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Layron DeJarnette is an American illustrator, director, art director, character designer, storyboard artist, animator and caricaturist. He is best known as a character designer on Disney's The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder, art director on the Monster High web series for Mattel. and character design supervisor on The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) for HBO. He is a Garbage Pail Kids artist for Topps and trading card illustrator for the Upper Deck Company and Cryptozoic Entertainment.

Early life

DeJarnette was born in Detroit Michigan. He majored in Illustration at The College for Creative Studies 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. 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, Aniplex, Sega, Ubisoft, Duck Studios, Hyperion Pictures, Klasky Csupo.

Filmography

Television

• The Proud Family (2001) Season 2 "Ain't Nothing Like The Real Thingy Baby" (character designer)
• Loonatics Unleashed (2005-2007) (storyboard artist)
• The Ricky Gervais Show (TV series) (2010- 2012) (character designer, animator, season three character design supervisor)
• Classical Baby (2001-2019) (character designer, storyboard artist)
• Monster High: New Ghoul at School (2010) (character designer, animator)
• Monster High: Fright On! (2011) (character designer, animator)
• Super Best Friends Forever (2012) (character designer, character clean up artist)
• Storage Wars - Season 5 "All's Well That Urns Well" (2013) (Himself - Garbage Pail Kids artist, appraiser)
• Fresh Beat Band of Spies (Series pitch) (2013) (storyboard artist, animatic artist)
• Angry little Asian Girl (2014) (animator)
• Avengers Assemble (TV series) (2016-2019) (character artist, clean up artist)
• Central Park (TV series) (2019) (character designer)
• Spider-Man (2017 TV series) Marvel Venom Files: Captain Marvel (2019 animated short) (Co-director, storyboard artist and character designer)
• Spider-Man (2017 TV series) Marvel Venom Files: Ghost-Spider (2019 animated short) (Co-director, storyboard artist and character designer)
• Spider-Man (2017 TV series) Marvel Venom Files: Miles Morales (2019 animated short) (Co-director, storyboard artist and character designer)
• Spider-Man (2017 TV series) Marvel's The Secret History Of Venom (2020 animated short) (Co-director, art director, storyboard artist, character designer and layout artist)
• The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder (2022 -) (character designer)
• Hailey's On It! (2022 -) (character designer)

Monster High webisodes

• Monster High webisode Volume 1 (2010 - 2011) (character designer, animator)
• Monster High webisode Volume 2 (2011) (character designer, animator)
• 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)
• I'm Rick James Documentary (2009) (animator)
• 30 Years of Garbage: The Garbage Pail Kids Story (2016) (Himself)

Animated DVDs

• LeapFrog Enterprises: Sing-Along Read-Along (2008) (animator, storyboard artist)
• LeapFrog Enterprises: Sing and Learn With Us! (2011) (animator, storyboard artist)
• LeapFrog Enterprises: The Amazing Alphabet Amusement Park (2011) (storyboard artist)

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)
• Barbie Motion Comics: Raise Your Voice (9 episodes) (2015) (co-director, character designer, storyboard revisionist, illustrator)
• Barbie Motion Comics: Puppy Adventures (4 episodes) (2015) (co-director, character designer, storyboard revisionist, illustrator)

Illustration Works

The Topps Company

• Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 5 Trading Cards (2006) (base card illustrator)
• Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 6 Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator)
• Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 7 Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator)
• Hollywood Zombies Trading Cards (2007) (base card illustrator)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 1 Trading Cards (2010) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 2 Trading Cards (2010) (sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 3 Trading Cards (2011) (sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 1 Trading Cards (2012) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Mars Attacks: Heritage Trading Cards (2012) (sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 2 Trading Cards (2013) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 3 Trading Cards (2013) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: Mini Cards (2013) (sketch card artist)
• 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards (2014) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 2 Trading Cards (2014) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• 2015 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards (2015) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Garbage Pail Kids: 30th Anniversary Trading Cards (2015)
• Garbage Pail Kids: American As Apple Pie In Your Face Trading Cards (2016) (base card illustrator, sketch card artist)
• Mars Attacks: Occupation (2016) (sketch card artist)
• Dinosaurs Attack! (2016) (sketch card artist)

