Trivia / The Lorax

• Inspiration for the Work: While on vacation in Africa, Seuss was charmed by some strange trees that he, being Dr Seuss, decided to call "Truffula trees". He was later shocked to see them being cut down and ran back to his hotel to start sketching out ideas on a notepad, with the Lorax being his Author Avatar.
• What Could Have Been: Some storyboards feature Concept Art of an early version of the Once-ler (see here, early here◊, here◊, here◊, here◊, and here◊) which was almost completely covered by clothing, except his eyes. One version depicted him as a strange, humanoid yellow creature with pink hair.

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