#buenothebear

[mi4011malith]

My top 3 Animators

Here’s a detailed research of these animators:

1.

Pendleton Ward

Ward Taylor Pendleton Johnston, known professionally as Pendleton Ward, or simply Pen Ward, is the creator of Adventure Time and the original Animated short, as well as a production designer for Steven Universe. Pendleton Ward currently works for Cartoon Network Studios and Frederator Studios. He was born on September 23, 1982, and grew up in San Antonio, Texas.

In 2002/2003, Pendleton Ward published a webcomic titled Bueno the Bear. He later took down the comics because he thought they were "terrible."[3] However, he retains the name "buenothebear" for his website and his handle on sites like Twitter. Later, Pen created a short for Frederator Studios titled "Barrista" starring Bueno the Bear.

Pen continued to work on short animations for Frederator's Random! Cartoons which aired on Nicktoons. There, he worked with several people who later join him on the Adventure Time series, including composer Casey James Basichis, Adam Muto and Niki Yang. His two shorts were "The Bravest Warriors" and the "Adventure Time" animated short. The "Adventure Time" short was made in 2006 and went on to become an internet phenomenon in 2007, with over 1,000,000 views by November of that year.[4] (Internet searches seem to indicate it first went viral in mid-January 2007, although the original versions of the video on YouTube have since been removed.) Pen pitched Adventure Time as a full series in 2006 or 2007 to Nickelodeon, however, they passed it up for Fanboy & Chum Chum, a CGI animated Television series. It took some time until Cartoon Network decided to pick up the show, which, some fans believe, was better then the show being in the hands of Nickelodeon.

In 2008, Pendleton Ward worked on Cartoon Network's The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack (along with JG Quintel, creator of Regular Show) as a writer and storyboard artist. Flapjack was a storyboard-driven show, meaning that the storyboard artists also wrote the episodes, based on an outline. The experience inspired Pen to run Adventure Time the same way, once it was picked up as a series.

Pen became interested in animation at an early age, inspired by his mother, Bettie Ward, who was an artist and worked with animators. He started drawing flipbooks in first grade.

At the Adventure Time panel at San Diego Comic-Con 2011, Matt Groening, creator of The Simpsons and Futurama, made a surprise appearance, telling a story about Pendleton's childhood. His mother brought him to visit his house to get advice on how to be an animator. However, he couldn't remember what advice he had given to him.

Pen attended CalArts, where he became friends with JG Quintel. (They later worked on Flapjack together, and in 2009, Quintel went on to create Regular Show). At a "Producers Show" at CalArts, Pen met Eric Homer from Frederator Studios, which was his first lead in working with Frederator.

2.

Jonathan Djob Nkondo

He was born in Paris in 1987 and grew up in the suburbs, drawing loads since he was a kid. He was really inspired by cartoons like Dragon Ball Z, Mighty Max, Patlabor, Inspector Gadget, Ulysses 31, the Warner Bros ones and video games like Zelda, TMNT and Mario Bros.

But at some point, his parents decided they wanted him and his siblings to watch less TV, so they got rid of it. There was not much to do and entertain himself with, which led him to start reading a lot of books and comics.

He used to go to the library a lot and copy/draw over those drawings, trying to understand the techniques behind them. He was more curious about characters in general, and one day he just decided to create his own, along with his own stories for them.

But yeah, he read a lot of comics — and very diverse ones. Loads of Belgian ones: the famous ones like TinTin, Spirou, Les 4 As (The 4 Aces), Bone… A lot of mangas as well and, later on, during college, he found out about the American comics like Spider Man, Xmen, Gen 13, Witchblade, Spawn, etc.

He is a big fan of Katsuhiro Otomo. Akira is the first manga heread when he was a kid. He was too young at the time to fully understand the story behind it, but his style blew his mind. He just recently bought the 6 volume set (like 2 years ago) and he’s still impressed by the drawings.

But the story and message have now became more important to him. He thinks the three most impactful mangas he read when he was kid were Akira, Gunnm from Yukito Kishiro and Gon from Masashi Tanaka.

On the “dreamy” comment: well, a lot of my ideas are actually coming from dreams I have.

It’s definitely happened that I dreamt about something and then illustrated it afterwards. I tend to be very conscious when I’m dreaming (sort of lucid dreaming), and I think it’s a good source of inspiration. Often times I feel stuck with an idea or get a hint of a path that could be interesting to develop, so I usually keep that in mind and I kind of unlock those during my sleep.

3.