Upper Deck Entertainment

• Marvel The Avengers (2012 film) Trading Cards (2012)
• Marvel Beginnings 2 Trading Cards (2012)
• Marvel Premier Trading Cards (2012)
• Iron Man 3 Trading Cards (2013)
• Marvel NOW! Trading Cards (2013)
• Thor: The Dark World Trading Cards (2014)
• 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards (2014)
• 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards (2015)
• 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Game Of Chance" Trading Cards (2015)
• Avengers: Age of Ultron Trading Cards (2015)
• Ant-Man (film) Trading Cards (2015)
• 2016 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Supernaturals" Trading Cards (2016)

Cryptozoic Entertainment

• DC Comics New 52 Trading Cards (2012) (sketch card artist)
• Batman: The Legend Trading Cards (2013) (sketch card artist)
• Superman: The Legend Trading Cards (2013) (sketch card artist)
• DC Comics Battle Trading Cards (2014) (sketch card artist)
• Adventure Time Trading Cards (2014) (sketch card artist)

Books

• It's My Life: The Guide To Friendship (2006) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary (2006) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II (2006) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III (2007) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary (2008) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Golf (2008) (Illustrator)
• Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Work (2008) (Illustrator)
• The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know It's Time to Get Out of Your Mama's House (2008) (Illustrator)
• The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know You're a Golddigger (2009) (Illustrator)
• Sing Along with Leedo and Booey (2014) (Illustrator)

Art exhibitions

Gallery 1988, (Los Angeles, CA)

• Under The Influence: He-Man and the Masters of the Universe Art Show (2010)
• Another Dimension, Twilight Zone Art Show (2010)

Lulubell Toy Bodega (Tucson, AZ)

• Toy (Re)collections Robot Art Show (2010)

Meltdown (Los Angeles, CA)

• Meat! Art Show (2011)

Q-Pop (Los Angeles, CA)

• BEAM ME UP: Star Trek Art Show (2013)
• James Bond: 50 Years of 007 Art Celebration (2013)

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)

Awards

• Promax BDA International Bronze Award, Illustrator, WKBD-TV50, Detroit Tiger Billboards (1996)
• Telly Award, Ohio Lottery Animated Commercial, Duck Studios (2004)

External links

• Official Website
• Layron DeJarnette on Facebook
• Layron DeJarnette on Instagram
• Layron DeJarnette on Tumblr
• Layron DeJarnette on Behance
• Layron DeJarnette at IMDb

