Derrick J. Wyatt

2009-04-18T05:40:44Z

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[[Image:WyattToys.jpg|thumb|200px|I don't wanna grow up, I'm a [[Wyatt Toys]] kid...]]
'''Derrick J. Wyatt''' (10 August, 1972- ) is an American artist and character designer from [[Paw Paw]], Michigan. He attended the [[wikipedia:Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art|Joe Kubert school]] of art in [[New Jersey]], where one of his teachers was [[Jose 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 opened up for him while at Warners, where he would join the staff of Teen Titans and Legion of Super Heroes as a full-time character designer.

He is currently the art director, lead character designer, and a color stylist on the [[Cartoon Network]]-produced [[Transformers Animated]]. As a longtime Transformers fan, this is a dream come true for him.

How big a fan he is can be seen in his 2009 April Fool's blog, where he did a poster of new characters in Season 3 and then ''deliberately designed and drew in'' fake characters so you could have fun guessing which were the real ones. The poster is a fan's delight with Animated versions of latter-G1 Mini Cars, Japanese G1 figures, Botcon and eHobby guys, Beast Machines, and RID. [http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/2009/03/april-fools.html]

==Convention appearances==
* [[BotCon 2008]]
* TFCon 2009

==Notes==
[[Image:DerrickWyatt.jpg|thumb|200px|Living the dream!]]

* As a self-confessed fan of the original [[The Transformers (cartoon)|Transformers cartoon]], Derrick slips many elements from it into his own design work on Animated, such as all Animated Autobots having blue eyes.
* Meanwhile, Derrick is also a self-confessed fan of [[Porter C. Powell#Trivia|'70s game shows]].
* According to an interview, Derrick's favorite Transformers have always been "[[Swindle (Animated)|Swindle]], [[Ratbat (Animated)|Ratbat]], [[Galvatron (G1)|Galvatron]], and [[Wasp|Waspinator]]". Well, he chose three two be in the Transformers animated, but not Galvatron...
* Derrick longs to have Animated feature appearances/homages for [[Lord Chumley]] and [[Slizardo]].
* On the Transformers Animated season 2 DVD set, Derrick provides episode commentary on "[[Mission Accomplished]]" and "[[Garbage In, Garbage Out]]" alongside [[Marty Isenberg]], [[Eric Siebenaler]], and [[Matt Youngberg]].
* Derrick [[Cliffjumper (Animated)|occasionally]] [[Hot Shot (Animated)|influences]] this very wiki.
* Derrick prefers the characterizations of the original cartoon over the Marvel comics. Well, nobody's perfect.
* According to a series of Twitter messages...
** Derrick believes that [[wikipedia:Charles Nelson Reilly|Charles Nelson Reilly]] was the greatest actor the world will ever know. [http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/1481944802]
** Derrick has a pair of guinea pigs, and the classic short "[[wikipedia:Pigs Is Pigs|Pigs Is Pigs]]" is his favorite Disney cartoon of all time. [http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/1481949034]
** Derrick dislikes ska, reggae, and olives.[http://twitter.com/DerrickJWyatt/statuses/1481954717].

==External links==
*[http://derrickjwyatt.blogspot.com/ Derrick J. Wyatt's blog]
*[http://us.imdb.com/name/nm1356967/ Derrick Wyatt] at the Internet Movie Database
*[http://www.tfw2005.com/transformers-news/interviews-27/derrick-wyatt-interview-166415/ Interview with Derrick Wyatt at TFW2005.com]
*[http://unicron-events-interviews.blogspot.com/2009/04/derrick-wyatt-interview.html Derrick Wyatt Unicron.com Interview Part One]

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