Yoneyama Mai

Mai worked at TRIGGER, an anime production company that is highly regarded both in Japan and abroad. There, she was in charge of the animation director for “Kill la Kill” and the character design for “Kiznaiver” and other aspects of the works, and she emerged as a force to be reckoned with. In the 2019 Japanese massive hit animated film “PROMARE”, having played a central role in visual development and other aspects of the work, she has a definite presence in the animation and illustration industry.

Mai has also been remarkably active as an illustrator, such as working on the main visual for the EVANGELION fashion brand “RADIO EVA”. And she held a solo exhibition “SHE” in 2019 and a solo exhibition “EGO” in 2021, her activities as an artist gain momentum.

Her works are characterised by the depiction that you can feel the flow of emotions and movements, which is the result of the fusion of a broad and deep sensibility that includes not only Japanese but also Asian elements, and an expressive ability to convey situations backed by the outstanding skills of an outstanding animator.

“For me, drawing animation is an act that reminds me of the preciousness of the moment. I like the state that is created by extending the moment of a single frame, preparing many of them, and establishing a flow of movement by moving them back and forth, so that all the moments are interacting with each other, so I made it into my work.”

[blueshinefox]

Just finished watching #BeeandPuppyCatLazyinSpace! Seriously, there NEED to be more remakes! #CartoonHangover may still suck on some levels, but if they continue this, maybe this YouTube channel will come back as a TV network! Don't know what I mean by Cartoon Hangover as a TV network? Trust me, if this TV network definitely has all of the cartoons from Cartoon Hangover (along with the exception of Fin Punch), you remember the same shows they used to have on that YouTube channel. This remake of #BeeandPuppyCat was just so perfect. If only Cartoon Hangover could just do more and more remakes, like #BravestWarriors and #SuperFuckers (though if Super Fuckers was solely remade, it would be called “#SuperFuckersForever” based on the comic book with the same name). Because if that happens, then @CartoonHangover has a chance to redeem itself. Also, happy early birthday, @FredSeibert 💖✨ #frederatorstudios #frederator #adventuretime #adventuretimefandom #adventuretimefanart #bravestwarriorsfanart #pendletonward #penward #buenothebear #jameskochalka #kochalka #natashaallegri #fredseibert #deadend #deadendparanormalpark #deadendfanart #deadendia #deadendianetflix #deadendiafanart #kidcore #teencore #y2k #y2kcore (at Frederator Studios) https://www.instagram.com/p/CiL-sMgtmh4/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[picturethisshow]

#LosAngeles: Picture This!, the ONLY "Live Animated Comedy Show" is BACK to continue our 7 years and counting legacy of having the best lineup of comedians & animators in town for another one night only lineup! Next Show: SATURDAY 9/14 (this month's flier by Tyler Turett!) COMEDY BY: Janelle James, Sonia Denis, Lisa Curry, Chris Garcia, Corie Johnson & Jamie Loftus! ANIMATION BY: Pen Ward, Sapphire Sandalo, Lauren Rantala, Sean Keeton, Colin Heck, Jamie Loftus (yes jokes AND art) & Luke McGarry!

HOSTED BY: Brandie Posey! Doors at 7:30pm, Show at 8pm 21+ 🎫 Tix: $8 ONLINE at PictureThisShow.nightout.com or $10 at the door at The Virgil  4519 Santa Monica Blvd LA, CA 90029 ______________________________________________ "What is Picture This!?" PICTURE THIS! is a new show from Brandie Posey & Sam Varela: two girls who want to push the boundaries of what a comedy show can be. Picture This! is a live comedy show with stand-ups performing while they are drawn live by some of the best animators, cartoonists, and other artists in Hollywood, CA, SF, NYC and Portland. Picture This! has also debuted in Toronto, New Zealand and Australia! The comedians don't know what the animators are drawing and the animators don't know how the comedians will react. It may be weird. It may different. But it will be FUNNY! “This is a super cool show, I’m proud to be a part of it!“ - Jay Larson ”Brandie Posey & Sam Varela have something very cool going on here…the results are organic, highly entertaining and often times hilarious.” - The Interrobang “It’s a deceptively simple idea...a good exercise for the performers to keep their improv instincts sharp and it's good entertainment watching funny people goof off.” - Portland Mercury “If you like animated comedies, how about animated stand-up comedy?… It’s just like having your portrait drawn at a fair, only instead of mildly insulting caricatures, you get to see one-of-a-kind depictions of what’s going on inside funny people’s heads.” - Vulture “The amicable marriage of sight, sound and more sight…each [artist and comedian] performing their due diligence to visualize this crazy thing called funny.” - Spinning Platters “The dynamic between comedian and illustrator can be push and pull, but when it works, they’re ultimately moving in the same direction.” - The Comic’s Comic “Often, the drawings are just as funny as the standup, enhancing and occasionally stealing the show.. A comedian might have a prepared set that gets thrown totally into a tangent when the illustrator adds their own input or sketches a crude figure that takes the joke to the next level. There’s also a high potential for verbal vs. visual banter.” - LAist “An inherent irony existed in the disparity between two disciplines identified by the term “comic” - Spinning Platters “Our animators are joke-tellers, too, they just process the same bits visually versus verbally, it’s always so cool to see your bit from a different angle you hadn’t thought to explore! I always feel like I’m dealing with the most talented heckler in the room on the show – once you surrender yourself to the idea that you’ll never be as dynamic.” - Brandie Posey “The show is growing fast. Comedians perform while comedy’s best illustrators create masterpieces based on what they’re hearing on stage, live. You get to watch the process and it’s a really fun time.” - The Interrobang, Top Five Shows Out of Towners Need to See “Stand-up comedy typically hinges on performers maintaining total power and control. Yet these shows put a premium on experimentation and vulnerability, humanizing the comics in the process.” - LA Weekly

