Derek Holmes

Work History

• Background Painter

  9Story Entertainment

  June 2010 - Present
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  Background Supervisor

  9 Story Media

  2010 - Present

  As a background artist on "Pound Puppies" I was responsible for painting Bgs & conceptual art, After completing work on Pound Puppies I became the Background Supervisor for "Fugget About It" & "Arthur" where I was responsible for creating the look of the bgs for "Fugget About It", painting Bgs & conceptual art for both "Fugget About It" & "Arthur". Also lead the background crew for both series ensuring the styles remained consistent & that we delivered the episodes in a timely manner.
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  Background Artist

  Smiley Guy Studios

  2008 - 2010

  Responsible for painting BGs & conceptual art for "The Dating Guy".

• Background Supervisor

  Two Presidents Productions

  2007 - 2008

  Responsible for leading a crew of 5 BG artists, maintaining the look of the “Will & Dewitt” show & ensuring that all the Backgrounds are completed on time.
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  Background Artist

  Smiley Guy Studios

  2005 - 2006

  Responsible for painting conceptual art, colour keys, 2D locations, & texture maps to be applied to 3D environments.

• Background Artist

  Freelance Work

  2000 - 2005

  Responsible for painting Backgrounds, both traditionally & digitally using Photoshop, Painter & Flash programs.
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  Background Artist

  Nelvana

  2002 - 2002

  Responsible for painting colour keys for “Clone High U.S.A.”

• Background Artist

  Fox Animation Studio

  1995 - 2000

  Responsible for painting backgrounds, colour keys & texture maps for the feature animated films; “Anastasia” & “Titan A.E.” & the direct-to-video feature “Bartok the Magnificent”.
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  Background Artist

  Nelvana

  1991 - 1995

  Responsible for painting & supervision of background colour sketches for “Eek! The Cat”, “The Terrible Thunder Lizards” & “Rupert”. Developed the style of the backgrounds for “Thunder Lizards”.
  Also painted backgrounds for the IMAX film “Journey to the Planets”.
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  Assistant Animator

  Nelvana

  1991 - 1994

  Responsible for assistant animation on “Family Dog” TV series & several TV commercials such as “7-UP”, “M & M’s”, “Honeycomb”, “Nabisco Shreddies”, & “Kellogg Rice Krispies”.
  Also assisted on “Rupert”, “The Olympic Games Show” & “The Magic School Bus” opening.

• Background Artist

  Murakami Wolf Dublin

  1990 - 1990

  Responsible for painting backgrounds for the “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles” TV series.