#tom owens

[professionalstoryboards]

Toothless Refuses - Tom Owens

Final Storyboards

Gift of the Night Fury, 2011

Toothless Refuses the New Tail

Tom Owens

DreamWorks Animation

[These are merely posted here for reference for young and aspiring artists and animators. I do not own these characters, and I do not own the artwork. Credit to Tom Owens of DreamWorks Animation.]

[seeksstaronmewni]

Team Spümcø!

The many veterans / members / creatives of Spümcø, highly controversial and formerly abusive but also ground-breaking animator John Kricfalusi (including Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot) and/or The Ren & Stimpy Show include:

Jeff Amey** (My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Bob the Builder)

Rich Aarons [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Benjamin Anders [from Cans with out Labels] (Adventure Time: Distant Lands, Craig of the Creek) (do NOT bring John K and the like up with him!)

Peter Avanzino (Futurama, How Murray Saved Christmas, Disenchantment, Drawn Together)

Kelly Armstrong (The Woody Woodpecker Show [1998], The Baby Huey Show, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto, Spongebob Squarepants)

Carlos Baeza [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Ralph Bakshi (Hound Town, The Lord of the Rings (1978), Cool World) [from Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures]

Joey Banaskiewicz [from DiC’s Beany & Cecil reboot]

Mark Gordon Bates [from DiC’s Beany & Cecil reboot]

Charlie Bean (Samurai Jack, Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, The Amazing World of Gumball, TRON: Legacy, The Powerpuff Girls)

Ed D. Bell (Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Hound Town, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures, Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child, Soul)

Ed Benedict [from Boo Boo Runs Wild] (Disney, Symphony in Slang, Yogi Bear, The Flintstones, Johnny Bravo)

Tony Benedict [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Derek Bond** (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Bonkers, Hilda)

Dylan Bozic*** (Spongebob Squarepants)

Ken Boyer (The Lion King, Class of 3000, Tom and Jerry, House of Mouse, A Troll in Central Park, McGee and Me, We Bare Bears, Tiny Toon Adventures) [from “Weekend Pussy Hunt” (I am well aware of the profanity pun/innuendo for the record)]

Kent Butterworth (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Clifford’s Really Big Movie, Flash Gordon (1979), An American Tail, Tom and Jerry)

Bob Camp (Sym-Bionic Titan, Spongebob SquarePants, Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil)

Becky Caputo [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Zeus Cervas (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Spongebob Squarepants) [from the Bjork “I Miss You” music video]

Julian Chaney (Dexter’s Laboratory, 2 Stupid Dogs, Black Dynamite, Tom and Jerry: Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

Rich Childlaw [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil] (The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Mark Christiansen* (An American Tail, All Dogs Go to Heaven, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tom and Jerry, A Pup Named Scooby-Doo) [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Donovan Cook (2 Stupid Dogs, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Mickey, Donald and Goofy - The Three Musketeers, Victor and Valentino)

Robertryan Cory (Spongebob Squarepants, The Mighty B!, Star vs. the Forces of Evil) (do NOT bring John K/Spumco up with him!)

Luke Cormican (Teen Titans GO!, The Buzz on Maggie)

Nick Cross / @ncrossanimation** (Over the Garden Wall, Jammers, Angora Napkin, Wayside)

Matt Danner (The Legend of the Three Caballeros, Johnny Test, Long Gone Gulch, Muppet Babies) [from The Ripping Friends]

Richard Daskas / @rdaskas (Animaniacs, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Monsters vs. Aliens)

Gabe Del Valle / @gadworks (Mighty Magiswords, Spongebob Squarepants, Too Loud, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Long Gone Gulch) [from but not limited to “Cans with out Labels”] (I suggest not bringing John K. up with him)

@stephendestefano (Mickey Mouse, Samurai Jack, The Venture Bros., Sym-Bionic Titan, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Popeye DVDs, Genndy Tartakovksy’s Primal, Teen Titans, DC Super Hero Girls, Samurai Jack, Adventure Time)

Drew Edwards (The Nutcracker Prince; Wild Kratts, Animation Services for Lacewood Productions on Ren & Stimpy Season 1) [from The Ripping Friends]

Tom Ellery [from DiC’s Beany & Cecil reboot]

David Feiss (Cow and Chicken, All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, I Am Weasel, Droopy DVD)

Eddie Fitzgerald (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Tales of Worm Paranoia, Tom and Jerry: Blast Off to Mars!)

Mike Fontanelli (Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog, Spongebob Squarepants, Buy One Get One Free*, The Cuphead Show!)

Kali Fontecchio (Spongebob Squarepants, Mickey Mouse, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Rick and Morty, DC Super Hero Girls (2019)) [from but not limited to “Cans with out Labels”] (do not bring John K and the like up with her!)

Owen Fishback [from the upcoming Ren & Stimpy revival at Awesome Inc.]

