Louie del Carmen
Encyclopedia
Louie del Carmen is an American animation
storyboard artist
/director and illustrator
. Born Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen in Cavite City
, Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on such notable animated programs as Rugrats
, Rocket Power
, Invader Zim
, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Kim Possible
and The Mighty B.
In 2006 he self-published his first book titled Random Anomalies, a collection of editorial style cartoons dealing with the subject of fate and synchronicity
. Honoring his art heroes, he followed Random Anomalies with the science fiction
themed art book The Wayward Traveller: Snapshots from Alternate Worlds. In The Wayward Traveller he cites such artists as Jean Giraud (Moebius
), Syd Mead
, Katsuhiro Otomo
and Rowland Emett as strong influences in his work. As a follow-up to The Wayward Traveller he released Alternating Currents in the summer of 2008, featuring an all new line up of science fiction illustrations.
Staying in sci-fi genre, del Carmen released his first self-published comic book
in 2007 called Steel Noodles: A Slice of Heaven featuring an orange haired, waif warrior named Val. The short, independently printed book served as a preview to a much larger story which he has developed into a multi-part graphic novel, starting with Steel Noodles Number 1 which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.
He is currently a story artist at Dreamworks Animation SKG in Glendale, California.
Animation
Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. The effect is an optical illusion of motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in several ways...
storyboard artist
Storyboard artist
Storyboard artist is a profession specialized in creating storyboards for advertising agencies and film productions.A storyboard artist is able to visualize any stories using quick sketches on paper at any moment...
/director and illustrator
Illustrator
An Illustrator is a narrative artist who specializes in enhancing writing by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text...
. Born Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen in Cavite City
Cavite City
The City of Cavite is a fourth class city in the province of Cavite, Philippines. The city occupies a hook shaped peninsula jutting out into Manila Bay. Cavite City used to be the capital of the province...
, Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on such notable animated programs as Rugrats
Rugrats
Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004....
, Rocket Power
Rocket Power
Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.-Premise:Rocket Power involves the daily situations of a group of best friends named Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, and Sam "Squid" Dullard, as they live in the fictional...
, Invader Zim
Invader Zim
Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth...
, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Kim Possible
Kim Possible
Kim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the...
and The Mighty B.
In 2006 he self-published his first book titled Random Anomalies, a collection of editorial style cartoons dealing with the subject of fate and synchronicity
Synchronicity
Synchronicity is the experience of two or more events that are apparently causally unrelated or unlikely to occur together by chance and that are observed to occur together in a meaningful manner...
. Honoring his art heroes, he followed Random Anomalies with the science fiction
Science fiction
Science fiction is a genre of fiction dealing with imaginary but more or less plausible content such as future settings, futuristic science and technology, space travel, aliens, and paranormal abilities...
themed art book The Wayward Traveller: Snapshots from Alternate Worlds. In The Wayward Traveller he cites such artists as Jean Giraud (Moebius
Moebius
-People:* August Ferdinand Möbius , German mathematician and astronomer* Karl Möbius , German zoologist and ecologist* Paul Julius Möbius , German neurologist* Dieter Moebius , German/Swiss musician...
), Syd Mead
Syd Mead
Sydney Jay Mead, commonly Syd Mead, is a "visual futurist" and concept artist. He is best known for his designs for science-fiction films such as Blade Runner, Aliens and Tron...
, Katsuhiro Otomo
Katsuhiro Otomo
is a Japanese comic book creator, screenwriter and film director. He is best known as the creator of the manga Akira and its animated film adaptation. Otomo has also directed several live-action films, such as the 2006 feature film adaptation of the manga Mushishi.-Biography:Katsuhiro Otomo was...
and Rowland Emett as strong influences in his work. As a follow-up to The Wayward Traveller he released Alternating Currents in the summer of 2008, featuring an all new line up of science fiction illustrations.
Staying in sci-fi genre, del Carmen released his first self-published comic book
Comic book
A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...
in 2007 called Steel Noodles: A Slice of Heaven featuring an orange haired, waif warrior named Val. The short, independently printed book served as a preview to a much larger story which he has developed into a multi-part graphic novel, starting with Steel Noodles Number 1 which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.
He is currently a story artist at Dreamworks Animation SKG in Glendale, California.
