Layron DeJarnette
Layron DeJarnette is an American illustrator, director, art director, character designer, storyboard artist, animator and caricaturist. He is best known as a character designer and art director on the Monster High web series for Mattel.[1] and The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) for HBO.[1] He is a Garbage Pail Kids artist for Topps [2][3] and trading card illustrator for the Upper Deck Company and Cryptozoic Entertainment.[4][5]
Layron D. DeJarnette | |
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Born | |
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Director, art director, illustrator, animator, character designer, character design supervisor, storyboard artist, caricaturist |
Years active | 1992-present |
Known for | Garbage Pail Kids, Monster High, The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series), Hollywood Zombies |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | College for Creative Studies |
Early life
DeJarnette was born in Detroit Michigan. He majored in Illustration at The College for Creative Studies [4][6] and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.
Career
After graduating from The College for Creative Studies, DeJarnette worked at television station WKBD-TV in Southfield, Michigan as a graphic designer and illustrator, then trained at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios in Orlando, Florida.[4] He later became an instructor at the College for Creative Studies, teaching Figure Drawing, Anatomy, Illustration and Animation Drawing. In 2000 DeJarnette relocated to Los Angeles, California to provide work for various studios in the entertainment industry such as: Disney, Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon, Marvel, DC Comics, Mattel, Hasbro, WildBrain, 6 Point Harness, Bento Box Entertainment, ABC, FOX, Lionsgate, LeapFrog, Sega, Ubisoft, Duck Studios, Hyperion Pictures, Klasky Csupo.[4][6]
Filmography
Television
- The Proud Family (2001) Season 2 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy Baby" (character designer)[1]
- Loonatics Unleashed (2005-2007) (storyboard artist) [1]
- The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) (2010- 2012) (character designer, animator, season three character design supervisor) [1]
- Monster High: New Ghoul at School (2010) (character designer, animator) [1]
- Monster High: Fright On! (2011) (character designer, animator) [1]
- Super Best Friends Forever (2012) (character designer, character clean up artist) [1]
- Storage Wars - Season 5 "All's Well That Urns Well" (2013) (Himself - Garbage Pail Kids artist, appraiser) [1][7][8]
- Fresh Beat Band of Spies (Series pitch) (2013) (storyboard artist, animatic artist)
- Angry little Asian Girl (2014) (animator) [1]
- Avengers Assemble (TV series) (2016-2019) (character artist, clean up artist)
Monster High webisodes
- Monster High webisode Volume 1 (2010 - 2011) (character designer, animator) [1]
- Monster High webisode Volume 2 (2011) (character designer, animator) [1]
- Monster High webisode Volume 3 (2012 - 2013) (character designer, animator)
- Monster High webisode Volume 4 (2013 - 2014) (character designer, animator)
- Monster High webisode Volume 5 (2014 - 2015) (art director, character designer, animator)
- Monster High webisode Volume 6 (2016) (art director, character designer, animator)
- Monster High promotional and special webisodes (2011) (character designer, animator)
Films
- The Punisher (2004 film) (opening title sequence animator) [1]
- I'm Rick James Documentary (2009) (animator) [1]
- 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story (2016) (Himself) [1][9]
Animated DVDs
- LeapFrog Enterprises: Sing-Along Read-Along (2008) (animator, storyboard artist) [1]
- LeapFrog Enterprises: Sing and Learn With Us! (2011) (animator, storyboard artist) [1]
- LeapFrog Enterprises: The Amazing Alphabet Amusement Park (2011) (storyboard artist) [1]
Motion Comics
- Red Steel 2 Motion Comic (2010) (character designer, illustrator)
- Barbie Motion Comics: Be Super (9 episodes) (2015) (co-director, character designer, storyboard revisionist, illustrator) [10][11]
- Barbie Motion Comics: Raise Your Voice (9 episodes) (2015) (co-director, character designer, storyboard revisionist, illustrator) [10][11]
- Barbie Motion Comics: Puppy Adventures (4 episodes) (2015) (co-director, character designer, storyboard revisionist, illustrator) [10][11]
Illustration Works
The Topps Company
- Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 5 Trading Cards (2006) (base card illustrator) [12][13]
- Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 6 Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator) [12][14]
- Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 7 Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator) [12][15]
- Hollywood Zombies Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator) [16]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 1 Trading Cards (2010) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [12][17]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 2 Trading Cards (2010) (sketch card artist) [18]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 3 Trading Cards (2011) (sketch card artist) [19]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 1 Trading Cards (2012) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [12][20]
- Mars Attacks: Heritage Trading Cards (2012) (sketch card artist) [21]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 2 Trading Cards (2013) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [12][22]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 3 Trading Cards (2013) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [12][23]
- Garbage Pail Kids: Mini Cards (2013) (sketch card artist) [24]
- 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards (2014) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [12][25]
- 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 2 Trading Cards (2014) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [26][27]
- 2015 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards (2015) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [28]
- Garbage Pail Kids: 30th Anniversary Trading Cards (2015) [29]
- Garbage Pail Kids: American As Apple Pie In Your Face Trading Cards (2016) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist) [30]
- Mars Attacks: Occupation (2016) (sketch card artist) [31]
- Dinosaurs Attack! (2016) (sketch card artist)
Upper Deck Entertainment
- Marvel The Avengers (2012 film) Trading Cards (2012) [32]
- Marvel Beginnings 2 Trading Cards (2012) [33]
- Marvel Premier Trading Cards (2012)
- Iron Man 3 Trading Cards (2013)
- Marvel NOW! Trading Cards (2013) [34]
- Thor: The Dark World Trading Cards (2014)
- 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards (2014) [35]
- 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards (2015) [36]
- 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Game Of Chance" Trading Cards (2015) [37]
- Avengers: Age of Ultron Trading Cards (2015)
- Ant-Man (film) Trading Cards (2015) [38]
- 2016 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Supernaturals" Trading Cards (2016) [39][40]
Cryptozoic Entertainment
- DC Comics New 52 Trading Cards (2012) (sketch card artist) [41]
- Batman: The Legend Trading Cards (2013) (sketch card artist) [42]
- Superman: The Legend Trading Cards (2013) (sketch card artist) [43]
- DC Comics Battle Trading Cards (2014) (sketch card artist) [44]
- Adventure Time Trading Cards (2014) (sketch card artist) [45]
Books
- It’s My Life: The Guide To Friendship (2006) (Illustrator) [46]
- Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary (2006) (Illustrator) [47]
- Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II (2006) (Illustrator) [48]
- Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III (2007) (Illustrator) [49]
- Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary (2008) (Illustrator) [50]
- Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Golf (2008) (Illustrator) [51]
- Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Work (2008) (Illustrator) [52]
- The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know It’s Time to Get Out of Your Mama’s House (2008) (Illustrator) [53]
- The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know You’re a Golddigger (2009) (Illustrator) [54]
- Sing Along with Leedo and Booey (2014) (Illustrator) [55]
Art Exhibitions
Gallery 1988, (Los Angeles, CA)
- Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Art Show (2010) [56][57][58]
- Another Dimension, Twilight Zone Art Show (2010) [59]
Lulubell Toy Bodega (Tucson, AZ)
Meltdown (Los Angeles, CA)
- Meat! Art Show (2011) [62]
Q-Pop (Los Angeles, CA)
Chuck Jones Gallery (San Diego, CA)
- What’s Up Doc? The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, Smithsonian Art Preview ft. Girls Drawin’ Girls & 6 Point Harness (2014) [66]
Awards
- Promax BDA International Bronze Award, Illustrator, WKBD-TV50, Detroit Tiger Billboards (1996) [67]
- Telly Award, Ohio Lottery Animated Commercial, Duck Studios (2004) [68]
External links
References
- Layron DeJarnette IMDB
- "http://www.wizardworld.com/layrondejarnette.html". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-27. External link in
