clem frere

i am a designer & illustrator based in London, UK. if you like what you see and would like to collaborate, drop me an email at clem@krzchn.net (。•̀ᴗ-)
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My Husband (2026)

These backgrounds were for a short called My Husband - directed by my dear friends Remus & Kiki, alongside Miko - which is part of the Dropout TV's Toonout program. They wanted a traditional japanese anime look, inspired by series from the 80s and 90s which were still made using traditional cels like Berserk (1997), Golgo 13... It was very, very fun to do for me! :) (please hire me to draw more backgrounds like these thank you)

Any characters here were left in frame from composition purposes, but not drawn by me!

The Elephant, part 2 (2025)

Some of the backgrounds I worked on for The Elephant, part 2, an Adult Swim short program! Very fun style to work with, more scratchy, looked at a lot of Mind Game and Tekkon Kinkreet backgrounds for inspiration for these!

I was brought towards the end of production on extra help to bring the project to the finish line, so it was definitely a bit of a challenge to adapt to the style super quickly and be able to produce work on par with the other background artists. I like how everything turned out, though. :)

The Amazing World of Gumball (2018) & the Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball (2024)

A selection of matte painted backgrounds for Gumball! I learned so, so much in terms of matte painting during these two seasons! I felt like I was really honing my craft and training my eye. Definitely a challenging production with a very high quality to hit in limited time, but very rewarding!

DeadEnd: Paranormal Park (2018)

This was very early style development to figure out the background treatement on DeadEnd, when I started working on the show back in 2018. I ended up moving to character design when production kicked in in earnest, but really enjoyed doing visual development for it in the early days!

background line and paint, for Adult Swim's the Elephant, part 2. background line and paint, for Adult Swim's the Elephant, part 2. background line and paint, for Adult Swim's the Elephant, part 2. background line and paint, for Adult Swim's the Elephant, part 2. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. I was also responsible for finding the formulae - they're all food related. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. The 2D props were integrated by me, but I wasn't responsible for them! digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, this one was a 3D render that I composited and polished in Photoshop. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. I also did visual development for this Astral Realm sequence! background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. I also did visual development for this Astral Realm sequence! digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. This night sky is made out of daytime sky pictures of clouds, a high-resolution picture of the moon, and lots of adjustment layers! background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, this one was a 3D render that I composited and polished in Photoshop. I also did all the 3D set dressing and look development for that room, from Joe Sparrow's concepts! digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Amazing World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Amazing World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Amazing World of Gumball. digital matte painting, background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball. background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, this one was a 3D render that I composited and polished in Photoshop. background work done for The Wonderfully Weird World of Gumball, this one was a 3D render that I composited and polished in Photoshop. visual development for DeadEnd: Paranormal Park! visual development for DeadEnd: Paranormal Park! visual development for DeadEnd: Paranormal Park!