TRIO DAY: Dr. Seuss' The Lorax movie billboards..

There are just some movies and characters which lend themselves to great billboard advertising.

Of course it helps if what you're trying to market is a visually exciting creation like The Lorax.

These eye-catching, zesty orange billboards for the animated movie, based on the 1971 environmentally-themed children's book written by Dr. Seuss, really stand out against that gorgeous blue California sky.

The humorous special extension billboard with its yellow bushy eyebrows and moustache literally beams down at passersby and is impossible to miss.

The extra-special 3D version is simply magnificent with its raised features and is Daily Billboard's favourite billboard of the year so far (granted we're still in January), and easily a worthy contender for the BAB Award for Best Billboard Installation.

Here's another standard billboard for the movie snapped on November 30, 2011 at Universal Studios Hollywood.

The standard face creative was snapped along Sunset Boulevard at Cahuenga Boulevard on January 3, 2012.

The Lorax's cheery 3D face (which must have cost a small fortune to produce) can be seen driving along Sunset Plaza at the top of La Cienega Boulevard in West Hollywood and was captured on January 4, 2012.

What a great standard of creativity to set for the start of 2012, let's hope there's more like this to follow.

UPDATED: As the movie's release date draws ever closer more billboards for The Lorax are popping up around L.A., including these two giant ads snapped along Highland Avenue on February 6, 2012, which you can see from as far away as Runyon Canyon with their vivid colours.

Here's also a fun movie theatre standee for The Lorax photographed at The Grove's cinema.

MOVIE WEEK: Alvin and the Chipmunks Chipwrecked billboards...

Are you ready for the third installment in the Alvin and the Chipmunks movie franchise?

Well they're making a big splash around Los Angeles this month with these fantastic life ring buoy billboards.

In this latest family comedy which mixes live-action and CGI, Alvin and his pals Simon and Theodore (plus the Chipettes) get marooned on a tropical island after accidentally going overboard on a cruise ship.

As a special bonus today, here's 'The Squeakquel' billboard for the second Alvin and the Chipmunks movie, which was snapped along L.A.'s Sunset Boulevard on December 8, 2009.

The colourful special extension 'Chipwrecked' billboard really stands out and was photographed along Pico Boulevard at South Alfred Street, whilst the standard version was snapped along Wilshire Boulevard on December 2, 2011.

MOVIE WEEK: The Adventures of Tintin billboards...

In addition to War Horse, Steven Spielberg has another big movie coming out at Christmas, this animated one based on Hergé's popular comic book character, 'Tintin'.

Daily Billboard has already featured a fantastic seaplane billboard for the Tintin movie, but here are some other action-packed creatives from around the streets of L.A.

The eye-catching motorcycle and sidecar and 'Unicorn' ship special extension billboards were both snapped along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City on November 30.

This other standard landscape billboard was photographed along Sunset Boulevard at Larrabee Street.

Meanwhile this super-sized billboard along Wilshire Boulevard is a real spectacle and really makes an impact and was photographed on December 2, 2011.

Jamie Bell voices the computer-generated Tintin, and Peter Jackson joins Director Steven Spielberg as Producer to attract audiences this festive season, which looks set to be a battle royal at the box office.

Can the plucky Belgian reporter and his faithful dog 'Snowy' compete for audiences with the likes of Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close, The Darkest Hour, War Horse, Sherlock Holmes 2, We Bought a Zoo, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, Alvin and the Chipmunks 3, Mission: Impossible Ghost Protocol and New Year's Eve all opening this December.

By the looks of things, with this abundance of different billboards for The Adventures of Tintin the studio certainly are going to try their hardest to get butts in seats.

The Adventures of Tintin seaplane movie billboard...

Some billboards just have amazing stand-out and make you go "Wow!", and that's certainly true of this special extension seaplane billboard for The Adventures of Tintin.

This eye-catching billboard certainly gets you excited for the new animation movie based on Belgian artist Hergé's popular character, 'Tintin' (not to mention his loyal dog 'Snowy' and 'Captain Haddock').

Master filmmakers Stephen Spielberg and Peter Jackson bring this treasure hunt to discover The Secret of the Unicorn to the big screen.

The characters take flight in this special billboard, snapped along Sunset Boulevard at the top of La Cienega Boulevard on the day after it was installed on November 15, 2011.

BONUS DAY: Happy Feet Two movie billboards...

What Daily Billboard loves most about these ads for Happy Feet Two is that they are a whole lot of fun.

Let's face it, who can resist a cute baby penguin. This sequel follows the antics of Mumble's son 'Erik' and his family in the world of the Emperor Penguins.

Aside from the cuteness factor of the imagery, the use of 'Novemburr' instead of the month of 'November' is a nice touch for this campaign too.

The 'Novemburr 2011' teaser billboards for Happy Feet Two were snapped at The Grove shopping centre on September 21 and actual release date versions captured along Santa Monica Boulevard and the extra-large version along Beverly Boulevard on October 28, 2011.

If you like these, be sure to check out more billboards for movie and TV animation here at Daily Billboard.

BONUS DAY: Arthur Christmas movie billboards...

November has certainly seen a huge Arthur Christmas billboard blitz around the streets of L.A. and in New York, but they've actually gone one step further along Sunset Boulevard in West Hollywood and they have a living human billboard installation.

How fun is this interactive PR stunt? Not only do they have an actual 'Arthur' lookalike answering phone calls and waving to passersby up on the billboard platform, but they also have Santa's elves wishing everyone a Merry Christmas at street level.

This fantastic installation looks like it's all for a good cause too, not only is it promoting the new festive film, but it appears to be encouraging gift donations for the U.S. Marine Corps Toys for Tots Foundation, which collects Christmas presents to give less fortunate children in America over the holidays.

They've even gone the extra mile and gift-wrapped the billboard pole which is a nice touch. These photos were snapped near the start of the campaign on November 15, and let's hope that 'presents donated' count reaches a blockbuster total by the time the film opens in cinemas.

Aside from this live-action billboard, there's also a wealth of other eye-catching Arthur Christmas billboards to be seen at the moment.

It's always a little strange to see Christmas themed billboards so early in sunny Los Angeles, the festive creatives always a little out of place against blues skies and blazing sunshine.

However, these are such fun and colourful billboards that you can forgive their early start to the holidays.

Meanwhile, this special trio of billboards for the movie was snapped near New York's Times Square on November 5.

The computer-animated movie from Aardman Animations (the stop-motion clay animation geniuses behind the likes of Wallace & Gromit and Chicken Run) follows the adventures of Santa's son 'Arthur' in the North Pole as he embarks on an important mission before Christmas morning.

As a nice touch, the billboard with all the special extension acrobatic elves even has Christmas tree lights around its border and was snapped along Fairfax Avenue at 6th Street on October 29.

The large format '2 Billion presents' billboard was captured along Highland Avenue in Hollywood on November 14, whilst the other creative with the elves swinging on cables was photographed along Sunset Boulevard on November 2, 2011 (which was replaced by the live charity installation).

UPDATED: Here's another special extension ad for Arthur Christmas spied along Ventura Boulevard in Studio City on December 5, 2011. They certainly spent a lot of money on eye-catching billboards for this seasonal movie.