Chester, England, United Kingdom
Background painter, Visual Development artist and Art Director for animation.
Painting backgrounds traditionally in gouache paint for SpongeBob Squarepants and watercolour for The Patrick Star Show.
Creating visual development for environments and assets in an all new Wallace and Gromit Virtual Reality adventure!
Leading a team of BG artists on a new animated Disney show about a yellow yeti! Responsibilities include: creating episodic colourscripts, painting key backgrounds and assigning/ reviewing BGs to make sure everything is consistent and on-style.
Art Director and Lead BG Artist for Andrew Chesworth's 2D animated short, 'The Brave Locomotive'. My role includes painting key BGs for the short, setting the visual tone through colour and light for different sequences in the film alongside Director Andrew Chesworth, and overseeing artwork done by the BG team. Release date: Dec 2021
Role includes painting colour concepts in multiple angles/weather varients of the sketchup models provided by the Art Directors to describe the colour and texture of assets and environments.
Art Director on Moominvalley. Role includes set dressing along with prop/sections of environment paintings to describe desired texture of assets and environments, and attending relevant meetings with directors to discuss everything needed per episode.