Television
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters AAAHH!!! Real Monsters Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is an American animated television series about adolescent monsters in training, developed by Klasky Csupo for Nickelodeon... |
character design |
| 1997–2001 | Rugrats Rugrats Rugrats is an American animated television series created by Arlene Klasky, Gábor Csupó, and Paul Germain for Nickelodeon. The series premiered on August 11, 1991, and aired its last episode on June 8, 2004.... |
character design/director |
| 1999–2001 | Rocket Power Rocket Power Rocket Power is an American animated television series that aired on Nickelodeon.-Premise:Rocket Power involves the daily situations of a group of best friends named Oswald "Otto" Rocket, Regina "Reggie" Rocket, Maurice "Twister" Rodriguez, and Sam "Squid" Dullard, as they live in the fictional... |
storyboard artist/director |
| 2001–2002 | Invader Zim Invader Zim Invader Zim is an American animated television series created by Jhonen Vasquez. It was produced by and subsequently aired on Nickelodeon. The series revolves around an extraterrestrial named Zim from the planet Irk, and his ongoing mission to conquer and destroy Earth... |
storyboard supervisor |
| 2002–2006 | Kim Possible Kim Possible Kim Possible is an American animated television series about a teenage crime fighter who has the task of dealing with worldwide, family, and school issues every day. The show is action-oriented, but also has a light-hearted atmosphere and often lampoons the conventions and clichés of the... |
storyboard artist |
| 2002 | 3 South 3 South 3 South is an American animated series that aired on MTV. The show focused on two life-long friends, Sanford and Del, and their adventures at the fictional Barder College. With the exception of their roommate Joe, nearly everyone at Barder is stupid and inept... |
storyboard artist |
| 2003 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | storyboard artist |
| 2005 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series Lilo & Stitch: The Series Lilo & Stitch: The Series is the animated television spinoff of the feature film, Lilo & Stitch and the follow-up to Stitch! The Movie.-Plot:... |
storyboard artist |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy often shortened as Billy and Mandy is an American animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network. It is also the spin-off of Grim & Evil. Having originally aired as part of Grim & Evil The show began in 2001, And went on to become one of Cartoon... |
storyboard artist | |
| 2005–2006 | Drawn Together Drawn Together Drawn Together is an American animated television series, which ran on Comedy Central from October 27, 2004 to November 14, 2007. The series was created by Dave Jeser and Matt Silverstein, and uses a sitcom format with a TV reality show setting... |
storyboard artist |
| Loonatics Unleashed Loonatics Unleashed Loonatics Unleashed is an American animated television series produced by Warner Bros. Animation that ran on the Kids' WB for two seasons from 2005 to 2007 in the United States, Teletoon in Canada, Kids Central in Singapore, Cartoon Network's Boomerang in Australia, Cartoon Network in the UK,... |
storyboard artist | |
| The X's The X's The X's is an American animated television series created by Carlos Ramos about a family of spies, who must hide their identity from the outside world, but sometimes have a little trouble in doing so.... |
storyboard artist | |
| 2005–2007 | American Dragon: Jake Long American Dragon: Jake Long American Dragon: Jake Long is an American animated television series produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show had premiered on January 21, 2005 and ended on September 1, 2007. The show currently airs on Disney XD in the United States... |
storyboard artist |
| 2007–2008 | The Emperor's New School The Emperor's New School The Emperor's New School is an American animated television series that airs on Disney Channel, ABC Kids, and Disney XD and is produced by Walt Disney Television Animation. The show is based on the characters from The Emperor's New Groove and its direct-to-video sequel Kronk's New Groove... |
storyboard artist |
| 2008–2009 | The Mighty B! The Mighty B! The Mighty B! is an American animated television series co-created by Amy Poehler, Cynthia True and Erik Wiese for Nickelodeon. The series centers on Bessie Higgenbottom, an ambitious Honeybee girlscout that believes she will become a superhero called the Mighty B if she collects every Honeybee badge... |
storyboard supervisor |
Feature film
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie The Rugrats Movie The Rugrats Movie is a 1998 American animated film, produced by Klasky Csupo and Nickelodeon Movies. The film was distributed by Paramount Pictures and first released in theaters in the United States on November 20, 1998.... |
character designer |
| 2008 | Justice League: The New Frontier | storyboard artist |
| Kung Fu Panda Kung Fu Panda Kung Fu Panda is a 2008 American computer-animated action comedy film produced by DreamWorks Animation and distributed by Paramount Pictures... |
story artist | |
| 2010 | Megamind | story artist |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | story artist |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | story artist |
| 2013 | The Croods The Croods The Croods is an upcoming computer-animated film from DreamWorks Animation starring Nicolas Cage and Ryan Reynolds. The film is set in the prehistoric era, when a man's position as Leader of the Hunt is threatened by the arrival of a prehistoric genius who comes up with revolutionary new inventions... |
story artist |