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The Dragon Prince Backgrounds (Minor Spoilers)

So in light of The Dragon Prince season three release on Netflix, and since I'm back working at the studio I got an opportunity to snag a fraction of the paintings I did for the show over the 2+ years I worked on it. I'll post more soon as there are still TONNES I'd like to rescue and post here.

For almost all of these I was simply a color designer but since a lot of these were matte paintings I had some creative sway over the environment design. I was often provided some sort of line art (sometimes more or less detailed, and sometimes mere chicken scratch) or a rough 3d model as a base from there I basically had free reign (with my art directors input ofcourse) to design the colors, textures and lighting as I saw fit. I think this job had the perfect balance of personal creative freedom and outside direction so it was a blast.

This piece was mostly me. My co worker did a line art pass on my previous version (scroll down to see) which I then expanded upon. I got feedback from the client on that previous version that the buildings looked too modern. This is much better.

This piece was mostly me. My co worker did a line art pass on my previous version (scroll down to see) which I then expanded upon. I got feedback from the client on that previous version that the buildings looked too modern. This is much better.

I don't know what I was thinking when I started this background. I spent over a week obsessing over the first version only to confront myself with the reality that I needed to restart. It it all turned out for the best though!

I don't know what I was thinking when I started this background. I spent over a week obsessing over the first version only to confront myself with the reality that I needed to restart. It it all turned out for the best though!

The kitchen is the first background I worked on and still one of my favorites.

The kitchen is the first background I worked on and still one of my favorites.

I got to design the colors of the castle

I got to design the colors of the castle

I didn't start this bg, but I did finish it.

I didn't start this bg, but I did finish it.

This was another early set, it went pretty straight forward and it was a lot of fun.

This was another early set, it went pretty straight forward and it was a lot of fun.

Callum's bedroom

Callum's bedroom

Ezran's bedroom

Ezran's bedroom

I couldn't find the file with all the furnishings and such so this will have to do

I couldn't find the file with all the furnishings and such so this will have to do

Honestly, this set looks like trash in the show. It was a constant struggle between us the designers and the limits of the 3d capabilities of the show

Honestly, this set looks like trash in the show. It was a constant struggle between us the designers and the limits of the 3d capabilities of the show

There are some sweet (and eastereggy) murals on the walls of this set that I made BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THEM IN THE SHOW :(((((

There are some sweet (and eastereggy) murals on the walls of this set that I made BUT YOU CAN'T SEE THEM IN THE SHOW :(((((

A lot of the times I was tasked with painting in the base colors and texture of a set and then pass that on to another background painter to render to finish. That is what was done here.

A lot of the times I was tasked with painting in the base colors and texture of a set and then pass that on to another background painter to render to finish. That is what was done here.

More than a little chaffed you couldn't see my two butt buddies in the show :( I put a few easter eggs in the show's backgrounds that I'll point out in another post.

More than a little chaffed you couldn't see my two butt buddies in the show :( I put a few easter eggs in the show's backgrounds that I'll point out in another post.

This task was technically on my list but I don't think I was actually supposed to do it... I took the liberty of showing how the corrupted sunforge might look mimicking an solar eclipse and the process of transformation it goes through.

This task was technically on my list but I don't think I was actually supposed to do it... I took the liberty of showing how the corrupted sunforge might look mimicking an solar eclipse and the process of transformation it goes through.

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