Full name
Kaya Dzankich
Title
Background Painter, Color Designer, Color Supervisor
Location
Los Angeles, CA
Blurb
Fine artist working as a painter in the animation industry since 2009.
Experience
Color Supervisor
20th Television Animation (Fox TV Animation)
Color Supervisor on King of the Hill reboot on Hulu streaming. Paints backgrounds, manages 3 background painters and one color designer. Creates lighting and color direction notes for painters and overseas studio.
Background Painter
Cartoon Network
Paints backgrounds on kids TV series "Craig of the Creek".
Color Supervisor
Bento Box Entertainment
Painted color scripts, managed 4 background painters and one color designer, created lighting scripts and color notes for Bob's Burgers TV series.
Background Painter
Warner Brothers Animation
Freelance background painter for the animated mini-series "Aquaman: The King of Atlantis".
Background Painter & Color Designer
Fox T.V. Animation
Painted backgrounds, characters, props & FX on the animated series Family Guy.
Background Painter
Disney TV
Freelance background painter for “Milo Murphy’s Law”.
Color Designer & Freelance Background Painter
Dreamworks TV
Painted characters, props, FX. Freelance Background Painter on the Dreamworks TV series “Home: Adventures with Tip and Oh”. Streaming on Netflix.
Background Painter
Cartoon Network
Freelance Background Painter for the Cartoon Network pilot and mini-series “Long Live the Royals”.
Background Painter & Color Designer
Bento Box Entertainment
Background Painter (2012-2015) and Color Designer (2011-2012)on the Emmy-winning series Bob’s Burgers.
Background Painter
Bento Box Entertainment
Freelance Background Painter for animated film “Madea’s Tough Love”.
Background Painter & Color Designer
Fox Television Animation
Painted backgrounds, characters, props and FX for Family Guy spin-off “The Cleveland Show”.
Education
Bachelor of Arts
Portland State University
Graphic Design major
Skills
Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, CorelPainter, Acrylic, Watercolor, Filemaker Pro, Shotgrid (Flow)