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Derrick James Wyatt (August 10, 1972, Traverse City, Michigan – December 16, 2021)[1] was the art director and one of the lead creatives/showrunners[DJ 1][DJW 1] for Ben 10: Omniverse.
A Galvan character based on him appears in the show.
Role in Ben 10: Omniverse[]
As the art director for Omniverse, Derrick oversaw all the character, prop and background design and color. He was included in casting decisions, and he liased with Bandai. He was involved in the story meetings which included coming up with plots, creating new characters, and deciding how old characters were reintroduced, and where the arcs would go.[DJW 2]
Production was set up such that he was involved in the story meetings. This was modeled after Transformers Animated.[DJW 3] In the previous Ben 10 shows, artists were not actively involved in the story planning.
Matt Youngberg, Matt Wayne, Charlotte Fullerton and Derrick J. Wyatt[DJ 1] were the showrunners of Ben 10: Omniverse, with Youngberg being the head-showrunner.[DJW 1]
Death[]
Tragically, Derrick passed away on December 16, 2021 due to a heart attack.[2] His death was announced on December 26, 2021 by his friend Josh Perez. He is survived by his sister.[3]
Trivia[]
- Derrick had been a fan of the show since the Original Series, having watched it and Alien Force and collected the Bandai toys.[DJW 4] He and Matt Youngberg both often discussed what they would do with the franchise prior to joining the crew for Omniverse.[DJW 5]
- Derrick also worked on Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, albeit mostly just doing freelance work. For example, he did concept art for Eatle[DJW 6] and designed SevenSeven.[DJW 7]
- Derrick was an avid toy collector and owned toys of Ben 10 characters throughout the Classic Continuity.
- Derrick's favorite figure from the Omniverse toy line was Magister Patelliday's.[DJW 8]
- Amongst his collection were a few unreleased figures.[DJW 9]
- Derrick reviewed most of the Omniverse figures in various stages of production. Sometimes, he made notes to Bandai to make the toys be more on-model.[DJW 10] He also contributed to some toy-exclusive designs, such as Toepick's tentacle covered face.[DJW 11]
- When asked about the most fun thing to design when working on Omniverse, Derrick stated that he liked designing the civilians and other new characters based on Ben's aliens the best.[DJW 12][DJW 13] He also liked visiting their home worlds, even if it was a lot of work.[DJW 14]
- Derrick's real goals on Omniverse were to make Kevin a mutant human again and restore the original Ben 10,000 timeline.[DJW 15] This cultivated in the Rooters Arc and Omniverse Future Timeline.
- Although others on the crew had their own goals, but whatever came out was really what it was about for Derrick. He also wanted to freak out fans of Gwen and Kevin's relationship.[DJW 15]
- Derrick's favorite Omnitrix alien was Grey Matter.[DJW 16] His favorites from Alien Force, Ultimate Alien, and Omniverse were Echo Echo,[DJW 17] Armodrillo,[DJW 18] and Ball Weevil.[DJW 17]
- Derrick's favorite Pokémon was Koffing,[DJW 19] whose design would serve as the basis for Gutrot.[DJW 20]
- Derrick's favorite characters from Alien Force and Ultimate Alien were Argit, Magister Patelliday, and Centur Squaar.[DJW 21]
- Derrick's favorite episodes from throughout the Classic Continuity were Ben 10,000 for the Original Series, X = Ben + 2 for Alien Force, Double or Nothing for Ultimate Alien and Universe vs. Tennyson for Omniverse.[DJW 24][DJW 25]
- Derrick's top 5 favorites episodes of Omniverse were Universe vs. Tennyson, The Frogs of War, Rad, And Then There Were None/And Then There Was Ben, and It's a Mad, Mad, Mad Ben World.[DJW 26]
- If Derrick were to have an Omnitrix of his own, his aliens would include Grey Matter, Upchuck, Humungousaur, Ditto, Bullfrag, Frankenstrike, Ultimate Goop, Ball Weevil, Squidstrictor, and Big Chuck.[DJW 27]
- Other aliens he had considered having include Echo Echo, Juryrigg, Walkatrout, Whampire, and Antigravitesla.[DJW 28][DJW 29]
- The only outliers are Ultimate Goop, as Ultimate Forms can only be accessed using an Ultimatrix, and Big Chuck, as alien fusions can only be accessed using the Biomnitrix.
- Despite the show being over, Derrick designed numerous Omniverse designs in 2020 and 2021.
- Derrick collaborated with his friend Josh Perez on livestreams where they made recolored aliens as if they were used by different characters. Some original aliens also came out of the livestreams, such as Alien Z, Decimus Prime, Trunk Man, The Darkness and Archfiendzarro.
