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Frederick Gardner

3-time Emmy Award winning artist & designer.

Senior Visual Development/Art Director / Supervisor Background Designer / 21 yrs

Los Angeles, CA

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Rough Layout Artist

Puyo Puyo: The Movie (2022)

Character Designer / Chief Animation Director / Animation Director

The Bob's Burgers Movie (2022)

Visual Development Artist

Space Jam: A New Legacy (2021)

Background & Prop Designer

Maya and the Three (2021)

Designer

Baby Shark's Big Show! (2020)

Visual Development

Sackboy: A Big Adventure (2020)

Additional Visual Development Artist

Scooby (2020)

Additional Production Design

UglyDolls (2019)

Background Designer

Puppy Dog Pals (2017)

Background Design

Fresh Beat Band of Spies (2015)

Visual Development

The Adventures of Chuy (2015)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet 3 (2014)

Visual Development

Run Sackboy! Run! (2014)

Visual Devleopment Artist/Background Designer

The Book of Life (2014)

Art Director/Visual Develipment Artist

Free Birds (2013)

Visual Development

PlayStation All-Stars Battle Royale (2012)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet Karting (2012)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet PS Vita (2012)

Environment Designer

Humbugged: Rockettes to the Rescue (2011)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet 2 (2011)

Visual Development

Sackboy's Prehistoric Moves (2010)

Background Designer

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)

Background Designer

Sym-Bionic Titan (2010)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet PSP (2009)

Character Designer

The Mouse that Soared! (2009)

Background Designer

Unstable Fables: The Goldilocks and the 3 Bears Show (2009)

Visual Development

LittleBigPlanet (2008)

Background Designer

Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare (2008)

Background Designer

Unstable Fables: 3 Pigs & a Baby (2008)

Background Artist

Random! Cartoons (2007)

Background Designer

Handy Manny (2006)

Background Designer

The Replacements (2006)

Background Designer

My Gym Partner's a Monkey (2005)

Background Design

The Life and Times of Juniper Lee (2005)

Background Designer

The Doodlebops (2005)

Background Designer

Johnny Test (2005)

Background Designer

The Powerpuff Girls: 'Twas the Fight Before Christmas (2003)

Background Designer

Duck Dodgers (2003)

Layout Artist

The Powerpuff Girls Movie (2002)

Background Designer

The Powerpuff Girls (2002)

Additional Prop Designer

The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea (2000)

Background Supervisor

Jackie Chan Adventures (2000)

Prop Designer

An Extremely Goofy Movie (2000)

Layout Artist/Background Designer

The Iron Giant (1999)

Timing Director

Histeria! (1998)

Key Layout Designer

101 Dalmatians: The Series (1997)

Prop/Character Design

Space Jam (1996)

Key Layout Designer

Quack Pack (1996)

Models / Props

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)

Model Designer / Model And Prop Designer

Animaniacs (1993)

Animator / Character Layout Artist / Animator

The Simpsons TV Series (1989)

3-time Emmy Award winning artist & background designer. CalArts 1989-90. I started my career in Animation in 1990 as an animator/character layout artist on the 2nd season of the Simpsons. I ended up becoming a designer and have been designing backgrounds for a living. I've been lucky enough to work at all the big studios in Hollywood: Klasky-Csupo, Warner Bros, Disney, Fox, MGM, Hanna-Barbera, DreamWorks TV, Sony, Jim Henson Studios, Nickelodeon, Cartoon Network and Laika. I am currently looking for work as a VisDev Artist, Designer or Art Director in Los Angeles, CA. Interested in contacting me for freelance? Email Frederick Gardner Design (me) at ElFrederico3@gmail.com. Frederick Gardner's blog is updated from Los Angeles, CA and Dallas, TX.

Work History

Production Designer/Background Design

Trilogy Entertainment Group

July 2023 - July 2023

Visual Development & Design for the animated series, "Earth to Eden", for Trilogy Entertainment.
Background Design

Nickelodeon Movies

August 2022 - April 2023

Vis Dev & Design Backgrounds for the animated film, "Baby Shark Movie".
Visual Development & Background Design

Hornet Inc.

