I got my start painting backgrounds at Perennial Pictures Film Corp. in Indianapolis, In.
We did a lot of Hanna-Barbera TV influenced stuff, many Christmas specials, and using plain old house paint (just like the ink & paint on cells). Lots of sponge for textures, with cut-out stencils for the shapes.
| Digital Overlays and BG adjustments for the Moviefone.com theatrical spot. Effects design, too. |
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| Layout, BG's, and prop designs for Perennial Picture's "Handycat" - done in Flash |
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| Tests for Disney Feature Animation, Fl. |
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| Some BG's from the courtroom sequence of the Harvey Birdman pilot by J.J. Sedelmaier Productions, done in Photoshop. |
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| A bright, graphic style for a commercial for Bee Windows, by Big Fish Animation. |
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These bg's are from their first feature length project, "The Ugly Duckling's Christmas Wish", where I was the art director as well as the only background painter. They are quite different from the more stylized stuff from early on, of which I can't seem to find any good pictures .
I may have to break out the old videotapes and make some screen grabs...
Looking back, it's still pretty amazing that such a small crew got this done in something like 9 months. |
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