#richard daskas
SAMURAI JACK
“XCIV”
(2016) Photoshop
Adult swim
A few more bg’s I painted from new Samurai Jack, layouts by Lou Romano, Art Direction Scott Wills.
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SAMURAI JACK
“XCVII”
(2016) PHOTOSHOP
Adult Swim
A few digital paintings I did matching locations from the original hand painted shows.Art direction by Scott Wills, layouts Lou Romano.
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SAMURAI JACK
“XCIV”
(2016) PHOTOSHOP
Adult Swim
Backgrounds I painted for flashback sequence in third episode. Art direction Scott Wills, layouts Lou Romano.
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SAMURAI JACK
“XCIV”
(2016) Photoshop
Adult Swim
Background paintings for new season of Samurai Jack. It’s been about 13 years since last time I did paintings on the show. Did them digitally this time around,originally we used Cel-Vinyl. Scott Wills scanned lots of hand painted textures in order to achieve the look. Art Direction by Scott Wills, layouts by Lou Romano, digital paint by me.
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ZODIAC (Working Title)
(2014) Photoshop
Oriental Dreamworks
More visual development from the canceled “Zodiac” project done for ODW/Dreamworks. Layouts by Production Designer Michael Isaak and painted by myself. I was the Art Director, we worked on the project for about a year.
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ZODIAC (Working Title)
(2014) Photoshop
Oriental Dreamworks
Visual development painting for bad guys office in Shanghai. I was looking at the Coen brothers “Hudsucker Proxy” while working up the layout.
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ZODIAC (Working Title)
(2014) Photoshop
Oriental Dreamworks
Visual development for ODW/Dreamworks project I was Art Director on for about a year before it was shelved. Layout by Michael Isaak, character design by Willie Real. Obvious similarities to other animated movies with animals, dressed in clothing, in a big city.But this project was being worked on a few years before Sing and Zootopia.
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TROLLS
(2015) Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
Visual development of Bergen Castle interior. Took inspiration from Graceland,the Madonna Inn and the Shining (obviously). Only worked on the movie for a short time with Kendal Cronkhite as Production Designer and Tim Lamb Art Directing.Really fun though.
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POPEYE
(2012) Photoshop
Sony Pictures Animation
Poster done for Genndy Tartakovsky’s Popeye project, drawing by the great Stephen Destefano. Color rough on the left, final on the right.
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PUSS IN BOOTS
(2010) Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
Visual development painting done for first test shot.
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MONSTERS VS ALIENS
(2007) Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
The War Room image is a visual development painting done from a Michael Isaak layout.The wedding scene is a color key painted over a rough layout model.
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KUNG FU PANDA
(2003) Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
Visual Development paintings for KFP 1. Po in the top image is from a Nico Marlet drawing. Bottom image is painted from a Christian Schellewald Layout.
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SINBAD
(2000) Acrylic
Dreamworks Animation
Me painting a background pan for Sinbad that I split into two parts and later assembled in Photoshop.You can see the paintings still in progress behind me in the photo on the right.The Acrylic Cel-Vinyl paint,tupperware and mixing cups, my basic set up, can also be seen.
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SYM-BIONIC TITAN
(2010) Photoshop
Cartoon Network
Miscellaneous background paintings I did for another Genndy Tartakovsky project, Art Direction by Scott Wills.
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MR. PEABODY AND SHERMAN
(2007) Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
Early visual development for Peabody and Sherman. The gladiator image I borrowed from the famous Gerome painting. The caveman piece is based on a Shane Prigmore storyboard.
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SINBAD
(2001) Acrylic/Photoshop
Dreamworks Animation
Visual development painting done mostly using Acrylic(Cel-Vinyl) paint with some Photoshop.
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THE NEW BATMAN/SUPERMAN ADVENTURES
(1997) Acrylic
Warner Bros
This image is from an October 4,1997 TV Guide, it’s the only copy of the painting I could find. Bruce Timm did the drawing so I didn’t have to do too much work.
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