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Travon Serrano
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Morning!🌈
I'm a background painter at Creative Overdose Studios and I am currently open for work.
Past: Floyd County Productions
Email: travonserrano@gmail.com
https://linktr.ee/TravonVon
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Morning! Ahhh I can't believe its been a week already, I'm glad I've been able to slightly keep up.
Day 7 of #PleinAirpril .
#NoPleinnogain #photoshop #Digitalart #Landscape #Backgroundartist #Environmentart #digitalpainting #Painting
Finish painting of a field with long white weeds and trees int eh background. This illustration has a slight overcast feel to it. this is the flats of a field with long white weeds and trees in the Background. This illustration has a slight overcast feel to it. This is a rough sketch of a field with long weeds and trees in the BG.
April 9, 2025 at 12:03 AM
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Morning! Since I had some extra time to spend, I decided to push the rendering of this plein air painting. I definitely learned a lot from just slowing down and closely observing my reference.

Day 6 of #PleinAirpril
#Digitalart #Photoshop #nopleinnogain #plants #digitalpainting #painting #art
Finished painting of a fig fruit on a green branch surrounded by Leaves. this piece utilizes warm greens. These are the flat colors of a fig fruit on a green branch surrounded by Leaves. this piece utilizes warm greens. This is the sketch of a fig fruit on a green branch surrounded by Leaves.
April 8, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Morning! Alrighty, here goes my Day 5 for #PleinAirpril . Okay, Off to bed I go😴

#NopleinNogain #Photoshop #digitalart #Landscape #beach #Landscapepainting #Pleinair #Digitalpainting
This is a painting of a beach. Their is a giant cliff in the background, but towards the Left. The mid ground has a large cliff structure to the left. The overall terrain is grass in the forgound and few rocks scatter around the image. The overall feel of this piece is sunny and relaxing. These are the flats for the painting of a beach. Their is a giant cliff in the background, but towards the Left. The mid ground has a large cliff structure to the left. The overall terrain is grass in the forgound and few rocks scatter around the image. The overall feel of this piece is sunny and relaxing. This is a painting of a beach. Their is a giant cliff in the background, but towards the Left. The mid ground has a large cliff structure to the left. The overall terrain is grass in the forgound and few rocks scatter around the image. The overall feel of this piece is sunny and relaxing. Aslo this shows the overll textures in this piece. This is the rough sketch of the beach. Their is a giant cliff in the background, but towards the Left. The mid ground has a large cliff structure to the left. The overall terrain is grass in the forgound and few rocks scatter around the image. The overall feel of this piece is sunny and relaxing.
April 6, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Morning again lol! Here is my day 4 of #PleinAirpril . This one was pretty fun to do. I actually tried a lot of techniques with the lasso tool that I learned from one of Loish's Tutorial.

#NoPleinnogain #photoshop #Digitalart #Landscape #Backgroundartist #Environmentart #digitalpainting #Painting
This is a painting of a road with Trees and a mountains in the background. Their is a also 2 utility poles with electric wires connecting to them. The overall feel is dark overcast day. This is the rough sketch of a road with Trees and a mountains in the background. Their is a also 2 utility poles with electric wires connecting to them. The overall feel is dark overcast day. This is the flat colors of a road with Trees and a mountains in the background. Their is a also 2 utility poles with electric wires connecting to them. The overall feel is dark overcast day.
April 6, 2025 at 3:12 PM
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Morning!!! Yasss It's #PleinAirpril . Here are my first 3 paintings. I felt a bit rusty on the first one, but I'm starting to get back in the groove of things lol.

#Pleinair #Pleinairpainting #Digitalart #Landscapepainting #Landscape #backgroundpainter #Backgroundart #Photoshop
Day 1 of PleinAirpril This is a painting that depicts a sunny day with clouds in the sky, a cluster of trees in the mid ground on top of a cliff to the left and a small tree on top of a cliff to the right. It also shows a lot of green grass from the foreground to the midground. Day 2 of PleinAirpril This is a painting of a sunset, but the sun is not visible in this painting. Their is a line of orange clouds in the sky and a long cluster of trees in the background. Their are also a small cluster of trees to the left and right of the midground. Below everything is water showing the reflections of the clouds and cluster of trees. Day 3 of PleinAirpril this is a painting of landscape with cliffs in the background and midground. The ground is filled with grass with off white flowers. the sky is nearly white which depicts a foggy landscape.
April 6, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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OMG, Plein air April is almost upon us! I'm so excited to be able to fully participate this year. Anyway, this is one of the paintings I did last year. Is anyone else going to participate? #pleinair #photoshop #digitalart #digitalpainting #backgroundart #environmentart #art
This is a digital painting of a curved road surrounded by trees on both sides. It depicts a rainy, overcast day. Media: Photoshop
March 26, 2025 at 4:31 AM
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Morning! Here is the background I designed and painted for the Mario animation. I had a ball playing around with a simpler design and painting style.

