Background Painter at Cartoon Network
Greater Los Angeles Area
- Current
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- Background Painter at Cartoon Network
- Owner at Fleet Street Scandal
- Past
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- Visual Development (Freelance) at Passion Pictures
- In Development at The Walt Disney Company
- Background Painter (Freelance) at Cartoon Network Europe
- Visual Development Artist (Freelance) at Imagi Animation Studios
- Background Designer at Passion Pictures
- Character Designer (Freelance) at Laika
- Background Designer (Freelance) at Cartoon Network Europe
- Art Intern at Pixar Animation Studios
- Illustrator (Freelance) at
- Character Artist at Cranky Pants Games
- Production Artist Intern at Nintendo Software Technology
- Education
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- Digipen Institute of Technology
- Connections
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- Industry
- Animation
- Websites
Kevin Dart’s Summary
I began my career as a character artist in the video game industry in Seattle, but eventually decided to move to Los Angeles and become a full-time illustrator. For the last 3 years I've worked freelance for a range of clients like Pixar, Cartoon Network, Passion Pictures, Disney TV, Laika, and Gama-Go. I also created and run the independent publishing house Fleet Street Scandal with my friend and business partner Chris Turnham. Together we sell original art prints, apparel, and books. Summer 2009 saw the release of a new book starring my character, International Girl of Mystery Yuki 7. "Seductive Espionage: The World of Yuki 7" made its debut at Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, CA, and the accompanying movie trailer was played across the world on blogs like NOTCOT, Boing-Boing, and Kanye Universe City.
I'm currently working as a background painter at Cartoon Network on the show "Sym-Bionic Titan". The show is directed by Genndy Tartakovsky, creator of Dexter's Lab, Samurai Jack, and the animated Clone Wars series.
Kevin Dart’s Experience
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Background Painter
Cartoon Network
(Public Company; TWX; Animation industry)
September 2009 — Present (3 months)
Sym-Bionic Titan
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Owner
Fleet Street Scandal
(Printing industry)
May 2006 — Present (3 years 7 months)
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Visual Development (Freelance)
Passion Pictures
(Privately Held; Animation industry)
May 2009 — July 2009 (3 months)
Background paintings, character designs, storyboard cleanups for Coke Zero commercial
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In Development
The Walt Disney Company
(Public Company; DIS; Information Technology and Services industry)
January 2008 — July 2009 (1 year 7 months)
Co-Creator of an original TV show for Disney Jetix
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Background Painter (Freelance)
Cartoon Network Europe
(Animation industry)
February 2009 — May 2009 (4 months)
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Visual Development Artist (Freelance)
Imagi Animation Studios
(Public Company; Animation industry)
October 2008 — October 2008 (1 month)
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Background Designer
Passion Pictures
(Privately Held; 11-50 employees; Animation industry)
April 2008 — June 2008 (3 months)
Backgrounds and color styling for BBC Olympics "Monkey" spot
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Character Designer (Freelance)
Laika
(Privately Held; 201-500 employees; Animation industry)
March 2008 — April 2008 (2 months)
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Background Designer (Freelance)
Cartoon Network Europe
(Animation industry)
November 2007 — April 2008 (6 months)
Backgrounds and beat boards for "The Amazing Adventures of Kid Cole & Klay"
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Art Intern
Pixar Animation Studios
(Public Company; 1001-5000 employees; Entertainment industry)
June 2007 — August 2007 (3 months)
Visual development
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Illustrator (Freelance)
(Animation industry)
March 2006 — June 2007 (1 year 4 months)
Clients included:
Gama-Go
Warner Bros. Interactive
LAIKA
Disney TV
Baby Tattoo Books -
Character Artist
Cranky Pants Games
(Entertainment industry)
September 2003 — March 2006 (2 years 7 months)
"Destroy All Humans 3: Path of the Furon"
"Evil Dead: Regeneration" -
Production Artist Intern
Nintendo Software Technology
(Public Company; 11-50 employees; NTDOY; Computer Games industry)
May 2002 — August 2002 (4 months)
"1080: Avalanche"
Kevin Dart’s Education
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Digipen Institute of Technology
AAA 3D Animation , 2000 — 2003
Additional Information
Kevin Dart’s Websites:
Kevin Dart’s Honors:
Excellence in Concept Art, Ballistic Publishing's "Painter", 2006
Excellence in Editorial Illustration, Ballistic Publishing's "Painter", 2006
Featured in Ballistic Publishing's "Expose 4", 2006
Featured in Fantagraphics' "Beasts!", 2007
Kevin Dart’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- business deals
- reference requests
- getting back in touch