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- Layron DeJarnette Bio
- https://www.behance.net/Layron_DeJarnette
- http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/Alumni/2858/DeJarnette/
- Layron DeJarnette on Storage Wars youtube link 1
- Layron DeJarnette on Storage Wars youtube link 2
- Layron DeJarnette 30 Years of Garbage pics
- Layron DeJarnette - Barbie Motion Comics on Behance
- Barbie Motion Comics on Barbie.com Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
- Layron DeJarnette - Garbage Pail Kids on Behance 1
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_5th_Series.htm
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_6th_Series.htm
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_7th_Series.htm
- Layron DeJarnette - Hollywood Zombies on Behance
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_Series.htm
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_2_Series.htm
- http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_3_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_1_Series.htm
- Layron DeJarnette - Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_2_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_3_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_Mini_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2014_Series_1_Series.htm
- Layron DeJarnette - Superhero Garbage Pail Kids on Behance
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2014_Series_2_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2015_Series_1_Series.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2015_Series_2_30th_Anniv.htm
- http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2016_Series_1_Series.htm
- Layron DeJarnette - Mars Attacks: Occupation sketch cards for Topps
- Layron DeJarnette - Marvel Avengers Sketch Cards for Upper Deck on Behance
- Marvel Beginnings Series 2 Sketch Cards on Behance
- Marvel NOW! Sketch Cards on Behance
- Layron Dejarnette - 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Monsters illustrations on Behance
- Layron Dejarnette - 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Monsters illustrations on Behance
- Layron DeJarnette - 2015 Upper Deck Game of Chance Illustrations on Behance
- Layron DeJarnette - Ant-Man Sketch Cards on Facebook
- Layron DeJarnette - 2016 Upper Deck Supernaturals on gogts.net 1
- Layron DeJarnette - 2016 Upper Deck Supernaturals on gogts.net 2
- Layron DeJarnette - DC Comics New 52 Sketch Cards on Behance
- Layron DeJarnette - Batman: The Legend Sketch Cards on Behance
- Layron DeJarnette - Superman: The Legend Sketch Cards on Behance
- Layron DeJarnette DC Comics Epic Battles sketch cards - Cryptozoic Entertainment
- Layron DeJarnette Adventure Time sketch cards - Cryptozoic Entertainment
- It's My Life: The Guide to Friendship Paperback – 2006, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator
- Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary - Amazon
- Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II - Amazon
- Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III - Amazon
- Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary - Amazon
- Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Golf, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator - Amazon
- Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Work, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator - Amazon
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0091JI6RK
- https://www.amazon.com/dp/0312359691
- Sing Along With Leedo & Booey, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator
- http://www.slashfilm.com/cool-stuff-under-the-influence-art-show-masters-of-the-universe
- Under The Influence Art Show: Masters of the Universe – Garbage Pail Kids Parody by Layron DeJarnette 1
- Under The Influence Art Show: Masters of the Universe – Garbage Pail Kids Parody by Layron DeJarnette 2
- Layron DeJarnette paintings for Galley 1988's Twilight Zone Tribute art show
- Small Robot (A) painting by Layron DeJarnette
- Small Robot (B) painting by Layron DeJarnette
- Meat! Art Show, Layron DeJarnette
- Layron DeJarnette painting for BEAM ME UP: Star Trek Art Show 1
- Layron DeJarnette painting for BEAM ME UP: Star Trek Art Show 2
- Layron DeJarnette painting for James Bond: 50 Years of 007 Art Celebration
- The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, Smithsonian Art Preview ft. Girls Drawin’ Girls & Six Point Harness on Behance
- Detroit Tigers Billboard Illustrations by Layron DeJarnette and Butch Chambliss
- Ohio Lottery commercial spot