do any of those things in elementary school
@@octotune4044 same
I work at an elementary school - this stuff is STILL everywhere! The legacy continues~
The ‘90s classroom art was still around when I was in elementary school in the late 2000s and early 2010s. I feel lucky to live through the era of classroom art
those drawings still make me so happy. they're genuinely so cute. I'm glad their creators are doing good.
That art style brings back some good memories. I'm glad things worked out for them.
These artworks were still used in my elementary school in the early 2010s; I had no idea that they had such a long history beforehand
I've always wondered where these iconic drawings originated from.
You unlocked a memory burnt in my head from Elementary School
My mom was an elementary school teacher and this is definitely nostalgic. There was literally a store with just school supplies and we’d go every summer to find the decor for her school year. We’d help her laminate everything. Such a vibe.
I had a pretty emotionally difficult childhood and I projected so much anger and frustration onto these poor characters who only wanted to make me happy. I feel like I owe them an apology. It was me, Carson Dellosa, not you.
I was an early 2010s kid & I still recognize it very fondly.
I remember those drawings back in elementary school. I thought they were indeed interesting as a kid, but now that I'm an adult, I realize just how important they were in color and character.
This art is so nostalgic, nice to see a happy ending! It was also very thoughtful to include Janet Dellosa's etsy page, very cute paintings and mugs
This art and those smiles still bring me innocent joy and peace 🥰
This was part of my childhood in school
Such a nostalgic art style :-)
Really love how short and to the point this video is. So many creators nowadays make videos stretching topics to 20 minutes when they could just be as long as this.
finally a video that tells us just the right amount of info and isnt needlessly stretched out for hours too long.
RUclips needs more people like you.
when I was a kid, I remember distinctly disliking this artstyle. I felt mocked by it. In fact, I felt mocked by a lot of things then, because at that age regular human function was still out of my grasp. Now I adore this art. I like the big smiles and goofy eyes. I feel this style is reflected in my own work. It definitely influenced me.
@quietyotto That's really interesting!! I like how it flipped the switch in you, maybe you were subconsciously influenced by it?
@@hannahhdrawz definitely. I draw big smiles and small eyes on smiley faces. I had to draw a bunch of smiles for my volunteer work and I realized after that they resembled this style!
❤️
I love seeing people talk about this sorta stuff from there childhood like it’s a distant relic that will never be seen again, these posters are still being being used in schools 😭
These designs have been seared into my brain since I was a little kid. They've stuck with me for well over 20 years
This and "Precious Moments" were the bane of my annoyance as a child in the late 1990s.
Tight. Concise. Quality. Masterpiece.
Almost forgot to sub lmao
Short and to the point, I had forgotten all about these kind of illustrations.
It was just what school looked like when I was a kid.
I had the calendar on the thumbnail in my bedroom as a kid, so nostalgic :)
I remember this, even though I had at some point clearly blocked it out. First thing I thought of when seeing this art again was one of my elementary school's "punishments", which was to pull different colored cards whenever you misbehaved. Everyone started on green, then yellow, orange, and red. Green was good, yellow was like a verbal warning, orange meant not only did you get warned again but lost recess time or got sent out to the hall, and red meant you got sent to the office and someone would call your parents and you would have to explain to them on the phone why you got in trouble, and if it was bad enough/you constantly pulled cards down to red, they would not only make you call your parents and explain you were in trouble, but tell them that you were being sent home for the day for misbehaving, and ultimately suspension if it continued. Anyways, the wall hanging that had all of the student's cards (it was kind of like a cloth timesheet card holder thing) had a bunch of those characters surrounding it at each corner, two per corner, that were facing each other and were holding a string of letters that said some sort of "positive" word/phrase, like KINDNESS, or RESPECT, MANNERS, FRIENDSHIP, etc. and it felt like the most mocking, condescending shit, even as a child. That, and that they had seasonal themed decorations for the classroom using them that would be appropriately rotated around, and like 99% of the time whenever we were given a coloring activity sheet, it was usually from one of their coloring books, too.
I heavily relate to your experience. Seeing all of the positive comments surprised me because I’ve been creeped out by these drawings for as long as I can remember.
kids on youtube when they had to experience basic disciplinary policies while in elementary school:
That's crazy, I didn't even know people knew about those years ago, I remember that were from class and shit when I was probably 5, 6 and 7.
