Jessie Seely: Artist/Vocalist

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Batman: The Brave and the Bold - The Videogame

Character and prop concepts/color styles and finalized designs for the Wii title.

BloodRayne: Betrayal (Video Game)

Character concepts for the Wii title.

WrestleManiacs!

Character designs for Mattress Firm in Houston, TX. Using a randomizing website, members of a team were given "Wrestler Names," and using those names, I designed these wrestler characters. Used for print on t-shirts. Names of the characters are in the captions.

Silent Hill: Book of Memories (Video Game)

Weapon designs/color styles for elemental swords. An ice sword had been previously designed and approved, and I was asked to create fire, earth, and wood swords to complete the set.

Rough Environment and Prop concepts/color styles for "Blood World," to be given to onsite and offsite 3D Modelers and Artists.

Rough Effect concepts/color styles for the project's Visual Effects Artist.

The final, approved line-up of Elemental Swords.

Rough concept/guideline for the look and feel of the Blood World environment.

"Small Breakable" - Can be broken apart by player.

"Medium Breakable" - Can be broken apart by player.

"Large Breakable" - Can be broken apart by player.

"Medium Flat" - Items can be set on surface.

"Large Flat" - Items can be set on surface.

"Medium Hollow" - Items can be placed inside.

"Large Hollow" - Items can be placed inside.

"Small Passthrough" - Non-interactive floor decoration.

Rough concept/guideline for the look and feel of the Blood World environment alternative "Hell."

Rough concept/guideline for the look and feel of the Blood World environment alternative "Bone Yard."

Effects sketches and reference pulled for "Light Orbs"

Effects sketches and reference pulled for "Blood Orbs"

Centipede: Infestation (Video Game)

Character concepts for Rivet, the main character's younger brother.

Concepts for Max's (main character) plant-pod-shooting gun, cobbled together out of junkyard scrap and mutated bug parts.

First round of silhouettes for Rivet's costume.

Last round of silhouettes for Rivet's costume.

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Danger of the Ooze (Video Game)

Weapon and enemy designs/color styles.

Color Supervisor

HouseBroken (Seasons 2 and 3)

Bento Box Entertainment

Currently Streaming On Hulu

Worked with Art Director to refine and elevate existing Season 1 Color. Created comprehensive Background Paint and Color Design Style Guides for inhouse and outsource artists.

Selection of Character/Prop Color Designs (painted by or heavily directed by me, see captions)

Selection of Supervised Backgrounds, following standard show style

Worked with Art Director to develop/pitch a new look-and-feel/style for dream sequences in Season 2 Episode 12 "Who's Afraid of Boomsday Again?" The "Richard Scarry" dream style was requested, and my team worked together to implement it. The other dream sequence (heavily referencing "Thelma and Louise") needed to feel more gritty and adult, prompting me to suggest taking inspiration from Frank Miller's "Hell and Back - A Sin City Love Story" (particularly the use of more washed out color where applicable, and the solid shadow fills). This inspiration was approved, and my team worked together to implement it.

Selection of Supervised Backgrounds, following Richard Scarry and Frank Miller inspiration and new style rules that I helped create and define

Farzar (Season 1)

Bento Box Entertainment

Currently Streaming On Netflix

Worked with Supervising Director to expand on the color style of Brickleberry and Paradise PD, and bring it to a whole new galaxy! Worked with Supervising Director and Show Creators to refine the Main Cast Lineup. Created a comprehensive Background Paint and Color Design Style Guide for inhouse and outsource artists. Created and pitched "look boards" for previously unestablished treatments, environments, and props, many of which were utilized in the show. One of the biggest departures was how we treated the skies-- I suggested we take inspiration from the painted backgrounds in the 1973 "Lost In Space" animated series. This inspiration was approved, and my team worked together to implement it.

Selection of Character/Prop Color Designs (painted by me)

Selection of Supervised Backgrounds with elements based on my creator-approved concepts and/or "look boards" (more details in captions)

Paradise PD (Season 4)

Bento Box Entertainment

Currently Streaming On Netflix

Worked with Supervising Director to refine and elevate existing Season 1 and 2 Color. Created comprehensive Background Paint and Color Design Style Guides for inhouse and outsource artists.

Selection of Supervised Backgrounds, Characters, and Props

Color Design - Background Painting - Character/Prop Design

The Fairly OddParents (Season 10)

Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Color Designer for characters, props, and effects.

Legends of Chamberlain Heights (Season 2)

Bento Box Entertainment

Color Designer for characters, props, effects, and backgrounds.

Life Drawing

Paradise PD (Seasons 1, 2, and 3)

Bento Box Entertainment

Color Designer/Background Painter for a Netflix original adult animated comedy series.

Season 2 and 3

Season 1

Background painted by Josey Tsao - Characters painted by Heather Kahler

Trashsquatch painted by Shane Corn - Trashmas Effects painted by Heather Kahler

Painted by Emily Sadowski

When first meeting with the creators, I asked them what the atmosphere inside of the dome was like. We landed on a constant "perfect day" with blue skies and white clouds, just like the Earth the humans once knew! This gives great contrast to the otherwise alien skyscape!

Painted by Emily Sadowski

I came to Emily with a rough sketch pulling heavily from the likes of Tron and Blade Runner-- I was set on a shining neon city to contrast the dusty fire-lit slums around it, and she executed that amazingly!

Painted by Emily Sadowski

I asked for a"Crystal Cathedral" influence by making the pieces of ceiling above the thrones glass, and I also asked for the floor to be given a "terrazzo tile" speckled texture.

The creators to have different colored skies to help define different areas on the planet. The Supervising Director and I decided that we could treat it like weather patterns or pollution! Here we see the skies of the Human Utopia/Alien Slums blending into the Intellectoid Realm in the distance.

The creators wanted a Skeletor influence, and another sky color to really differentiate Bazarack's lair from everywhere else! I pitched the idea of a swirling evil vortex constantly perched over the lair, and they approved the idea!

Bazarack's lair was a MOOD, and we didn't want it to overwhelm a battlescene. So the artists and I worked on having the sky and environment fade from "swirling evil vortex" to something more neutral!

Background painted by Emily Sadowski

Fun Example of Specific Color Direction: When needing some eerie lighting inside Bazarack's throneroom, I pitched the idea of incandescent insects and the goo they may produce that could fill the core of the planet, or be squeezed out into the sconces!

The creators really wanted to push the idea of an idyllic alien canopy compared to the "Very Bad Forest" lurking underneath. I pitched the idea of pulling inspiration from the deep sea for the forest (with lots of glows and milky outlines against dark backgrounds), and they approved it!

I pitched a "deep sea" inspiration for our "Very Bad Forest," and it was approved! I directed the artist to use dark fills and textures, and play with glowing objects and coloring the lines of things to have them stand against the darkness.

Personal Artwork

Artist Skills Include:

Proficient at -

Supervising, drafting assignments, and problem-solving color design related issues in-house and with animation service providers/outsourced studios

Partnering with art and production teams to allocate assignments and monitor/track artwork notes and approvals on a daily basis

Asset management - Working with multiple departments in preparing/organizing design elements and design element files for shipment. Tracking to ensure timely delivery to animation service provider/outsourced studios