Michael Inman
attended the prestigious Ringling College of Art & Design where he studied illustration. In addition to his work as an animation professional in television and film he is a longtime Disney/Pixar storybook artist and an adjunct professor of visual development & digital painting at the college - university level and has worked in a wide variety of styles and genres from action adventure, comedy, retro/classic, you name it, he's done it.
Career
Michael has worked at many of the top motion picture studios such as Warner Bros, Dreamworks, Disney, Universal, Nickelodeon, Sony, Film Roman, Bento Box, Cartoon Network and Marvel. Duties have included Art Director, Background Painter, Visual Development/Concept Artist.
animation background painting
Puppy Dog Pals Mickey Mouse, The Simpsons Movie, Curious George, Scooby-Doo and Guess Who?, The Spectacular Spider-Man, SpongeBob, Lion King 1 1/2, Cinderella ll, Phineas & Ferb, Regular Show,Justice League Action, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Spirit Stallion of the Cimarron,
Angry Birds,Young Justice, Generator Rex, NFL Rush Zone, Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H.
also Disney/Pixar/Marvel storybook illustrations on most titles.
Work Completed
* TBA action-adventure movie (2020) Warner Bros Animation bg paint
Close Enough (2019-20) Cartoon Network bg paint
Cinderella (2019) Golden Valley Films consulting art director
Puppy Dog Pals (2019) Wild Canary bg paint
Powerbirds (2018) Universal/Brown Bag Films supervising art director
Nella (2018) Nickelodeon/Brown Bag Films supervising art director
Guess Who Scooby-Doo (2018) Warner Bros Animation bg paint and vis-dev
Elf On The Shelf (2018) visual development artist
Constantine (2017) Warner Bros background painter
Mickey Mouse (2017) Disney background painter
Regular Show (2016) CN background painter
Justice League Action (2016) Warner Bros background painter
Angry Birds 3 (series) Rovio background painter
Tom & Jerry (dvd) WBTVA background painter
NFL Rush Zone (series) Nicktoons background painting supervisor
Tinkerbell (storybook) Disney background painter
Scooby-Doo (series) WB background painter
Young Justice (series) WB background painter
Generator Rex (series) Cartoon Network background painter
Dorothy of Oz (feature) Prana vis dev
Alpha & Omega (feature) Crest matte painter
The Wild Bunch (feature) Jerusalem, Israel vis dev/matte/texture painter
The Spectacular Spider-Man (series) Sony background painter also vis dev color scripts
Avatar (series) Nickelodeon bg paint
The Simpsons Movie (feature) visual development artist
Curious George Universal Pictures
background paint lead and visual development artist,
assist art director with bg rounds/approvals in-house and for overseas & outsource studios
painting/fixing 3D models and bg’s in Maya/BodyPaint/Photoshop. Helped develop series
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron Dreamworks (feature) bg paint
Treasure Planet 2 Disney (unreleased) visual development artist, bg paint
Lion King 1.5 Disney bg paint
Cinderella II: Disney bg paint
Spongebob Squarepants (series) Nickelodeon traditional bg paint
The First Noel REELFX (dvd) matte painter
The Zeta Project Warner Bros (series) digital background painter
Buzz Lightyear Of Star Command Disney (video and series) digital background painter
Baby Blues Warner Bros (series) background painter
The King and I Rich Animation (feature) background painter
Angry Beavers Nick (series) digital & traditional background painter
Spiderman Universal (theme park short) digital & traditional background painter
Other related experience:
Walt Disney/Pixar storybook illustrator on many titles
Instructor, Visual Development & Digital Painting for Animation, Savannah College of Art, Kennesaw State University, Portfolio Center, Atlanta, GA
