Foster's BGs Used for Teaching Children

  Don Masse, an elementary school teacher at Zamorano Fine Arts Academy in San Diego, created an assignment using art from Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends to teach foreground, middle ground, background. Zamorano is an art focused elementary school that serves a diverse population of students.

The Foster's BGs below were used as examples

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The children created the images below using cut paper for a background, then applying a middle ground layer, and a foreground on top.

The teacher's blog has more information: Zamorano Fine Arts Academy

More Foster's BGs from 2004

More Foster's BGs from 2004...

I would be given a whole episode to do color design on the BGs, characters, props, and FX.

The BG designs, while I was on the show, were drawn by a few very talented artists at Cartoon Network, Dave Dunnet, Chris Riccardi, Dan Krall, and Don Shank.

All of the work was done in Illustrator with skies that had been painted in gouache and scanned into the computer.

Probably the last time I worked with a computer and paint in the same room!

The home

The school

A park bench

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Under the Sea-Foster's style

I may have posted this one before, but I really like it, so here it is again!

Color Design by Carol Wyatt

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More Foster's FOUND

I found this cute BG of the main house with Bloo in the window.

Color Design by Carol Wyatt

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Foster's Found

As I was clearing off my hard drive, I found some Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends art.

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Color Design by Carol Wyatt

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Foster's BGs

Game Room

Foyer
It took a group of us to finally get this finalized.

Pre production
painting of Dining Room

Dining Room
this is a giant file and I'll try to post detailed close ups soon.

Dining Room Table

Foster's rooms and hallways

Foster's BGs

Just starting to shrink these giant files so I can take them off my hard drive!