#Supermario #fanart #backgrounddesign #environmentart #backgroundart #digitalart #clipstudiopaint #photoshop #animationbackgrounds
This is the final painting of a landscape made for a Mario animation . It has rolling hills, trees and a cliff to the right with clumps of foliage. Near the foreground, there is a mushroom tree base in the center and bushes on the left and right to frame the image. Also, this image depicts a sunny day with small clouds in the sky. This is the rough sketch of a landscape made for a Mario animation . It has rolling hills, trees and a cliff to the right with clumps of foliage. The foreground has a mushroom tree base in the center with Mario lying on the tree. Also there are clouds in the sky. This is the final line art of a landscape made for a Mario animation . It has rolling hills, trees and a cliff to the right with clumps of foliage. Near the foreground, there is a mushroom tree base in the center and bushes on the left and right to frame the image. Also, this image depicts a sunny day with small clouds in the sky. This is the color flats of a landscape made for a Mario animation . It has rolling hills, trees and a cliff to the right with clumps of foliage. Near the foreground, there is a mushroom tree base in the center and bushes on the left and right to frame the image. Also, this image depicts a sunny day with small clouds in the sky.
March 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
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Happy Mario Day and National Napping Day. Here is a background I designed and painted for Tyree Morrow's animation aka @areiesmonk. www.instagram.com/ariesmonk/

