Barry Jackson

Barry Jackson

Senior Production Designer / 31 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Main Title Matte Painter

The Addams Family (2019)

Main Title Matte Painter

Mary Poppins Returns (2018)

Visual Development Artist

Gnome Alone (2018)

Additional Painter

Sausage Party (2016)

Additional Artwork

Into the Woods (2014)

Matte Painter

Epic (2013)

Background Designer / Background Painter

Diablo III: Wrath (2012)

Background Designer / Color Stylist

Black Dynamite (2011)

Concept Artist

Hop (2011)

Visual Development Artist

Rango (2011)

Production Designer

Firebreather (2010)

Production Designer

The Ant Bully (2006)

Character Designer

Valiant (2005)

Concept Artist

Shrek (2001)

Digital Artist

Titan A.E. (2000)

Additional Character Designer

The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)

Conceptual Designer

Cool World (1992)

Work History
  • illustrator

    Psyop

    2014 - Present
  • President

    Figment LLC

    March 2012 - Present

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    Figment LLC can solve all your pre- visual, and concept art needs for Animated Films both for Feature and TV. We can also design the production doing everything from characters, backgrounds, props and mattes.

  • Production Designer

    Xing Xing Digital Technology (Beijing)

    November 2014 - December 2015
    Studio City

    production designer

  • instructor

    Art Center College of Design

    2012 - 2015

    I currently teach at night at Art Center. Advanced Digital painting.

  • Concept Artist

    Bad Robot

    May 2013 - July 2013

    Developed art for an animated feature.

  • Visual Development

    Paramount Pictures

    2013 - 2013
  • Matte Painter

    yU+co

    2012 - 2013

    Worked on Title sequences for The Great and Powerful Oz, Free Bird, Plainswalkers, Sci Fi Channel's Defiance, Epic and others. Painted mattes, composited mattes, some design, animation, and effects.

  • Concept Artist

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    April 2012 - September 2012

    Created Concept art and character design for numerous film in pre-production.

  • Concept Artist

    Rhythm & Hues Studios

    September 2010 - December 2010

    Working on HOP

  • Production Designer

    Cartoon Network

    May 2009 - August 2010

    Production Designed "Firebreather" the all digital TV feature film in which I won the Telly Award.

  • Concept Artist

    Velo Digital

    2009 - 2009

    Visually developed the feature film "Kamlu".

  • Production Designer

    Rainmaker Entertainment

    2007 - 2009

    Production Designed the soon to be released "Escape from Planet Earth".

  • Production Designner

    Laika

    2006 - 2007

    Production Designed for the ill-fated "Jack and Ben" movie

  • Production Designer

    DNA Productions

    March 2004 - January 2006

    Production Designed the 3D animated feature, "The Ant Bully."

  • Warner Bros. Pictures

    2004 - 2006

    Production Designed the Ant Bully

  • Director of Animatics

    Electronic Arts

    2003 - 2005

    Director of Animmatics

  • Production Designer

    Nickelodeon Animation Studio

    2000 - 2001

    Production Designed Mighty Mouse as a digital feature. Still on hold.

  • Production Designer

    DreamWorks Animation

    January 1995 - November 1996

    First production designer on the movie "Shrek".

  • freelance artist

    B. D. Fox and Friends

    1985 - 1990

    I was hired as a free lance artist to work on add campaigns for various motion pictures. At times I painted one sheets used in high profile ad campaigns.

  • Blue Sky Studios

    ? - Present
Education
  • The Gnomon School

    2007 - 2008
  • California State University-Long Beach

    ? - ?
  • Art Center College of Design

    ? - ?