Background Art for "Sea Cucumber" (2020) - 2D Animated Short , Tyler Friso

Some samples of background work from 2020's "Sea Cucumber", directed by Tyler Friso!

Had fun learning about depicting a variety of underwater scenes while staying visually cohesive with the film's direction!

Scene where our main protagonist, the Sea Cucumber crawls up onto the rock. Goal of capturing the atmospheric feel while maintaining detail hierarchy for the animators to animate on top of.

Early color maps for this same shot!

Blank upward shot for characters floating down from above.