#animation #MarioDay #nationalnappingday #Supermario #2danimation #backgroundart #digitalart #animator #backgroundpainter
March 11, 2025 at 4:39 AM
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Hello! Me and my friends from Creative Overdose Studios are working on a 2d animated short called “Dervil The Duckling.” Here is the first long bg I designed and painted. #backgrounddesign #environmentart #landscspepainting #backgroundart #digitalpainting #digitalart #backgroundpainting #photoshop
This a long painted background with moutains in the bg, a barn between two trees in the mid ground and grass and a big tree in the foreground. There is a pond in the middle. Also it is a sunny cheerful day. This is a close up of the long BG. It shows mountains in the far bg, a barn house between three trees and a group of trees to the far left. The mid ground has a pond and the foreground is filled with long green grass. The overall atmosphere is sunny and cheerful. This is a close up painting of the long BG. It shows mountains in the bg, a pond in the mid ground and long green grass in the foreground. The overall atmosphere is sunny and cheerful. This is a close up painting of the long BG. It shows mountains in the bg, a pond in the mid ground and a group of trees to the far right. There is long green grass in the foreground and two big trees to the right. The overall atmosphere is sunny and cheerful.
March 6, 2025 at 7:38 AM
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Morning! So, this was my first try at using the #heavypaint app and I must say, I really enjoyed it. On my next painting I’m going to try not blending as much or not at all. Anyways have a spamtastic day. #stilllife #illustration #digitalart #digitalpainting #art #artwork
This a digital painting of two red apples with direct lighting coming from the right. The heavypaint app was used to create this.
February 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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Morning! So here is the last background I painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2 Painting all the foilage was a bit of a challenge, but I was able to manage. I can't wait to do some foilage studies so I can get better. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting #digitalart #photoshop
A painted background of an office field with hanging vines and a lot of foliage covering the windows. There are also vines on the ground. This background is lit with yellow lighting coming in through an open door and a few windows.
January 28, 2025 at 4:40 AM
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Morning! This was a pretty fun background to paint for "Hit-Monkey."Thankfully I painted a bunch of vine assets for this scene before I started it. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting #digitalart #photoshop
This is a digital painting of the cab area with a lot of green vines all over the walls and there is yellow lighting coming into the middle window. Also, the walls are very grungy. The overall feel is ominous. This is a painting of the interior of a train. It shows another angle of the cab area; revealing the passenger area. This background also has lots of green vines on the walls, door, and the ground. The back is lit by a white fluorescent light, while the cab area has dim yellow lighting. The overall feel of this background is ominous.
January 20, 2025 at 1:28 AM
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Morning! Here's another round of BGs I painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2 I only have 3 more to share. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting
#digitalart
This is a painted background of a shed with a boat dock, surrounded by sand and long grass growing in small patches. There is a big hole near the middle of the background. Also the overall background has somber fell with darkish clouds and a sunset. This is a painted background of the same shed and boat dock but in a 3/4 angle. This has a darker and more somber feel. The overall scene is darker and the sky has dark clouds.
January 13, 2025 at 4:00 AM
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Morning and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Okay, One of my goals this year is to get better at Background Art (Design, Layout and Paint) and get back into the Animation Industry. What's some of your goals this year? Oh this is one of the backgrounds I painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. I have a few more to share.
A painted background of a beach house with the dock in the foreground. This is a night scene with dark clouds and it has a foreshadowing feeling of doom.
January 2, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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Morning! This was another background I painted for "Hit-Monkey" season 2. I have never painted so much blood. I felt like a criminal investigator painting this scene because I was trying to envision how the victim was killed. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting
#digitalart
Background painting for a show called "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. It shows a dirty bathroom covered in blood with a crack mirror. There is blood splatter everywhere and pools of blood on the floor and in the toilet. It is lit with yellowish white lighting and complemented with cool shadows.
November 17, 2024 at 10:29 PM
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quote your green art 💚
This is an environment design of a green forest with mountains and a blue sky with puffy clouds. It also shows long skinny structure with yellow spheres extending high in the sky. The foreground shows three anthropomorphic characters jumping into the air (A pink flamingo, red panda, and a blue wolf).
November 12, 2024 at 6:21 AM
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Morning! Here is a traditional acrylic painting I did for my Uncle’s and Aunt’s Anniversary a few months ago. Mannn my acrylics were drying fast as hell. I wish had some slow dry medium lol. #traditionalart #acrylicpainting #illustration #art #traditionalpainting
This is the finish painting for my Uncle’s and Aunt’s wedding anniversary. It has clouds in the background and left is bit brighter than the right. There is a sign in the middle with 3 panels. The top says est. 1999, the second says Arvon and the third says Elaine. This is the rough sketch of a 3 panel sign. This shows the completed sketch of the 3 panel signs. I used charcoal to add in some values. This shows my messy masking of the whole sign with masking tape and the completed background that has clouds.
November 3, 2024 at 2:02 AM
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Morning! Here are some more backgrounds I painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. Painting these designs was pretty fun, especially the one with all the guns and strong lighting.
#backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting #digitalart #environmentart
This is a background design painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. Its a painting of one of the rooms in an underground bunker. It has a wall full of guns in the center; lit by a yellow light from above. The foreground has an old worn steel table with several objects ( a gun, box, tools and etc.). The overall feel of this painting is Moody and dark. This is another painted background for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. Its an entrance to one of the rooms in the underground bunker. There is a metal grate in the center of the floor and two large cases in the foreground. The overall feel of this piece is also moody and dark with a yellowish-green tint. This is the third painted background for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. It's a low angle shot of the inside of the main hallway of the bunker. The image is lit by two long rectangular lights on the ceiling. The foreground indicates light coming in from the entrance of the bunker off screen and there are old rusted rails leading all the way back to the background. The overall background has a yellowish green tint.
October 31, 2024 at 3:50 AM
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Morning! This one was a tough one to paint because of all the little details, but I did learn a valuable lesson, which is to prioritize what is more important in the scene and place your emphasis there. #backgroundart #backgroundpainting #digitalart #digitalpainting
A background Painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. This background is on of the characters room. The overall tone is dark with a warm dim lighting on the left foreground and Christmas looking lights to left, but in the background. The right has 2 dim yellow lights and the center has 4 computer screens in the background that outputs blue lighting. The room is fill with with lots of items (Masks, posters on the walls, guitars, a gaming chair shelfs with various books, a couch made of grass and a wood table in the center).
October 28, 2024 at 6:27 AM
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Morning! Here is another one of my early backgrounds I painted for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. This shot was to serve as an establishing shot for other artists to match. I had a ball painting the different textures. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting #digitalart #environmentart
A painted background of a bad guy's lair for "Hit-Monkey" Season 2. The background has an ominous feel. It's lit with a huge hanging circular light fixture and smaller light fixtures on 4 columns. It showcases a round table with a huge gap in the middle and marble chairs. The floor is also marble with gold trimming.
October 25, 2024 at 6:53 AM
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Last year I got the opportunity to work on a show called "Hit-monkey" Season 2 with the awesome people from Floyd County Productions. Here is one of the backgrounds I was tasked to paint. I'll be sharing more in my upcoming posts. #backgroundpaint #Backgroundart #marvel #digitalpainting #digitalart
Background painting of a kitchen with moody cool and warm lighting
October 20, 2024 at 2:57 AM
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Morning! Here is a background I painted for an upcoming 2d animated series called "Zufu: A Tails Tale." We are currently on pause with this personal project, but hopefully, we can press play soon.
#Backgroundart #backgrounddesign #illustration #visdev #digitalart #backgroundpaint #environmentart
Base sketch of a background with clouds and mountains. It also, has three anthropomorphic characters (A flamingo, red panda and wolf) done by my friend Jason Lopez. I made some adjustments to the size and placement of the original sketch and added in some trees and mountains. Then I established my value hierarchy. These are the flats I created for the background based off the value study. Here is the finished background with all the rendering.
October 19, 2024 at 6:21 AM