The Box - Animator vs. Animation 10

Alan Becker Studio

BACKGROUND LEAD
BACKGROUND ARTIST

I had the opportunity to work with Alan Becker studio as their background artist. I coordinated with the 3D artists to create a base model for our artists to paint over in order to create stylized, painterly, and dimensionally accurate backgrounds.

As a Background Lead, I proposed using Google Street View images as the source material for our town scene background. This approach eliminated the need to outsource the 3D layout, significantly shortening the turnaround time and reducing production costs.

During this episode I developed skills use Blender® to create a painted, moving, 3D background.

Left: Google Street View reference; Right: the painted background image

The King - Animator vs Minecraft Ep 30

Alan Becker Studio

BACKGROUND ARTIST

This was the very first episode that I worked on with Alan Becker Studio. I was tasked with clearing the backlog of background assets that's been delaying this episode's release.

Wanted - Animator vs. Animation 9

Alan Becker Studio

BACKGROUND ARTIST

While working on this episode I learned about the ecosystem of asset-based backgrounds, such as seamless textures, and repeatable assets.

I got to animate the background elements in this shot to create an illusion of 3D movement.

Parallax background assets combined into one composition