William H. Frake III [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Tony Fucile (Osmosis Jones, The Lion King, Tom and Jerry: The Movie)

Jim Gomez (Sym-Bionic Titan, Space Goofs)

David Gemmill (Looney Tunes Cartoons, Uncle Grandpa, Spongebob Squarepants, Wander Over Yonder, Teen Titans Go!, The Mighty B!, Fanboy and Chum Chum)

Shane Glines (Batman: The Animated Series) [from Spümcø Comic Book]

Kristy Gordon** (Wayside)

Bret Haaland [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Dan Haskett (Tom and Jerry Tales, Looney Tunes Cartoons, The Simpsons, The Swan Princess, Larry Boy, The Prince of Egypt, Johnny Bravo, Class of 3000) [from the DiC “Beany & Cecil” reboot]

Garrett Ho (Timon and Pumba, Clifford the Really Big Dog, Tiny Toon Adventures)

Eddie Houchins (Uncle Grandpa, The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show)

Geneva Hodgson / @cartoonfuntime (Teen Titans Go!, Trick Moon) [from John K.’s Stussy commercial/promotional short]

Ron Hughart (Futurama, American Dad!, Family Dog, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures)

Michael Lah [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot] (Disney, MGM, Tom and Jerry)

Tom Mazzocco (The Powerpuff Girls, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Little Mermaid) [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Tom McGrath* (Madagascar, Megamind, Buy One Get One Free*)

Bob Miller [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Dave Mink [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Ken Mitchroney [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Brian Mitchell [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Rich Moore (Wreck-It Ralph, The Simpsons) [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Larry Murphy (Star vs. the Forces of Evil, The Fairly OddParents)

Bob Jaques (Spongebob Squarepants, Time Squad, Wayside, The Baby Huey Show, The Woody Woodpecker Show [1998], Fish Hooks)

Vicky Jenson (Shrek, Spellbound)

Ben Jones (Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, DC Super Hero Girls (2019), Cats Don’t Dance, Looney Tunes, Mucha Lucha!, Class of 3000, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends, El Tigre, Teen Titans GO!)

Craig Kellman* (The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, Maruined)

Jungja Kim-Wolf* (Star vs. the Forces of Evil)

Mike Kim (Despicable Me, The Powerpuff Girls)

Dylan H. King*** (Spongebob Squarepants, Pencilmation)

Mr. Doug Lawrence (Spongebob Squarepants, The Fairly Oddparents, Hairballs, Mighty Magiswords)

Warren Leonhardt (Wayside, Tom and Jerry Tales, Rio, 9, Total Drama, Clone High, Solo: A Star Wars Story, Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse)

Steve Loter* (Curious George, The Ghost and Molly McGee, Kim Possible)

Ted Mathot* (Creature Crunch, The Incredibles)

Helder Mendonca** (Wild Kratts, Wayside, Dawn of the Croods)

Chris Mitchell / @cyborgturkey-blog* (The Powerpuff Girls, Big Hero 6, Samurai Jack, Rocky & Bullwinkle, Long Gone Gulch, Spongebob Squarepants)

Rich Moore (The Simpsons, Wreck-It Ralph, Hound Town) [from DiC’s Beany & Cecil reboot]

Mark O’Hare* (The Powerpuff Girls, Spongebob Squarepants, Camp Lazlo)

Garrett Omoto [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Joe Orrantia (Clifford the Big Red Dog, Godfrey & Zeek, Dexter’s Lab, Anastasia, Grim & Evil, The Haunted World of El Superbeasto)

Tom Owens* (The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, VeggieTales: Beauty and the Beet, Beany and Cecil) [from Beany and Cecil’s DiC reboot)

Mike Pelensky / @mikepelensky (Mighty Magiswords, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Long Gone Gulch) [from “Cans with out Labels”]

Marc Perry (Johnny Test, YooHoo and Friends, The Powerpuff Girls, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy)

Henry Porch (19??-July 9th, 2021) - DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot, Tales of Worm Paranoia (AKA “The Worm”), Ranger Smith

Jose Pou (DC Super Hero Girls [2019], Wild Kratts, Angoria Napkin)

Dan Povenmire* (Phineas and Ferb, Spongebob Sqaurepants)

Eric J. Pringle (Teen Titans GO!, The Problem Solverz, Foster’s Home for Imaginary Friends)

Richard Pursel (Tom and Jerry Tales, Mighty Magiswords, Tiny Toon Adventures)

Chris Reccardi (1964-May 2nd, 2019) - Meddlen Meadows, Samurai Jack, The Mighty B!, Wander Over Yonder, The Powerpuff Girls

Lynne Naylor-Reccardi (The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Hercules and Xena: The Battle for Mount Olympus, Star Wars: Clone Wars, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, Ted Bakes One, The Mighty Ones)

Sandra D. Riveras / @sandrarivasart (Too Loud, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Long Gone Gulch) [from “Cans with out Labels”]

Chris Savino (Suburban Daredevil, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, Dexter’s Laboratory, The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack) [detested for harassment charges, but now also a changed man]

Don Shank / @donshank (The Powerpuff Girls, Buy One Get One Free*, The Iron Giant, The Incredibles, Sym-Bionic Titan, The Thing That Lurked in the Tub)

Joe Sibilski* (Secret Adventures, Tiny Toons Adventures, Animaniacs)

Tavis Silbernagel** (Joseph: King of Dreams, Yin Yang Yo!)

