Star Trek: Lower Decks is an American adult animated television series created by Mike McMahan for the streaming service Paramount+. It follows the low-ranking support crew of one of Starfleet's least important ships, the U.S.S. Cerritos, have to keep up with their duties, often while the ship is being rocked by a multitude of sci-fi anomalies.
I was invited to participate in Season 2 as a Background Painter, and then as a Key Background Painter, and immediately fell in love with the first-class 2D art style, using atmospheric lighting, neon colors and warm bounce lights to create all the unique scenarios in the different areas of the ship and the planets the crew is visiting.
Writer and Creator
Mike Mcmahan
Directors
Barry J. Kelly
Juno John Lee
Kim Arndt
Bob Suarez
Jason Zurek
Production Managers
Megan TeviƱo
Donna Castricone
Serena Ng
Character Lead
Marissa Livingston
Art Directors
Khang Le
Nollan Obena
Antonio Canobbio
Animator Director
Bel Oh
Lead Animator
Felipe Lisboa Molica
Key Background Paint Supervisor
Claire Lenth
Key Background Painters
Lais Tissiani Dutra
Felo Lira
Bijou Liu
Amanda Turnage
Et al.
Production Paint Supervisor
Heather Arm
Background Painters
Felo Lira
Dalia Mallet
Lais Tissiani Dutra
Ander Zarate
Et al.
Background Layout Supervisor
Ivan Louey
Music Composer
Chris Westlake