Kate Kneebone

It’s #PortfolioDay Hi! I’m Kate, a Background Paint, Color & Vis Dev Artist with 5 yrs experience in Animation. I love painting and working with light & color!✨🎨 ☀️ katekneeboneart.com 🍂 instagram.com/kates.artwork #backgroundpaint #visdev #colorkey #colorandlight #BGPaint

This has been a difficult year for entertainment. Teams are being cut, studios are closing or moving, and audiences are drifting away from supporting the work. As a production designer and artist, I’ve never felt more uncertainty about where our industry is headed, but I’ve also never felt more clarity in why we do this. We create to tell stories that matter, to build worlds that resonate, and to connect with people in ways nothing else can. The landscape is changing, but so are we. And that resilience, that drive to keep creating, is what will carry us forward.

We loved working with @supercell on this new @BrawlStars trailer! As longtime fans of their animations, it’s an absolute honour to be part of their universe. Huge cheers to the amazing team who brought this to life. You all crushed it! 1/3

I had a lot of fun animating the doodle plans in the #HazbinHotel finale!🤩Thankyou for watching Season 2!🥳

I did some background paint on this project! Thanks to Half Giant for having me on board. It turned out soo good!! ✨

@EfraimNinsiima @eyecager So beautiful! :’)

Some background paints from the opening & montage sequences, which were some of the first sequences I got to work on! Amazing layouts by senior layout artists Leland Goodman & Faith Schaffer, art direction by @eyecager 🔥 #KnightsOfGuinevere

Very proud of this season! SO beyond excited to be able to show off and brag about the hard work done by everyone involved. It's something else fr fr 💛💛💛💛💛

@allisonperryart So sorry for your loss Allison 💛

my grandpa went to join my grandma today... 💔 I'm at a loss for words. thank you for always being supportive and excited about my art. I wish I could've seen you one last time. I love you and hope you are at peace.

It’s #PortfolioDay Hi! I’m Kate, a Background Paint, Color & Vis Dev Artist with 5 yrs experience in Animation. I love painting and working with light & color!✨🎨 ☀️ katekneeboneart.com 🍂 instagram.com/kates.artwork #backgroundpaint #visdev #colorkey #colorandlight #BGPaint

@pingapenguins @warriorpainters Aww thank you so much!! 🥹 I’ve been trying to experiment more with color and lighting, I’m so glad you like it!

@katek3 @warriorpainters this is so wonderful, ill always wonder how can people make this grey-ish palette looked so vibrant at the same time omg

Day 2 painting for #PleinAirpril2025 🎨🌇 #PleinAirpril #warriorpainters @warriorpainters #colorandlight #backgroundpaint #BGPaint #visdev #humanmadeart

Day 4/30 painting for #PleinAirpril Based on a photo I took in Angourie on a road trip of the east coast of Australia in 2022 🌊 @warriorpainters #pleinairpril2025 #warriorpainters #backgroundpaint #BGPaint #colorandlight #visdev #painting #beach

@MikkoTyllinen @warriorpainters Thank you so much!! :)

@katek3 @warriorpainters This looks so real! Beautiful work!

Painting based on a photo I took at the airport 🌇✈️ for #PleinAirpril day 1/30 #pleinairpril2025 #BGPaint #backgroundpaint #colorandlight #visdev #warriorpainters @warriorpainters

A wealth of beauty created by human hands and spirit. AI will only ever be able to plagiarize, never create. filmschoolrejects.com/studio-ghibli-…

Painting I’ve been working on 🍃 I’ve been studying Ghibli paintings so this is inspired by those a tiny bit. Trying to paint for fun again & get my confidence back :’) I’m available for BG Paint & color/vis dev work :) #humanmadeart #BackgroundPaint #BGPaint #colorandlight

This four second crowd scene from Studio Ghibli’s The Wind Rises (2013) took animator Eiji Yamamori 1 year and 3 months to complete

Some of my Rumbleweed background paintings from Cartoon Network’s Invincible Fight Girl! I loved doing these different time of day versions 🌄🏞️🌅🌌 #InvincibleFightGirl #backgroundpaint #BGPaint #backgroundart #cartoonnetwork #colorandlight #animation

A few of my background paintings from episode 5 of Invincible Fight Girl! 💾 #InvincibleFightGirl #backgroundpaint #BGPaint #backgroundart #fightgirl #CNS #cartoonnetwork #adultswim #cartoon #animation #colorandlight #2Danimation

A few of my background paintings from episode 5 of Invincible Fight Girl! 🌌 #InvincibleFightGirl #backgroundpaint #BGPaint #backgroundart #fightgirl #CNS #cartoonnetwork #adultswim #cartoon #animation #colorandlight #2Danimation