[ghostsense]

My AT x B&PC crossover comic! I really had a lot of fun with this project, and it felt good giving tribute to my favorite content creators! 

[warburtonlabs]

Catbug for Lunch #catbug #bravestwarriors #pendletonward #buenothebear #frederator #webseries #lunchbags #lunchbag #lunchbagart #lunchdoodles #lunchbagcustom #kidslunches #instart #artistsoninstagram

[senorrandom]

The prompt for this #thumbsmashup was ADVENTURE TIME! I had a lot of fun with this piece and I'm really digging this challenge. I mean, Finn's lost an appendage, so he knows what's up. #scaredofbirds #torontoartists #justinlangfordart @thumbs1 #evildead #ashvsevildead #ash #adventuretime #jakethedog #finnthehuman #necronomicon #armyofdarkness #mashupmarch #thumbs1 #brucecampbell #jeremyshada #johndimaggio #pendeltonward #buenothebear https://www.instagram.com/p/BvE_fkzl_fm/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1ot3wrau3gtyl

[billmartinanimation]

Artist Research 8-12-19

Frank Frazetta:

Frank Frazetta was born and raised in New York and started drawing from an early age thanks to support from this Grandmother whom he spent a large amount of his young life with.

He attended art school rather than ordinary school and blew his teachers away by his talent and passion for drawing. 

At the young age of eight he attended the Brooklyn Academy of Fine Arts, he described his teacher as supportive but not good at teaching as he often was let loose to draw whatever he wanted with the occasional look over his shoulder from his teacher.

When he turned 16 he started inking comic books working on every genre he could, and after years of drawing, inking and being featured in books he got married at aged 29.      

In 1964 Frazetta’s painting of Beatles Member Ringo Starr got noticed and he was commissioned to produce the poster art for the movie “What's New Pussycat” earning hm his whole yearly salary in one afternoon. He later was commissioned to do more movie posters making a total of seven. 

Once fazetta had secured himself a spot in movie studios he was hired to work on animated movies, an advertisement based around his work was animated by Richard Williams in 1978 and in 1980 Frazetta worked with producer Ralph Bakshi on the feature” fire and ice” mainly helping with the live action sequences to be rotoscoped later. the realism within the animation was inspired by Frazetta’s style and once Fire and Ice was released Frazetta returned to his roots of Pen and ink Illustrations being featured on album covers and later in his life he opened an exhibition called “Frazetta’s Fantasy Corner”.

Pendleton Ward:

Pendleton Ward is an American Animator, Screenwriter, producer, and Voice Actor who works for Cartoon Network, he is most famous for his work on “Adventure Time”, and the internet series “Bravest Warriors”.

Pendleton became interested in animation at an early age, his mum was an artist who was frequently working with animators and in the first grade he started making flipbooks, he often worked with his best friend Alec Coates on short comics. he later attended Calarts where he became close friends with J G quintel and Alex Hirsch, they later worked on the “Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack” together Eric Homan, vice president of Frederator Studios offered Ward a job at the studios after watching one of his films at the annual Calarts Animation Screenings.

From the years 2002-2004 Ward began work on a webcomic he called “Bueno the Bear” but he later took them down branding them as “terrible” he still keeps the name buenothebear for his website and his name on social media, however he later released a short called “Barista” starring Bueno releasing at Frederator Studios. 

