Thomas Yamaoka

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Thomas Yamaoka

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    • Justice League Action
    • Ninja Turtles
    • Batman Unlimited
    • Lego Scooby Doo
    • Beware the Batman
    • Ben 10 Ultimate Alien
    • Superman: Man of Tomorrow
  • FREELANCE
    • Far East Movement
  • TUTORIALS + BLOG
    • This Fn Button
    • Visual Efficiency
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    • HOME
    • ANIMATION
      • Constantine
      • Scooby Doo! DTV
      • Justice League Action
      • Ninja Turtles
      • Batman Unlimited
      • Lego Scooby Doo
      • Beware the Batman
      • Ben 10 Ultimate Alien
      • Superman: Man of Tomorrow
    • FREELANCE
      • Far East Movement
    • TUTORIALS + BLOG
      • This Fn Button
      • Visual Efficiency
  • HOME
  • ANIMATION
  • FREELANCE
  • TUTORIALS + BLOG

Thomas Yamaoka

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Background Painting and Visual Development portfolio for animation

Index

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10

Beware the Batman

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Lego Scooby Doo

Ben 10: Ultimate Alien

Batman Unlimited

Lego Scooby Doo

Batman Unlimited

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Batman Unlimited

Batman

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Ninja Turtles, Nickelodeon

Justice League Action

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Teenage Mecha Ninja Turtles

Justice League Action

Hello World

Hi, I'm Thomas. Welcome to my online portfolio! I  I graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in 2008 with a degree in Digital Media. Since then, I've worked for various studios as a freelance artist and in-house staff artist. Some studios I have had the pleasure to working with include Warner Bros. TV, Cartoon Network, Nickelodeon, Bento Box, Blind, Psyop LA, and That Game Company.


As a background painter, our duty is to help reinforce storytelling through the use of color, lighting, composition, texture and many other principles of film language. 


This portfolio mainly showcases various background paintings and visual development work for TV animation.


Each background (BG) was drawn and designed by the BG design department and handed off to the BG paint department. There's  a lot of talented artists involved in these productions and I am excited to share some of the journey into making these shows. Thanks for stopping by!


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