"Oh no, you're telling me that kind and respectful people are happy?!" 😂
@@dogfaced_boy Lmao, I'm very much not a child. I was in elemetary school during the 90's and 00s. And I was actually very well behaved in school, probably due to the fact I was an AP nerd who skipped grades when I was younger. I just never cared for the artstyle. Hell, I'm pretty sure my mom has some wooden painted chistmas ornaments still that use the artstyle. They're little angels playing trumpets.
I remember seeing these art styles in my elementary school back in Kindergarten. Those were the good and simple times
I remember despising this art as a kid XD
Saw these character designs all the time growing up in the 90s and early 2000s. It's awesome to know the artists are still going strong and still helping people.
i vividly remember my elementary class visiting my big brother’s class in middle school and crying when i couldn’t stay with him since i was in a lower grade, his classroom and hallways were PEPPERED with this artstyle
So that's where that art style came from! What a blast to the past. I was in elementary school from 2011-2016 and this art style was still everywhere, so I grew up seeing it in my elementary classrooms. Even though it was recognizable, I could never put a name to it. I wonder if some schools still use the decorations and papers with those drawings.
0:25 It's me and you and you and me just us and your friend steve
Lmao
Now THERE'S a millennial deep cut
One rich family!
Dododododo STEVE!
It wasnt just in the 90s, i went to elementary in 2010 and i remembered seing it everywhere
Mannn I can’t explain the nostalgia and comfort I feel from seeing these images. I’m so damn thankful I got to experience this.
I went to school in the 2000's and remember this art style very well!!!!
It's insane how much of an impact these folks had on education, including mine. Just looking at them invokes the feelings of arts and crafts or doing simple multiplication problems.
Thank you RUclips for this video
As someone who just in college, we were talking about many different artist, and now I want to know other artist especially these people who made all the art that build elementary school to be a fun place. They still used the art when I was in elementary in 2011. All brings back memories for me ❤
I forgot that these existed. Thanks for reminding me
Thank you for making a straightforward video without 30+ minutes of padding
I had these posters in classrooms up until my freshman year Spanish I’m SO GLAD SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT THEM
Short and very to the point and not just nostalgia bait. Great video!
So glad I went to school in this era 💕😊
As an early childhood educator for a decade, we still use their art. It was very interesting to see she has an etsy as they shaped the wah we teach and changed a lot. Sure we go for more minimalism to not overwhlem and help with sensory overload but the fact is they were a big company for a reason.
Clicked this so fast I remember these from my days in primary school they definitely need a comeback for this generation of children they helped so many
I went too elementry school in the late 2000,s to mid 2010,s i saw this style.
Memories of this art occasionally resurfaces like some deep sea cetacean. I am so glad to finally find a source.
A mystery I didn’t know I needed solved. Thank you.
Pivotal part of my childhood, as an artist their characters were some of the first things I began drawing religiously everyday. I miss seeing their art, everytime I see it I get warm nostalgia all over
I really liked those characters as a kid. They're cute and comforting. So happy that I got to see them again. They remind me of being young, of school and church and playing.
Aaaaaa! The demonic perpetually smiling faces return!
Well, at least there isn't a single official animated short in this art style that anyone knows of.
In the middle of a Defunctland video, one about "kid cities", he explains getting investors and the screen display some animated stock-like videos illustrating what he's talking about, in this style… Maybe they released some stock videos?
And the drawings only look at you, I’ve never seen them looking any way except for directly in your soul
I pray to God that the universe is devoid of videos of that art style.
Generating AI videos of this style seems like a good idea to me! 🤩💯😎👍
I love how light and airy, but still full of info this video has in just two minutes! You’ve earned a sub!
This is a truly lovely short, informative video that's really brightened my day in these dark times. I remember this artstyle being all over my school classrooms in the 2000s.
You just brought me back to 2003, I was in 2nd grade and my teacher Mrs. Gardner, had her entire classroom decorated in this art style. Thank you for sharing and bringing back in time.
Oh god this is giving me flashbacks.
Seeing a lot of this shit tickled my brain. Time, memory, the lack therefore is all so fucking insane.
Great video btw, can't believe it was only 2 minutes it was really fleshed out