Ward began animating for Federators “Random Cartoons!” airing on nicktoons, his one short titled “Adventure Time” blew up all across the internet that year reaching a million views by November 2007, he noticed the popularity of the cartoon and pitched it to Nicktoons but was rejected.

Ward began working on Cartoon Networks “Marvelous Adventures of Flapjack” as a storyboard artist, as it was a storyboard driven show it allowed pendleton and the other artists to add dialogue and action based on what was assigned to them. 

During this time ward worked with many other modern influential animators such as Mike Roth (known for Regular Show) and Alex Hirsch (known for his work on Gravity Falls) This inspired Pendleton to re-approach Adventure Time in the same way when it was picked back up as a show.

Andrew Maclean:

Ward developed Adventure Time as a full series and worked on it until around it’s fifth season when he stopped making it, ward still had his input on the show by checking over the script however that’s all he did until the shows end in 2018. 

Andrew Maclean is a writer and illustrator behind the comic head looper, a story about a viking warrior and the severed head of a witch.

Head looper started out as a project for Maclean however in 2015 it was picked up to be a four issue miniseries releasing from Image Comics.

Maclean got the idea from a drawing he did for “Brand New Nostalgia” the theme was vikings and maclea when he was finished was left with an illustration of a viking holding a witches head on the end of their sword.

Justin Roiland:

Justin Roiland grew up in california and attended Sierra High School up until the first quarter of his senior year before transferring over to Manteca High School for the rest of his senior year, after High School he attended Modesto Junior College.

He eventually moved to Houston Texas in early 2004 and got involved with Channel 101 and LA media collective started by Dan Harmon and Rob Schrab where he directed and starred in various movie shorts. 

He now works as a voice actor and co writer for the Adult Swim show Rick and Morty, he voiced several characters in the show. 

In the 2016 Rick and Morty panel he stated that one of his key influences was Pendleton Ward and that he loved watching the Ren and Stimpy show as a child. 

In an interview for Rolling Stone he stated that he loves making cartoons and games as it allows him to work from his apartment without leaving the house. 

Roiland continued to make Rick and Morty,  launch new games and raise money for charities such as Hurricane relief where he raised over $200,000 alongside Alex Hirsch and Ethan Klien.

Matt Groening:

In February 2019 Roiland alongside Elon Musk Hosted an episode of Pewdiepie’s Meme review under the request of Pewdiepie’s fans. 

Matt Groening was born on February 15th 1954 and became interested in drawing at an early age. 

He attended ainsworth elementary school, a liberal art school which he described as a “hippie college” with no grades or required classes. Whilst there he began writing and drawing cartoons for his schools newspaper and became interested in cartoons after watching disneys’ One hundred and one dalmatians.

In 1977 at the age of 23 Groening left to work in Los Angeles as a writer, he worked odd jobs here and there and hated it,  he hated it so much that he self published a comic about it called “Life In Hell” It became an immediate success and gave Groening new attention as a cartoonist.

Groening was later asked by James L Brooks  to adapt his life in hell strips into an animated series, groening feared this would cause him to lose ownership rights and destroy the comic so after coming up with the idea in Brooks’ office he quickly sketched out the simpsons family which he then planned to be the animated series Brooks wanted Groening based and named a lot of the simpsons characters after his own family.

Groening after creating the simpsons and seeing he amazingly popular it was becoming began work on new animated projects such as Futurama, Groening got the idea for futurama after getting together with his co-writer for the simpsons David X Cohen and discussing the idea of “life in the year 3000” he pitched the idea to Fox and after what he described as the “Worst experience in his adult life” it was accepted to go on the air.

Groening also went on the create the fantasy series disenchantment a netflix series originating from one of Groenings’ sketchbooks full of creatures that couldn’t go in the simpsons. 

Alex Hirsch:

Alex Hirsch was born in piedmont california in 1985 and graduated from Piedmont High school.

He went on to attend the California Institute of arts and created a number of short films including his senior project “Off The Wall” which combined live action and animation. He graduated from CalArts in 2007.

After graduation Hirsch got his first job as a storyboard artist and writer for “The Marvellous Misadventures of Flapjack alongside Future Adventure Time creator Pendleton Ward and J.G Quintel he would also go on to create the pilot for the Disney Channel Series Fish Hooks alongside Maxwell adams and future Rick and Morty creator Justin Roiland.

