Amelia Lorenz

I love cats, coffee, and my job. I am a storyboard artist at Disney TV. https://www.instagram.com/lorenzamelia/

[careydraws]

I'm SO excited to finally get to show you the cover for The Adventure Zone: Story and Song graphic novel! The book will be out on July 14, 2026, and It's available for preorder now!

Because it's a double-length book that combines the last two arcs, we got to do a back cover to make it a full wraparound, too:

I was so excited to come up with a back cover that featured the Stolen Century crew! And here's the full wraparound all together, which was SO much fun to design:

The actual spine is substantially thicker than this, lol.

I'm so, so proud of what we all made! I can't believe the last book in the series will be out in just 8 months! I'm really excited to get to talk about it more soon.

If you're able to preorder the book or request it at your local library (!!), it's a big help to all of our future careers. Thank you for reading TAZGN, it means a lot to all of us!

[cat-harman92]

Be sure to tune in to this week's episode of The Owl House!! I boarded on this one and can promise you're in for a lotta fun!!

[sunmeejoh]

My piece for the Animators for Armenia art auction taking place 3/18-3/21. All proceeds will go to the Children of Armenia fund @coafkids . Check out @animatorsforarmenia for more info~ ⁣ ⁣ This piece was inspired by my beloved childhood cat Wally and my love for cakes 😺🎂🍰🧁⁣ ⁣ #animatorsforarmenia #art #cat #cakedecorating #cake #painting https://www.instagram.com/p/CMcjW9iF9-I/?igshid=ay10br8bme35

[pocketss]

that’s a hard yes

[minjiminjiminji]

XKCD’s excellent presentation on historical global temperature and anthropogenic global warming. 

[After setting your car on fire] “Listen, your car’s temperature has changed before.”

[asteraceaeblue-deactivated20181]

For the “Earth’s climate has changed before” crowd.

[pointlessjey]

The owl house in Christmas sweaters!

[amelia-lorenz]

Hey Tumblr, long time no see! I’m getting a little tired of Instagram so maybe I’ll post here more frequently. Here, have a cat:

[cat-harman92]

This is your midweek reminder to tune in for GromNight on August 8th at 8:40! 

[hayleynwong]

I don’t reblog too many things, but one of my board partners drew this, and it is too ADORABLE! And yes, reminder for people to watch Enchanted Grom Fright this weekend. We both worked on it, and it was one of the most fun episodes to board. :) 

[deepestyouthunknown-deactivated]

If your girl doesn’t burst out of the tree line to save you from your worst fears are y’all even dating? (Also how did she burst out of the trees like that?)

[hayleynwong]

Lol, when I boarded that part, I honestly thought it was going to get cut XD I’m glad it was funny enough to stay in.

[amelia-lorenz]

As someone who is trying to apply themselves, I'm curious as to how you got your storyboarding job at Disney! And wondering if you have the portfolio you got accepted with for it up anywhere?

Hi Rincat21! I got my first job at DisneyTV because of fortunate timing and having just enough skill to get in the door. A friend I had met at my previous job had been hired on Gravity Falls as a storyboard artist. She heard about a position for a storyboard revisionist and knew that I was interested in doing boards. She asked if I’d like to throw my name in and take a test. I didn’t have to submit a portfolio. In fact, I’ve never had to show a proper portfolio for TV work; at most, I’ve sent PDFs of sequences I worked on to give an example of my style. But I’ve gotten every job from a) a recommendation and b) taking a test that was given to me.

(Fun fact: that friend is Dana Terrace, who now has her own badass show: The Owl House 😊)

[amelia-lorenz]

Can’t stop watching this music video ✨🌈⭐️🚀❤️ https://www.instagram.com/p/ByCatUYDC8D/?igshid=1nqh5metwstyu

[amelia-lorenz]

Star was a great show, and I'm so glad I gave it a chance. Thank you and the rest of the crew for all the hard work you put in, and I can't wait to see what you all do next!

I’m glad you gave it a chance, too! In my own opinion, it really feels like two different shows; the Star that it began as in season 1, and then the Star it grew into for season 2 onward. Thanks for coming along for the journey!

[brianwithanh]

From Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Cleaved.

Fun fact – the final shot was intended to roll seamlessly into the closing credits and so the music was composed to also transition accordingly, but the network required us to separate the show from the credits, so the music got chopped. But now you can hear it all smooth and pretty.

I think the sequence from Marco and Star running to their portals onward is my favorite thing I’ve done for the show. The amount of history and emotions playing into this scene is only something that can happen when you have years of build up, and writing music to accompany the release of all those emotions is truly a gift. 

I have many more thoughts and feelings about the series that I’ll write about later, but for now, I hope you enjoy this music, and I hope you know how much I enjoyed writing it for you.

0:00 Open the Portals 1:16 One Last Realm 2:33 Evil Tom 3:07 Break the Bond 3:29 Age of Queens’ End 3:58 WWSD 4:42 Going after Star 4:55 Stop the Magic 5:34 Queens of Ages Past 6:01 Crack That Sanctuary 7:02 Giant Purple Unicorn 7:18 The End of Magic 10:30 Are We on Alligators 11:31 Ideas Never Die 12:01 Moms Mess Up 13:07 Janna as a Friend 13:41 Running to the Portal 15:11 Earth-ni 16:10 Goodbye SVTFOE

[amelia-lorenz]

I CRY <3 

[amelia-lorenz]

The Star vs The Forces of Evil series finale aired today! 😭❤️✨I started on Star in March of 2015, my first actual job as “storyboard artist” in TV. I am so incredibly grateful that Daron took a chance with me; those first boards were a little rough!! I learned A lot on the job. A very special thank you goes to Sabrina, Dominic and Aaron for sharing your storyboard knowledge and being such fun and inspiring collaborators. This show was something special! https://www.instagram.com/p/Bxp25qRFU2F/?igshid=chqh7bj6f2or

[arythusa]

Boards from the Star vs. episode Pizza Party by @busted_mountain and @Hug_bees ! Directed by me–and I also boarded Mina and Solaria’s backstory at the top of the episode (I would totally pledge my undying loyalty to an evil sword woman if she made direct eye contact with me for long enough) 

[hug-bees]

Howdy! How do you learn shorthand for a character? And how do you learn to balance anatomy and acting? And if you're trying to break into the industry, how do you learn outside of college?

Shorthand is something you kinda learn on the go- it’s just when you simplify a design into it’s most recognizable trait. For instance, if I were to draw Star my go-to shorthand would be her hair and horns. 

Even though it’s rough you can still tell who it’s supposed to be! That’s all shorthand is. For anatomy vs acting, I’d check out Griz and Norm’s blog. I feel like emphasis on gesture and strength of a silhouette is probably top priority when it comes to boarding. 

(source) 

It’s kind of the same rules of shorthand- loosely draw out the strongest, most recognizable details and you can fix it/clean it up later.

As for learning about animation outside of college, feel free to drop by my FAQ page!

[brianwithanh]

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From Star vs. the Forces of Evil - Ransomgram.

I <3 Brunzetta. I <3 the Neverzone. Where my Brunzetta fan art at.

You can hear the sound I created as like a “HERE COMES BRUNZETTA” horn, around 1:00 into this cue. It’s like a super tweaked conch shell sound with a bunch of filtering and distortion and another synth layer and it’s pretty rad.

I also wanted the creepier moments in the Neverzone to sound a little like Metroid? So the beginning of this cue has this very 80s synth kind of poking out atonal notes here and there. And then just to keep things all tight I use that synth again when everything starts rocking out, but this time to carry the melody.

[amelia-lorenz]

RAD. RAD. RAD.