Rick and Morty Season 2 BGs

Rick and Morty BGs from Season 2

All rights Adult Swim/Cartoon Network

BG Paint Lead Carol Wyatt

Art Director James McDermott

Color Supervisor Jason Boesch

NIGHTMARE NED Development

Pre Production Gouache painting for NIGHTMARE NED

New Sketch

Should be a painting.... Maybe in the wee hours.

DODGER GAME SKETCHES

DODGER GAME SKETCHES Wiggle Sticks

Wiggle Stick Night at Dodger Stadium

LOVE ME

LOVE ME was painted about 20 years ago.
It was held in the back room at Julie Rico Gallery along with a few other paintings of mine
When I went to pick up my paintings from her, she said she had given it away to a friend as a Valentine's Day gift. Never paid me. She claimed to have given it to Perry Farrell. Who knows...
I haven't seen the painting since.
If you ever see it, let me know....

DON'T FORGET TO BE STUPID, HONEY

I'm finding old paintings from 20 years ago that I have forgotten about but just LOVE!
This one is owned by a friend.

DESIRE

A painting that I did for a show about 20 years ago in LA.
Gabor Csupo bought this one and two others that I painted.

Camp Lazlo Pilot BG

Jelly Cabin NIGHT
used in the Pilot

Camp Lazlo Development

Jelly Cabin
This was one of my favorite paintings that I did for Joe Murray when we were working on the development for Camp Lazlo. He told me to do whatever I wanted with his sketches. Joe and I were big fans and collectors of kitsch 50s furniture and fabrics. I picked up some great 50s fabric on our travels and decided to design the look around those patterns. The colors and graphics were very simple and beautiful. I thought a yellow sky would be great with the comical nature of the show, and give the backgrounds the look of vignettes similar to 50s graphics.

This was one of the BGs of Lumpus' cabin used for the pilot.

Hey Arnold Pilot

This was left on my desk one day when I was Art Directing the Hey Arnold Pilot.

Power Puff Girl Movie Art

Background Color Comps for the red sequences in the movie.
These are scans of prints. Cartoon Network has the originals.

Two Stupid Dogs Storyboard Comps

Color Storyboard comps
"Let's Make A Right Price"

Craig wanted it to look like "let's Make A Deal"

More Storyboard comps
"Sheep Dogs"

More comps...
"A Quarter"

The crew on this show was incredible!
It was the beginning for many famous animators including:
Conrad Vernon, Craig McCracken & Miles Thompson.

We didn't know it at the time, but that would be one of the last shows produced on the original Hanna Barbera lot.

Two Stupid Dogs

Pie In The Sky
Rough Storyboard Comps

Hanna Barbera

Butthole Surfer Video Art

Butthole Surfer Video
Pan BG

The band drives down this street in their car...

...And drives into the Den O Sin doorway

Fun Art to work on. Bill Stobaugh directed and Wes Archer animated.

Yucky Duck Short

Rough Storyboard Keys
Restaurant

Kitchen

Restaurant

Abracadabra Art

Pacific Oaks Children's School
Live and Silent Auction Event
Invitation

Reply Card - Front

Reply Card - Back

Development BG for Nightmare Ned

Development BG for Nightmare Ned
Gouache

Beatie Boys Video Art

Original painting from the Beastie Boys' Shadrach video directed by Chris Cassidy.

My first experience roto-scoping, and in be-tweening.
I had no idea what I was doing, but I knew how to draw and paint. Animation was a foreign animal to me then. Worked with some great artists and got to meet the Beastie Boys.
Even felt tiny ripples from the San Francisco earthquake while standing quietly and painting.


My paintings in the foreground with Marlon West painting next to me. He reminded me that we were lined up around the room in the order of the animation. Everyone had a different style. Very cool.

Music Video Art

Gouache Painting for a Butthole Surfers Video in the early 90s.
Worked with Bill Stobaugh and Wes Archer.

The bands car drives down the street and into the Den O Sin.