Stephanie Dominguez
Background Artist
Stephanie is a freelance Concept Artist based in Preston, Lancashire. She flew over from Geneva, Switzerland in 2006 to study Illustration at University. In 2009 she won a high commendation with her first dummy picture book at “Pan McMillan Children’s Picture book Prize” in 2009 which led her to specialise in younger market illustration after graduating. She soon after realised that her love for the world of picture books had originally stemmed from animated movies and cartoons that had shaped her childhood. She refined her skills toward the entertainment industry by undertaking a Concept Art course through the online Vancouver Animation School. Her first role as concept artist was on “The Story of Flewn”. Soon after she had the chance of working on various projects ranging from apps with “Note Mice” for Jenolt Interactive , “Bye-Bye” for Mimo Films, to prop designs for theatre productions, and themed visitor attractions set constructions through Scruffy Dog Ltd. She also continued her illustration work having published her first educational picture book “George Ferris’ Grand Idea: The Ferris Wheel” , as well as having led a workshop on creating a children’s picture book though the “Love and Etiquette” foundation. Most recently she worked on initial concept art for the award winning music video “Wonderful” directed by Amos Sussigan and was the background designer for the animated musical short based on an unreleased song by the Oscar-winning team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, “Aria for a Cow”.
Events featuring Stephanie Dominguez
Aria for a Cow Pre-Production Artwork
Aria for a Cow is an animated musical short based on a previously unreleased song by the Oscar winning team of Howard Ashman and Alan Menken ("Little Shop of Horrors", "Little Mermaid", "Beauty and the Beast", "Aladdin"). The exhibition will take place in Mima art gallery alongside a screening of the animation, and will feature work by Art Director Amos Sussigan, and Background Artist Stephanie Dominguez. Sussigan said "Aria for a Cow was written when animation was still 2D. Because of that, I wanted to keep Aria's art direction free of any extremely realistic or elaborate special effects, and go back to a more 2D-Iook' Based on his art direction, Aria is painterly, colorful, with a cubistic approach.
ExhibitionAria for a Cow: a peek inside a production barn
This talk uses the new animated short, "Aria for a cow", based on a never before heard song by Oscar winners Howard Ashman and Alan Menken, to illustrate how working globally can unleash creative power in independent productions. Director, Dan Lund, and Background Artist Stephanie Dominguez discuss the innovative approach to development on this award winning animated short. "It's time to stop talking and begin doing" ~ Walt Disney
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