June 2022 - June 2022

Visual Development & Background Design for the McDonald's Commercial, "Happy Meal Shelf Elf" for Hornet, NY.
Visual Development

Nickelodeon Movies

July 2022 - July 2022

Visual Development for the animated film, Loud House 2, for Nickelodeon Movies
Visual Development

Nickelodeon Movies

May 2022 - May 2022

Visual Development & Design for the animated film, "Casagrandes" for Nickelodeon Movies
Models / Props

The Walt Disney Studios

April 2022 - January 2023

Design Models & Props for the Pixar animated series "Monsters At Work"
Visual Development

Imagine Entertainment

February 2022 - March 2022

Visual Development for the animated series and toys related to "Bug Tron" for Imagine Entertainment.
Background Designer

Shadow Machine

December 2021 - May 2022

Design & Clean Background Designs for the Shadow Machine animated series, "Strange Planet", for Apple TV.
Creative Art Director/Designer

Groove Jones

February 2020 - April 2020

Dallas, TX

Design the look for 2 VR nautical themed games to be used on Royal Caribbean cruise lines and supervise the artists on the design/dev team. Design VR forest experience for Saleforce.
Background & Prop Design

Netflix Animation

February 2019 - October 2019

Hollywood, CA

Design Backgrounds & Props for the television series "Maya & the Three"
Owner

Frederick Gardner Design

March 1999 - August 2019

Burbank, CA

Freelance Concept Art and Design for film, television, commercials and toys.
Designer

Hornet Inc.

January 2019 - June 2019

New York City, NY

Style & Design locations for McDonalds & Amazon tv commercials
Background Designer

Wild Canary Animation

December 2016 - June 2019

Burbank, CA

Stylist/Background & Prop Design for the Disney Jr series, "Puppy Dog Pals"
Background Designer

Walt Disney Television Animation

January 1995 - May 2019

Universal City, CA

Head of Design Dept for "Hercules" Senior Background Designer for "Hercules", "101 Dalmations", "House of Mouse", "Another Goofy Movie", "Little Mermaid 2".
Vis Dev Artist

Warner Bros. Animation

February 2019 - March 2019

Dallas, TX, United States

Visual Development for "Space Jam 2"
Visual Development/Art Director

Reel FX

December 2009 - March 2019

Dallas, TX, United States

Establish a visual style and design locations, props and scenery for a 3D CG-animated film, Time Turkeys.
Background & Prop Designer

6 Point Harness

May 2014 - April 2015

Glendale, CA

Background and Prop Design for the Nick Jr TV series, "Fresh Beats - Band of Spies"
Art Director/VFX Supervisor/Vis Dev Artist/Designer

Reel FX

October 2010 - November 2013

Supervise artists and visual development of new project, train art apprentices, previsualize new locations, style/design new models, environments, characters & FX.
Production Designer

Warner Bros. Animation

May 2009 - January 2010

Burbank, CA

Set a visual style and develop locations, props and scenery for the animated feature, "Tom & Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes".
Visual Development

Bento Box Entertainment

December 2009 - December 2009

North Hollywood, CA

Visual Development for the Fox TV series, "Allen Gregory"
Stylist/Production Artist

Laika

October 2006 - January 2009

Portland, OR

Visual Development for the animated film, "Jack & Ben".
Production Designer

Laika

April 2007 - March 2008

Portland, OR

"Jack & Ben" visual development, "Wingnuts" production design
Background Designer

DIC Entertainment

February 2007 - March 2007

Los Angeles, CA

Background Designs for "Sushi Pack"
Background Designer

Tom T Animation

2005 - 2006
Background Design

Cartoon Network

2000 - 2006
Background Designer

Cartoon Network

1999 - 2006
Background Designer

Tom T Animation

September 2005 - October 2005

Background Design
Background Designer

Dark Horse Entertainment

March 2005 - April 2005

Los Angeles, CA

Background Design
Production Designer

Sony Pictures TV Animation

1998 - 2000
Background Designer

Warner Bros. Animation

1991 - 1999
Layout/Prop Design

Warner Bros. Animation

1991 - 1997
visual development artist

DreamWorks Television

June 1996 - November 1996

Sherman Oaks, CA

Develop new animated tv series for DreamWorks production.
Prop Designer

Hanna Barbera

February 1996 - September 1996

Hollywood, CA

Design Props & Vehicle for "The NEW Adventures of Jonny Quest"
Background Designer

Walt Disney Television Animation

May 1996 - June 1996

North Hollywood, CA

Background/Prop Design for "The Mighty Ducks" animated series.
Background/Prop Designer

GRAZ ENTERTAINMENT

August 1994 - January 1996

North Hollywood, CA

Background and Proo design for the Fox TV series, "The TIck".
Background Designer

New World Animation

September 1995 - December 1995

Los Angeles, CA

Background Design
Background Designer

Warner Bros Classic Animation

1993 - 1995
Character Animator/Character Layout/Character Designer

Klasky Csupo Inc.

June 1990 - October 1991

Hollywood, CA

Character Animation/Character Layout/Character, Background and Prop Design, Marketing Artist for 2nd & 3rd season of "The Simpsons", Character/Background Layout for "Rugrats" 1st Season.

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Education

AS - Marine Technology

College of Oceaneering - Wilmington, CA

August 2003 - October 2004
US Army Infantry School

2001 - 2001
BA - Character Animation Candidate

CalArts

January 1989 - January 1990
BA - Film Candidate

ArtCenter College of Design

January 1988 - November 1988