Hirsch then made it big in 2012 when he created the series Gravity Falls for Disney Channel set in the fictional town of Gravity Falls Oregon it premiered in June that same year and was an instant success, Hirsch provided most of the voices for his characters, The show was moved to Disney XD in 2014 and would a Bafta Children’s award and an Annie award in 2015, Hirsch sadly ended the show in 2016 to pursue other projects. 

[wackyracalexandrailieva]

Pendleton Ward

Pen became interested in animation at an early age, inspired by his mother, who was an artist and worked with animators. He started drawing flipbooks in first grade. 

In 2002/2003, Pendleton Ward published a webcomic titled Bueno the Bear. He later took down the comics because he thought they were "terrible. However, he retains the name "buenothebear" for his website and his handle on sites like Twitter. Later, Pen created a short for Frederator Studios titled "Barrista" starring Bueno the Bear.

Pen continued to work on short animations for Frederator's Random! Cartoons which aired on Nicktoons. There, he worked with several people who later join him on the Adventure Time series, including composer Casey James Basichis, Adam Muto and Niki Yang. His two shorts were "The Bravest Warriors" and the "Adventure Time" animated short. The "Adventure Time" short was made in 2006 and went on to become an internet phenomenon in 2007, with over 1,000,000 views by November of that year  

Adventure Time has a great animation and charters are unique. The colours are bright and catch the attention of the viewers.

[27aume]

RT @NMAID_: It is also with great honor, for being over #level9000 awesome, and I literally have no words on how deeply #Amazed I am at the #Ingenuity of your mind @buenothebear, thank you on the behalf of the entire planet for your work. All hail #Jake, thank to @TheJohnDiMaggio 🧙‍♂️ by 27aume on June 16, 2020 at 07:24AM

[bryanwongillustrator]

I had the privilege of working on #themidnightgospel last year, which you should check out on #netflix if you haven’t already! I’m gonna post a few of my favorite BG paintings from the show. Here’s one from the Chromatic Ribbon! Art directed by @jmoyns created by @buenothebear and @duncantrussell, and I’m totally blanking on who did the amazing layout I was lucky enough to paint, please let me know if it’s you so I can give you proper credit! #midnightgospel #netflix #animation #titmouse https://www.instagram.com/p/B_VhoaEDg15/?igshid=55sl6nhyssqg

[mode7rap]

Made a quick @Stemage music video for a track from the @helvetica & @buenothebear game Card of Darkness https://t.co/zGSHphrUNQ

[blueshinefox]

This was one of the best days of my whole fucking life, I swear to god, and I’ve had a lot of good days. Also, the postcards of my favorite shows are freaking AWESOME! #frederatorstudios #frederator #cartoonhangover #adventuretime #adventuretimefandom #bravestwarriors #themidnightgospel #midnightgospel #pendletonward #penward #buenothebear #superfuckers #superfuckersforever #jameskochalka #kochalka #beeandpuppycat #beeandpuppycatlazyinspace #natashaallegri #deadendia #deadendianetflix #deadendnetflix #deadendparanormalpark #rocketdog #melroach https://www.instagram.com/p/ChQf294pT6A/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[dengusmaximus]

buenothebear @ December 27, 2018 at 07:45PM

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[kchannel9]

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I finished the last episode of the Adventure Time series the night before last. It is by far, my favorite show EVER (I like it even more than The Prisoner), and the realest, most culturally altruistic shit to ever de/re/program humanity on TV. I've watched it rapidly evolve over the years. It's the deepest and most insightful show that I'm aware of. Fucking stellar. Whatever awards there are that can be given, they should get them all 🌠🤘🤙✌️ When I first checked it out many years ago I had no idea what it would shift into and become... Thank you @buenothebear 🤜🤛 #highart #puremagick #AdventureTime #AdamMuto #PendletonWard #CartoonNetwork #AdultSwim #tv #art #culture #fantasy #magic #philosophy #programming #transcendent #ketamine #allegorithmic #LSP #nextlevel #each1teachmany #esskeetit #respect #loveistheanswer (at Earth) https://www.instagram.com/p/BnoNFgIlX1J/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=xd1c2qo71qqt

[moosader]

@Moosader: RT @buenothebear: https://t.co/pg3lwAO6ih (From http://twitter.com/Moosader)

[senorrandom]

Having Midnight Gospel on while I work on art and such... It's really interesting, but also kind of messed up. It's really hard to decribe... with that said... #midnightgospel #netflix @netflixca @buenothebear @duncantrussell #torontoartists #scaredofbirds @themidnightgospel #justinlangfordart #animation #artistofinstagram https://www.instagram.com/p/B_uOH6UDadE/?igshid=xkrdc5g31qph