- As a third-party commission, Derrick designed Omniverse versions of Spitter, Portaler, Antigravitesla, Chamalien, and Bob the Blob.
- A GoFundMe was later made to get Derrick to design a series of Omniverse models, most of which were recolors.[DJW 30] Some of these goals included 11-year-old versions of Ghostfreak and Frankenstrike, 16 and 15-year-old versions of Jetray, original aliens Squirtapiller and Snark Tanque, unproduced aliens Decagon Vreedle and Ventrilosquid, alternate versions of Frankenstrike belonging to Albedo, Mad Ben, and Nega Ben (the latter being named The Electric Corpse), and Fasttrack. The fundraiser succeeded in its goal of $5000. However, due to Derrick's unexpected passing, a planned model of Rex Salazar was never finished.
- While he enjoyed undoing the retcons that Dwayne McDuffie and Glen Murakami made for Alien Force and Ultimate Alien, as those aspects were not in line with the continuity of the Original Series, Derrick believed that those details should have just stayed true to the Original Series so that he would not have had to go through the trouble of changing them back.[DJW 31]
- Derrick came up with new names for species and planets the same way Matt Wayne does, looking up related scientific terms that sound interesting to him and putting them together in a way that sounds right.[DJW 32]
- When asked if there were any part of the show he could have done differently, Derrick answered that there were characters, species, and planets he would like to have explored.[DJW 33]
- Derrick created this page, after being asked to by Tenbennyson.[DJW 34]
- An ideal crossover with Omniverse that Derrick had in mind would be with the 2011 Thundercats animated series.[DJW 35]
- An ideal species that Derrick would have liked to add into the Omnitrix would be the Gelfling.[DJW 36]
- An ideal creature from Scooby-Doo lore that Derrick would have liked to add as an alien into the Omnitrix would be the Space Kook.[DJW 37]
- When asked on which horror icon he would use as a basis for an alien, Derrick replied Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th franchise.[DJW 38]
- When asked on which X-Men character he would use as a basis for an alien, Derrick replied Jubilee.[DJW 39]
- Derrick tried to get Cartoon Network to make an encyclopedia for Ben's aliens similar to the Pokédex from the Pokémon franchise, but they weren't interested.[DJW 40]
External Links[]
References[]
Crew Statements[]
Dave Johnson[]
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 File:OV Showrunners.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Role in Omniverse.png
- ↑ File:OV Production Modeled After TFA.png
- ↑ File:Derrick Watched OS and AF.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's History With Ben 10.PNG
- ↑ http://archive.vn/1lY9F
- ↑ File: Derrick Designed SevenSeven.PNG
- ↑ File:Derricks favorite Omniverse figure.PNG
- ↑ https://archive.vn/IQt39
- ↑ File:Derrick Worked with Bandai.png
- ↑ File:Toepick Face Tentacles.png
- ↑ File:New Characters From Existing Species.png
- ↑ File:DJW Liked Designing Civilians.png
- ↑ File:Derrick Liked Designing Alien Civilians.png
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 File:Derrick goal restore original Ben 10k.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Favorite Alien.PNG
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 File:Derrick's Favorite Aliens.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Favorite UA Alien.png
- ↑ File:Koffing was DJWs favorite pokemon proof.PNG
- ↑ File:Gutrot Based on Koffing.png
- ↑ File:Derricks favorite UAF characters.PNG
- ↑ File:Pturbosaurian Proof.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Favorite Kevin Mutation.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Favorite Ben 10 Episodes.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Favorite OV Episode.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Top 5 OV Episodes.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Omnitrix Roster.png
- ↑ File:DJW Ideal Omnitrix Lineup.png
- ↑ File:Antigravitesla in Derrick's Omnitrix.png
- ↑ File:Derrick GoFundMe Goals.png
- ↑ File:Derrick Liked Undoing UAF Retcons.png
