I enjoy the painterly feel of the backgrounds in samurai Jack. They have definatley been an influence whilst producing my layouts and backgrounds compositionally and for their use of colour. They have the balance and harmony found in many Japanese artworks, but I can also see an influence from Evyvind Earl who produced layouts and backgrounds for Sleeping Beauty.
I was influenced by the use of texture, I feel incorporating texture is important as using vector colours and backgrounds together can create a flat clean garish look to a piece of artwork or animation and adding texture could help to create a more handmade look.
