RESUME
Scott Fassett
818-770-2770
4884 Bell Street, Port Townsend, WA 98368
Email: scott@scottfassett.com Website: www.scottfassett.com
Represented by Ellen Ann Mersereau, Esq.
Email: mersereau@earthlink.net Phone: 323-461-3316
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
TRILOGY ANIMATION GROUP
November 2023 - July 2024
Background Painting for The Adventures of Ben Born Again & Yellow Dog
DISNEY TELEVISION ANIMATION
April 2022 - January 2023
Los Angeles, California
3D Environment Design in Maya, as well as 2D Environment Concept Paintings for Monsters At Work, Season 3.
WARNER BROTHERS/REEL FX
August 2021 - February 2022
Burbank/Dallas/Montreal
Concept Design and Visual Development in 2D and 3D for props and environments, as well as color scripts for SCOOB! Holiday Holiday Haunt.
Rough sketches, final paintings, 3D mockups in Blender, final 3D color animated turnarounds of various props.
NICKELODEON
April 2021 - June 2021
Los Angeles, California
Visual Development and Concept Artist for undisclosed feature film project.
Vehicle Design and Location Design using 2D sketches along with 3D in Blender, and then texture paint-overs in Photoshop.
Painted several Color Script images to determine color palette and lighting for key moments in the film.
TRILOGY ANIMATION GROUP
August 2020 - March 2021
Los Angeles, California
Art Directed Pilot Episode for Jay Jay the Jet Plane. Provided color character visual development for all major characters.
Painted backgrounds for all major locations, including urban and natural settings.
ALCON ENTERTAINMENT
March - August 2019
Los Angeles, California
Location Design and Concept Pitch Art for Undisclosed Project in Development. Painted 2D concept paintings in Photoshop
and created 3D sets in Blender for pre-vis/vis dev. Painted over 3D sets for concept paintings.
LIGHTBRIDGE ENTERTAINMENT
September 2018
Los Angeles, California
Location Design and Background Paint for Undisclosed Project.
HERACLES STUDIOS
July - August 2018
Los Angeles, California
Color Roughs and Final Background Paint for The Kameleons.
REEL FX
February - July 2018
Dallas Texas
Visual Development, Location Design and Background Painting for Uglydolls feature film.
AGE OF LEARNING
April 2017 - January 2018
Glendale, California
Background Painting and Location Design for undisclosed project in development.
AGE OF LEARNING
March 2016 - April 2016
Glendale, California
Background Painting and Location Design for undisclosed project in development.
RGH ENTERTAINMENT
September 2015 - November 2015
Los Angeles, California
Location Design for Paul McCartney’s upcoming animated feature, High in the Clouds. Thumbnail sketches, rough layouts,
cleaned up layouts, 3-D Maya environments, color visual development renders.
MANDOO PICTURES
September 2014 - October 2014
Los Angeles, California
Visual Development and Graphic Design for Rock Dog
DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Glendale, California February 2012 - October 2014
Visual Development Artist for Planes, Planes: Fire and Rescue, Tinkerbell, and Legend of the Neverbeast
HASBRO STUDIOS
Burbank, California April 2010 – February 2012
Color Key, Color Script and Matte Painting Artist for Transformers Prime.
NICKELODEON ANIMATION STUDIOS
Burbank, California March 2010 – April 2010
Matte Painter for The Penguins of Madagascar.
CREST ANIMATION
Burbank, California March 2010
Character and background illustrations for The Little Engine That Could.
WARNER BROTHERS ANIMATION
Burbank, California September 2009 – December 2009
Background Painter for Tom and Jerry Sherlock Holmes direct to video movie.
BLUE SKY STUDIOS
Greenwich, Connecticut February 2009 - April 2009
Freelance Visual Development of characters, props and environments for upcoming top secret animated feature.
LAIKA ENTERTAINMENT
Portland, Oregon February 2006 - December 2008
Concept and Background Painter for Jack & Ben. For most of the show, I was the senior visual development artist, and worked
with the layout department to help guide the show through three distinct style changes, as well as a Siggraph teaser. Art Director
for the short, “The Mouse That Soared”.
DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Burbank, California 2005 – 2006
Background Painter and Character Visualization for Tinker Bell direct to video feature length movie.
DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Burbank, California & Sydney, Australia 2004 – 2005
Background Painter for Bambi II. I traveled to Sydney, Australia for two months to assist the Sydney crew with digital
background painting, advising on technical and aesthetic issues, as well as painting my own quota of backgrounds for the film.
DISNEYTOON STUDIOS
Burbank, California 2002 - 2004
Painted Background Color Keys for Winnie the Pooh - Springtime with Roo and Pooh's Heffalump Halloween Movie.
WALT DISNEY FEATURE ANIMATION
Burbank, California 1996 - 2002
Journeyman Background Painter
Trained for six months in Disney-style painting techniques. Painted traditional acrylic backgrounds for Hercules and Tarzan.
Painted 2-D and 3-D digital backgrounds for Treasure Planet using Digpaint and Deep Canvas, Disney’s proprietary painting applications.
SKILLS
Traditional: Painting in acrylic, watercolor, gouache, oil and pastel.
Digital: Proficient in Photoshop. I have a working knowledge of modeling and lighting in Blender & Maya for illustration and concept purposes.
Visual Development Artist: Able to create fully realized illustrations of props, characters and environments from pre-existing designs or my own designs. Comfortable working in both 2-D and 3-D.
Color Script Artist: Paint over storyboard panels or pre-vis renders to convey lighting, color, mood, and effects.
EDUCATION
Art Center College of Design 1990 -1994
Pasadena, California
Bachelor of Fine Arts with Honors in Illustration