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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: [email protected]
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Travon Serrano @travonserrano.bsky.social · Jan 28
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.
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Morning! Had to do a quick painting for my Day 12 of #Heavyjan2026 . Anyways, time to get ready for work.

#art #heavypaint #illustration #painting #heavyjan
January 12, 2026 at 1:53 PM
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Morning! This is my painting for Day 11 of #Heavyjan2026 .
I forgot to save out pictures for my process, but here is the the timelapse video.

Photo Ref By: Siegfried Poeppe from Unsplash

#Heavyjan #heavypaint #art #flowers #illustration #digitalart #painting
January 12, 2026 at 7:32 AM
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Morning! Here is my Day 10 Painting for #Heavyjan2026 . I need to see if I can adjust the lasso brush to make smoother edges. I'm starting to really like doing wood textures.

Photo Ref: Gaudenis G from Unsplash

#Heavyjan #art #backgroundartist #backgroundpaint #digitalpainting
Final Digital painting of a background with green foliage growing up along side a grey wooden door from the left corner Photo reference of a background with green foliage growing up along side a grey wooden door from the left corner
January 11, 2026 at 4:26 AM
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Morning! Here is my painting for Day 9 of #HeavyJan2026
I had to keep it simple for today because I had a late start. also I definitely strayed away from the reference.

Photo Ref by: Margot Pandone from Unsplash

#Heavypaint #heavyjan #stilllifepainting #art #digitalart
Final digital painting of a yellow fruit sitting on a table with a green leaf hanging from the stem. The background is a dark rich brown. Photo reference of a pear with a green leaf hanging from the stem.
January 10, 2026 at 7:42 AM
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Morning! This is my day 8 painting for #heavyjan2026 . I've decided to slowly start painting some exterior backgrounds. I'm going to start with smaller shots, and then work my way up to larger ones (If time permits).

Photo Ref: Etienne Girardet from Unsplash

#backgroundpaint #painting #heavypaint
Final digital painting of a window with green shutters, white window frame and an outer brown frame. There are red flowers surrounded by green foliage sitting on the ledge of the window. The overall scene is lit by sunlight from the left corner. Reference photo of a window with green shutters, white window frame and an outer brown frame. There are red flowers surrounded by green foliage sitting on the ledge of the window. The overall scene is lit by sunlight from the left corner. Sketch and underpainting of a window with open shutters, and flowers surrounded by foliage sitting on the ledge of the window. The underpainting is a saturated pink. This is the color block in of a window with green shutters, white window frame and an outer brown frame. There are red flowers surrounded by green foliage sitting on the ledge of the window. The overall scene is lit by sunlight from the left corner.
January 9, 2026 at 2:20 AM
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Morning! Here goes my painting for Day 7 of #Heavyjan2026 . Since I had to rush to finish this one, I ended up keeping some of the lineart for the final painting. I actually kind of like the way it came out. I'll have to try it again with my next piece.

#stilllife #art #digitalart #digitalpainting
Final digital painting of a toy caravan with a yellow bottom and a white top. There is a banana on the top of the van. Also the van is sitting on a large piece of white fabric with folds. The overall scene is bright and lit from the front. photo reference of a toy caravan with a yellow bottom and a white top. There is a banana on the top of the van. Also the van is sitting on a large piece of white fabric with folds. This is a sketch and under painting of a toy caravan and a banana sitting on the top of the van. Also the van is sitting on a large piece of white fabric with folds. This is the color block in of a toy caravan with a yellow bottom and a white top. There is a banana on the top of the van. Also the van is sitting on a large piece of white fabric with folds. The overall scene is bright and lit from the front.
January 8, 2026 at 5:38 AM
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Morning! This is my Day 6 painting for #Heavyjan2026 . I'm feeling a lot more comfortable with this program, but I definitely need to speed up my process. Anyways, off to do some work.

#Heavyjan #Digitalpainting #stilllife #painting #art
Final digital painting of a glass filled with honey with a corkscrew on top. There are leaves, and green and purplish fruit surrounding the honey. Also, its lit by an open window. The overall color scheme is warm. Sketch of a glass filled with honey with a corkscrew on top. There are leaves and fruit surrounding the honey. The color block in of a glass filled with honey with a corkscrew on top. There are leaves, and green and purplish fruit surrounding the honey. Also, its lit by an open window. The overall color scheme is warm. Photo reference of a glass filled with honey with a corkscrew on top. There are leaves, and green and purplish fruit surrounding the honey. Also, it's lit by an open window. Photo Ref By: Roberta Sorge from Unsplash (@robertina)
January 7, 2026 at 5:30 AM
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Day 5 of #HeavyJan2026. I had to rush the ending of this painting because I was running out of time. I tried out Version 3.3 of HeavyPaint. I like that they added the ability to merge layers now.

Photo by: Christina Anne Costello
#Heavyjan #digitalpainting #digitalart
final digital painting of Lemons. It has a strong light source coming from behind and the top. This is more of an high key painting. Sketch of lemons on a table. My reference image.
January 6, 2026 at 5:43 AM
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Morning! Day 4 of #Heavyjan2026 I tried this method again of doing a sketch first, notan study and then the painting. Since I couldn't flatten my layers in the version of #HeavyPaint, it was a bit hard to blend or soften up some edges. Anyways, it was pretty relaxing process.
#digitalart #painting
Final digital painting of an orange sitting on a wooden table lit by sunlight. The orange is framed with dramatic shadows and light. Sketch of an orange sitting on a table A two value notan study of an orange sitting on a table Color block in of an orange sitting on a wooden table lit by sunlight. The orange is framed with dramatic shadows and light.
January 5, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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Morning! Here goes my painting for day 3 of Heavy Jan. I tried to push the lights to the cooler side and the darks to a warmer tone. I can't wait to sit down and adjust the brushes to my liking.

#heavyjan #heavyjan2026 #heavypaint #digitalart #stilllife #digitalpainting
This is a digital painting of a white vase with circular flowers and another white vase with no plants. The vases are sitting on a long beige cloth. The light areas have a cooler tint, while the dark areas have a warmer tint. This is a rough sketch of a vase with flowers and an empty vase. Both vases are sitting on a long piece of cloth or drapery.
January 3, 2026 at 9:08 AM
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Morning, here goes my Day 2 painting for HeavyJan.

#Heavyjan2026 #heavypaint #digitalpaiting #stilllife #painting #digitalart
Digital Painting of two brownish pears on a plate sitting on top of a table. The overall scene is warm. Lineart of two pears on a plate sitting on a table.
January 3, 2026 at 1:13 AM
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Morning and HAPPY NEW YEAR! Ahhh, I haven't posted in forever, but one of my New Year's resolutions is to start posting more art and level up! Anyways, to start, I'll be joining the #heavyjan challenge. Alrighty, see y'all later on tonight.

#heavyjan2026 #heavypaintapp #Digitalpainting #Digitalart
Digital Painting of a coffee mug with coffee on a warm, tinted white table
January 2, 2026 at 6:54 AM
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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
Reposted by Travon Serrano
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Environment art of the fictional city, Atapec New Mexico, featured in our series in development, Eugene Cubed!

Colorwork by @travonserrano.bsky.social

#environmentart #digitalart #backgrounddesign
February 15, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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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