About Me

Hello! I'm a professional animation artist, experienced in both artistic and supervisory positions for lighting, color, and environment design.I'm a San Jose State graduate, currently living and working in Los Angeles. I love using light and color to tell stories, and in my free time I like to container garden on my patio, get outside to see local plants and animals, and plein air paint.

View or download my resume.Inquire about my availability:
melissaking.k@gmail.comSome past employers include:
Cartoon Network
Netflix
Dreamworks
Nickelodeon
Titmouse
Disney Interactive
Zynga

Background Paint

Infinity Train

The Legend of Korra

Miscellaneous

Steven Universe

We Baby Bears

Cat Burglar

Pinky Malinky

Color Keys

We Baby Bears

Hextech Mayhem

Infinity Train

Games

Armello

Disney Hidden Worlds

Chefville

Infinity Train

Background paintings for Cartoon Network/HBO Max's Infinity Train. I was also the Color Supervisor on Books 3 and 4. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

Book 1

Steven Universe

Backgrounds paintings for Cartoon Network's Steven Universe Future. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

Cat Burglar

Background paintings for a Netflix interactive game. Painted digitally, but meant to look like traditional watercolor backgrounds from a 1950s Tex Avery cartoon. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

The Legend of Korra

Background paintings for Nickelodeon's The Legend of Korra. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

We Baby Bears

Background paintings for Cartoon Network/HBO Max's We Baby Bears. I am also the Color Supervisor on this show. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

Pinky Malinky

Freelance background paintings for Nickelodeon's Pinky Malinky. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

Anime Commerical

More realistic BG paintings for an anime style commerical within the show. I did both the layout and color for these.

All Hail King Julian

Prop and set design for Dreamworks TV's "All Hail King Julian" show. These are prop turnarounds for modelers to follow. For anything colored, I did both the design and color.

Prop Design

Set Design - Cactus House Interior

Set Design - Submarine Interior

Set Design - Haunted House - ROUGH

Set Design - Aye Aye Habitat

Miscellaneous Background Paint

Voltron : Legendary Defender

Freelance background paintings for Dreamworks TV's Voltron. I did the paint only, the layout was created by another artist.

All Hail King Julian

Background paintings for a 2D sequence within Dreamworks TV's "All Hail King Julian" show . I did both the design and color for all of these.

Color Keys I designed for this sequence before doing the final design and paint.

Armello

Illustrations to go on playing cards for a digitial board game called "Armello". Created by the indie game studio League of Geeks.

Examples of how these illustrations would be used with the playing card UI. I did not design the UI.

Hextech Mayhem: a League of Legends Story

Color Keys for a rhythm based video game set in the League of Legends universe.

Chefville

A social cooking game made by Zynga. I designed and painted all these assets from start to finish. Although, an occasional plate, carrot, or garnish may have been pulled from our "food library" created by the whole art team.

Disney Hidden Worlds

Artwork created for a hidden objects game made by Disney Interactive. These are large isometric maps based on Disney movies that serve to guide you to the hidden objects games. I noted on the bottom left of each piece if the layout or something else was done by a different artist. If not stated, it was done by me.

Infinity Train

Color keys for Book 3 of Infinity Train, a tv show made at Cartoon Network. I was also the Color Supervisor on this season. Any line work you see in these is from the storyboards and was drawn by another artist.I also did some more detailed write ups explaining these keys on twitter. You can find them here and here if you're interested!

We Baby Bears

Establishing keys and color cards for the "We Baby Bears" tv show made by Cartoon Network . I am also the color supervisor on this show. All of these keys were done from pre-existing layouts and/or storyboards.

Illustrations

Personal artwork!

Fan Art

Plein Air/Figure Painting

Pastels

Gouache

Figure Painting