References

1. ^ Layron DeJarnette IMDB
2. "Layron DeJarnette". WizardWorld. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2016-02-27.
3. http://gpkworld.com/
4. ^ Layron DeJarnette Bio
5. "Layron DeJarnette".
6. ^ http://www.collegeforcreativestudies.edu/Alumni/2858/DeJarnette/
7. Layron DeJarnette on Storage Wars youtube link 1
8. Layron DeJarnette on Storage Wars youtube link 2
9. Marvel Venom Files: Captain Marvel (2019 animated short) link
10. Marvel Venom Files: Ghost-Spider (2019 animated short) link
11. Marvel Venom Files: Miles Morales (2019 animated short) link
12. Marvel's The Secret History Of Venom (2020 animated short) link
13. Layron DeJarnette 30 Years of Garbage pics
14. ^ Layron DeJarnette - Barbie Motion Comics on Behance
15. ^ Barbie Motion Comics on Barbie.com Archived 2016-03-01 at the Wayback Machine
16. ^ Layron DeJarnette - Garbage Pail Kids on Behance 1
17. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_5th_Series.htm
18. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_6th_Series.htm
19. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_7th_Series.htm
20. Layron DeJarnette - Hollywood Zombies on Behance
21. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_Series.htm
22. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_2_Series.htm
23. http://gpkworld.com/US_New_Flashback_3_Series.htm
24. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_1_Series.htm
25. Layron DeJarnette - Mars Attacks Heritage trading card series by Topps
26. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_2_Series.htm
27. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_3_Series.htm
28. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_Brand_Mini_Series.htm
29. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2014_Series_1_Series.htm
30. Layron DeJarnette - Superhero Garbage Pail Kids on Behance
31. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2014_Series_2_Series.htm
32. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2015_Series_1_Series.htm
33. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2015_Series_2_30th_Anniv.htm
34. http://www.gpkworld.com/US_New_2016_Series_1_Series.htm
35. Layron DeJarnette - Mars Attacks: Occupation sketch cards for Topps
36. Layron DeJarnette - Marvel Avengers Sketch Cards for Upper Deck on Behance
37. Marvel Beginnings Series 2 Sketch Cards on Behance
38. Marvel NOW! Sketch Cards on Behance
39. Layron Dejarnette - 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Monsters illustrations on Behance
40. Layron Dejarnette - 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions Monsters illustrations on Behance
41. Layron DeJarnette - 2015 Upper Deck Game of Chance Illustrations on Behance
42. Layron DeJarnette - Ant-Man Sketch Cards on Facebook
43. Layron DeJarnette - 2016 Upper Deck Supernaturals on gogts.net 1
44. Layron DeJarnette - 2016 Upper Deck Supernaturals on gogts.net 2
45. Layron DeJarnette - DC Comics New 52 Sketch Cards on Behance
46. Layron DeJarnette - Batman: The Legend Sketch Cards on Behance
47. Layron DeJarnette - Superman: The Legend Sketch Cards on Behance
48. Layron DeJarnette DC Comics Epic Battles sketch cards - Cryptozoic Entertainment
49. Layron DeJarnette Adventure Time sketch cards - Cryptozoic Entertainment
50. It's My Life: The Guide to Friendship Paperback – 2006, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator
51. Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary - Amazon
52. Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II - Amazon
53. Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III - Amazon
54. Layron DeJarnette, illustrator, Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary - Amazon
55. Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Golf, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator - Amazon
56. Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Work, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator - Amazon
57. 101 Ways to Know It's Time to Get Out of Your Mama's House. St. Martin's Griffin. 9 June 2009.
58. Wayans, Keenen; Wayans, Shawn; Wayans, Marlon (9 June 2009). 101 Ways to Know You're a Golddigger. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0312359690.
59. Sing Along With Leedo & Booey, Layron DeJarnette, illustrator
60. http://www.slashfilm.com/cool-stuff-under-the-influence-art-show-masters-of-the-universe
61. Under The Influence Art Show: Masters of the Universe – Garbage Pail Kids Parody by Layron DeJarnette 1
62. Under The Influence Art Show: Masters of the Universe – Garbage Pail Kids Parody by Layron DeJarnette 2
63. Layron DeJarnette paintings for Galley 1988's Twilight Zone Tribute art show
64. Small Robot (A) painting by Layron DeJarnette
65. Small Robot (B) painting by Layron DeJarnette
66. Meat! Art Show, Layron DeJarnette
67. Layron DeJarnette painting for BEAM ME UP: Star Trek Art Show 1
68. Layron DeJarnette painting for BEAM ME UP: Star Trek Art Show 2
69. Layron DeJarnette painting for James Bond: 50 Years of 007 Art Celebration
70. The Animation Art of Chuck Jones, Smithsonian Art Preview ft. Girls Drawin' Girls & Six Point Harness on Behance
71. Detroit Tigers Billboard Illustrations by Layron DeJarnette and Butch Chambliss
72. Ohio Lottery commercial spot

• American illustrators
• American art directors
• American animated film directors
• Animators from Michigan
• American storyboard artists
• American caricaturists
• American television directors
• Artists from Detroit
• Living people
• College for Creative Studies alumni