- ↑ File:How Derrick Comes Up With New Species-Planet Names.png
- ↑ File:DJW Wished to Explore More Lore.png
- ↑ File:Derrick page creator.png
- ↑ File:Derrick's Idea OV Crossover.png
- ↑ File:Derrick Would Like to Put Gelfling DNA in Omnitrix.png
- ↑ File:Ideal Scooby-Doo Alien For Omnitrix.png
- ↑ File:Jason Voorhees based alien.png
- ↑ File:Jubilee based alien.png
- ↑ File:Derrick tried to get CN to make a Ben 10 Pokedex.png
See Also[]
Showrunners | |
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Ben 10 | Greg Klein • Thomas Pugsley |
Alien Force | Dwayne McDuffie • Glen Murakami |
Ultimate Alien | Dwayne McDuffie • Glen Murakami |
Omniverse | Charlotte Fullerton • Derrick J. Wyatt • Matt Wayne • Matt Youngberg |
Reboot | John Fang • Man of Action • Will Patrick |
Artists | |
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Ben 10 | Adam Van Wyk • Alex Soto • Brandon McKinney • Chap Yaep • Dan Riba • Dave Johnson • David Williams • Dusty Abell • Eric Brown • Eric Canete • Jevon Bue • John Fang • Kalvin Lee • Kersti Myrberg • Nollan Obena • Nora Murphy-Berden • Pam Friend • Phillip Bourassa • Poe Tan • Rick Morales • Ross Malorzo • Sam Montes • Scooter Tidwell • Tec Manalac • Thomas Perkins • Tim Divar |
Alien Force | Chap Yaep • Derrick J. Wyatt • Eric Canete • Glen Murakami • Glenn Wong • Norm Ryang • Steven Choi • Thomas Perkins • T.J. Collins |
Ultimate Alien | Chap Yaep • Derrick J. Wyatt • Glen Murakami • Glenn Wong • Nollan Obena • Norm Ryang • Steven Choi • Thomas Perkins • T.J. Collins |
Omniverse | Addis Zaryan • Alan Cadwell • Alan Wan • Alex Dilts • Alex Lee • Aluir Amancio • Andy Suriano • Armen Mirzaian • Art Lee • Art Morales • Arthur Lee • Becky Lau • Ben Jones • Bouakeo Thongkham • Bret Blevins • Brianne Drouhard • Byron Penaranda • Calvin Tsang • Chap Yaep • Chris Battle • Chris Copeland • Chris Hooten • Chris Near • Claire Lenth • Cynthia Ignacio • Dan Riba • Danny Kimanyen • Dave Johnson • David Sherburne • David Jay Baker • David Woo • Derrick J. Wyatt • Dou Hong • Edgar Carlos • Ellen Suh • Elsa Garagarza • Eric Siebenaler • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Francis Giglio • Gary Mouri • George Stokes • Greg Rankin • Jae Hong Kim • Jae Woo Kim • Jake Castorena • James Tidwell • James Yang • Jason Zurek • Jay Baker • Jeff Wong • Jennifer Patton • Jerry Richardson • John Fang • John Paik • Jon Suzuki • Jonard Soriano • Juan Meza-Leon • Justin Copeland • Kalvin Lee • Ken Boyer • Kenji Ono • Kersti Myrberg • Luke Weber • Marcelo Matere • Maria Vitan • Maribel Pozos • Mark Howard • Matthew Humphreys • Matthew Long • Matthew Youngberg • Michael Chang • Michael Collins • Michael Fong • Michael Wetterhahn • Miyuki Hoshikawa • Namsuk Cho • Nora Murphy-Berden • Norm Ryang • Paul Linsley • Philip Allora • Qian Amanda Li • Richard Kim • Robert Haverland • Rodel Gravo • Roulin Li • Roy Burdine • Ruben Procopio • Rudi Berden • Sam Liu • Scooter Tidwell • Sara Arakaki • Seung-Hyun Oh • Shakeh Haghnazarian • Shaunt Nigoghossian • Shayne Poindexter • So Yeong Park • Sol Choi • Steve Ahn • Steven Choi • Steven Gordon • Sung Eun Kim • Sung Shin • Tanner Johnson • Tec Manalac • Thomas Perkins • Thomas Ryder III • Thomas Yakaoka • Timothy Allen • T.J. Collins • Tom de Rosier • Tony Santo • Wendy Park • Will Ruzicka • Young Yoon |
Ben 10 (Reboot) | André LaMilza • Angela Kim • Anthony M. Benedetto • April Amezquita • Becky Lau • Benjamin Lane • Bismarck Datuin • Brandon Cuellar • Britney Thoreson • Chap Yaep • Charles Hilton • Chase Standley • Chelsea McAlarney • Claire Lenth • Damon Moran • Danny Kimanyen • Dashawn Mahone • Dave Sherburne • David Schwartz • Davin Cheng • Deena Beck • Drew Graybeal • Eleisiya Arocha • Elsa Garagarza • Eric Brown • Erin Siegel • Henrique Jardim • Irineo Maramba • Jeff Wong • Jenai Kaeo • Jenn Strickland • John Martinez • John McIntyre • Johnny Vu • Jonard Soriano • Josh Kim • Kaitrin Snodgrass • Kelly Turnbull • Kellye Perdue • Kenji Ono • Lauren Zukauskas • Luke Weber • Maribel Pozos • Monica Ray • Nollan Obena • Nora Murphy-Berden • Pakin Liptawat • Pam Tilikete • Roger Webb • Rommel Ruiz • Ryan Kramer • Sarah Visel • Tom Eichacker • Will Patrick |