Derrick James Wyatt (August 10, 1972 – December 16, 2021) was an American artist and character designer from Paw Paw, Michigan. He attended the Joe Kubert school of art in New Jersey, where one of his teachers was José Delbo. Later on, he received an internship at Spumco in California, which would graduate to full-time employment with the company. Derrick eventually left Spumco, subsequently getting a job at Warner Bros. Animation, where he worked on the comedy/wrestling series Mucha Lucha as a designer. Other opportunities including being a character designer for Go! Go! Moba Boy! opened up for him while at Warner, where he would join the staff of Teen Titans and Legion of Super Heroes as a full-time character designer. He also worked as a character designer on Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated and Ben 10: Omniverse.
He was the art director, lead character designer, and a color stylist on the Cartoon Network-produced Transformers Animated. As a longtime Transformers fan, this was a dream come true for him.
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External links[]
- Derrick J. Wyatt's blog
- Derrick Wyatt at the Internet Movie Database