melissa king
About Me
I’m a San Jose State graduate, currently living and working in Los Angeles. I have experience in both artistic and supervisory positions for lighting, color, and environment design.
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
All Hail King Julien
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.
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 was 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
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 Julien
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.
Piltover Docks
Zuan Bridges
Piltover Rooftops
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.
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 was also the color supervisor on this show. All of these keys were done from pre-existing layouts and/or storyboards.
Fan Art
Plein Air/Figure Painting
Pastels
Gouache
Figure Painting
