Hi! My name is Elaine Wu. I'm a background artist in animation that is passionate about purposeful design and graphic lighting and mood that works to enhance storytelling! 

I graduated from Ringling College of Art and Design with a BFA in Computer Animation in 2013. My thesis short film Chicken or the Egg (directed with my friend Christine Kim) went out to screen at several film festivals, earned an Annie Award nomination for Best Student Film in 2013, and was one of the recipients of the National Board of Review Grant.

Previous clients include studios such as Paramount Animation, Netflix Animation, Dreamworks, Aardman Animation, CartoonNetwork, Warner Brothers Animation, Nickelodeon, Titmouse, Atomic Cartoons, and Blue Sky Studios.

Experience

TMNT: Mutant Mayhem 2 - Visual Development Artist | Paramount Animation | June 2024 - Current

Untitled Series - Background  Design and Color Supervisor | Atomic Cartoons | June 2023 - May 2024

Jentry Chau vs. The Underworld - Color Supervisor | Titmouse | January 2023  - June 2023

Orion and the Dark - Visual Development Artist | Dreamworks TV | July 2021 - July 2022

We Lost Our Human - Background Design and Color Supervisor | Netflix Animation | June 2019 - February 2022

Thundercats Roar! - Background Designer | Warner Bros Animation | April 2018 - June 2019

Pinky Malinky - Background Design | Nickelodeon Animation Studio | November 2015 - January 2018

Breadwinners - Background Design and Paint, Prop Design and Paint | Nickelodeon Animation Studio | January 2015 - October 2015

Nickelodeon Artist Program Trainee - General Track | Nickelodeon Animation Studio | June 2014 - December 2014

Visual Development Intern - Blue Sky Studios | 2012