Editing Tex Avery (section)

===From inker to storyboards===
As an animator, Avery worked under director [[Bill Nolan (animator)|Bill Nolan]]. Nolan reportedly delegated work to Avery, whenever Avery had to animate a sequence. Nolan's instructions for a scene involving Oswald being chased by bees were reportedly simple. He would describe in which direction Oswald was running ("right to left") and for how many feet. The rest of the details were left up to Avery.<ref name="Barrier"/> Avery started handing out work to other animators working under Nolan.

Avery wanted still greater control over the creative process and served as a ''[[de facto]]'' director for a couple of films. Based on Avery's recollections, here is a description of how this happened. He was submitting [[Visual gag|sight gags]] for use in the short films. Some of them were used in the actual films, and some funny ones were left out. He wanted to somehow get all his gags in the finished film. So, he asked Nolan to let him create the entire [[storyboard]] for a film. Nolan instructed Avery to not only draw the storyboard, but also to work on the timing and the layout on his own. Avery completed two films using this process. An older Avery recalled that both films "were terrible", though they got accepted for release.<ref name="Barrier"/>

Avery was reportedly displeased with his salary and had started giving up on his work. After about six weeks of substandard work, his superiors let him go. In April 1935, Avery lost his job at the Universal studio.