We've been enjoying the 30 minute painting challenges that Worker's Chief Creative Officer, Barry Kooser takes on in the Facebook group, Daily Spitpaints. but this one holds a special place in our imagination. Today's theme was Pilot Ejection and Barry took inspiration from John Ross: American, a WWII photo-recon pilot of the Lockheed P-38 Lightning. John was shot down 3 times on the 96 missions he flew and survived every one. Worker Studio is developing an animated feature based on the life of John Ross.
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Worker Studio's Chief Creative Officer, Barry Kooser partakes in the Facebook group, Daily SpitPaints, which challenges artists to create a painting in 30 minutes on a particular theme. Here are a few of those paintings via our Worker Studio Pinterest Boards. Worker Studio's Chief Creative Officer, Barry Kooser was a background Artist and Supervisor for 11 years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, contributing to films such as as The Lion King, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear, among others. He also ventured his painterly eye as a Fine Artist, exhibiting his work in galleries around the country. We're lucky to have this master artist inform Worker Studio's production design. We asked Barry what the Top 5 Production Designs that influenced his career in filmmaking are. As you'll see his influences range from classic Disney films to some of the most gorgeous live action films of the past 35 years. This is the 5th and final post in the series. #5 TRON (1982) |
 |  Left - Original Concept Art Painting by Tyrus Wong Above - Production Still from "Bambi" (Disney 1942) |
Worker Studio's Chief Creative Officer,Barry Kooser was a background Artist and Supervisor for 11 years at Walt Disney Feature Animation, contributing to films such as as The Lion King, Mulan, Lilo & Stitch, and Brother Bear, among others. He also ventured his painterly eye as a Fine Artist, exhibiting his work in galleries around the country. We're lucky to have this master artist inform Worker Studio's production design. We asked Barry what the Top 5 Production Designs that influenced his career in filmmaking are. As you'll see his influences range from classic Disney films to some of the most gorgeous live action films of the past 30 years. This is #1 in a series of posts.
 |  Background Art from Walt Disney's Lady and the Tramp |
# 1 Lady and the Tramp - Walt Disney (1955)
Lady and the Tramp was the first animated film produced for CinemaScope, giving it a wide screen aesthetic unlike anything seen in animation. This gave the backgrounds a richly detailed feel, along with it's gracious use of painted light to evoke the film's moods. Disney used miniature models of the backgrounds, like the Victorian mansion where Lady lives, and used scaled figurines of the characters for artists to reference an authentic "dog's eye-view" of the surroundings. With producing the film in CinemaScope, the use of close-ups and cuts weren't as necessary for the characters to move in. Since fewer scenes were needed, artists could give loving attention to the backgrounds, filled to the brim with life and detail.
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