Alan Smart* (Spongebob Squarepants)

Jim Smith (Samurai Jack, Defenders of the Earth, Tom and Jerry Tales, YooHoo and Friends, McGee and Me)

Aaron Springer (Periwinkle Around the World, Korgoth of Barbaria, Spongebob Squarepants, Samurai Jack, Wander Over Yonder, Billy Dilly) [from Bjork’s “I Miss You” music video]

Bob Staake* (Samurai Jack, Dexter’s Laboratory)

Steve Stefanelli** (DC Super Hero Girls, Wayside, Next Gen)

Eric Stefani (The Simpsons) [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Gabe Swarr / @gabeswarr​ (Teamo Supremo, Brandy and Mr. Whiskers, El Tigre, Dexter’s Laboratory, Foe Paws)

Chris Tabares*** / @christabares​ (Spongebob Squarepants)

Bruce Timm* (Batman: The Animated Series, Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures)

Tuck “Billy Bob” Tucker (August 20th, 1961-December 22, 2020) - 2 Stupid Dogs, Spongebob Squarepants, Hey Arnold!

Bryon Vaughns - Tiny Toon Adventures [from DiC’s Beany and Cecil reboot]

Vincent Waller - Spongebob Squarepants, Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law, Evil Con Carne

David “Dave” Wasson - Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Long Gone Gulch, Time Squad, Mickey Mouse, Creature Crunch, The Cuphead Show! [from DiC’s Beany & Cecil reboot]

Erik Wiese - The Mighty B!, Samurai Jack, Spongebob Squarepants, Suburban Daredevil, The Fairly OddParents [from the Bjork “I Miss You” music video and Boo Boo Runs Wild]

Scott Wills - Primal, Quest for Camelot, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan

Bill Wray - Mickey Mouse, King Crab: Space Crustacean, Samurai Jack, Ted Bakes One

Derrick J. Wyatt (???-December 2021) - Teen Titans

The Eminent Professor Dr. John Carey Yost - The Powerpuff Girls, Uncle Grandpa, The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, Looney Tunes Cartoons, Dexter’s Laboratory, Samurai Jack, Maya & Miguel, Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, Cat Burglar, Creature Crunch

Richard Zaloudek* - All Dogs Go to Heaven 2, What a Cartoon!, The New Scooby-Doo Movies

Raymond Zibach - The Shnookums and Meat Funny Cartoon Show, Star Wars: Clone Wars, Sym-Bionic Titan, Samurai Jack

...among many others.

Now tell me that Spümcø / Ren & Stimpy artists did no wonders for Burbank and Canadian animation!

They’re EVERYWHERE in most popular animation — from Cartoon Network Studios, Disney Television Animation, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Nickelodeon, The Simpsons and Warner Bros. Animation to Don Bluth, Big Idea, Pixar, and more!

*denotes Games Animation only creative

**denotes Spümcø Canada only creative

***denotes Nickelodeon Animation only creative

In this picture are Vincent Waller, Eddie Fitzgerald, Libby Simon, Stephanie Rabinowitz, Susan Lee Johnson, Alionso Angel, Sara Halliburton, Jenny Cohl, Jim Smith, John Kricfalusi, Jordan Rechiek, Joe Orrantia, Henry Porch, Charlie Bean, Richard Pursel, someone unknown, Adrienne Maxwell, and Kim Radford.

Spumco loyalists at the time not pictured are Mike Fontanelli, Brent Kirnbauer, Stacy Nichols, and April March (AKA Elinor Blake).

Tweet version in reply to Vincent Waller here.

This post was meant to wish a Happy Birthday to the highly controversial, formally abusive megalomaniac but also animation legend, founder and big-shot of Spümcø, Michael John Kricfalusi, with extreme favor of his ground-breaking team of creatives, including the late and great Chris Reccardi.

Despite our controversial creator’s past behavior and the abuse he did, as his teammates — his creatives — his alums went on to be part of many cartoons that we enjoy. God knows what would be of them if it were not for their work at Spümcø/John K. Enterprises/etc.

I created this list on September 9th, 2019 A.D. (John K.’s birthday) to list the creatives who are behind some of the most popular of “Western” animation (mostly native to Burbank or Canada).

[panda--kungfu]

kung fu panda drawings - Tom Owens

[lcadbfa]

Opening Reception: The Art of Story at LCAD Gallery

THE ART OF STORY MAY 05 – 27, 2016

Laguna College of Art and Design’s BFA program in Animation is proud to present The Art of Story, an exhibition showcasing work by Tom Owens, Sean Bishop and Kelly Hobby-Bishop, three talented story artists who have worked in both feature film and television animation and whose many credits include: How to Train Your Dragon, Sophia the First, Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, The Tigger Movie and House of Mouse.

Animation story artists are responsible for bringing the intangible to life through drawings. They find visual ways to express emotions and story beats using knowledge of cinematography, acting and editing to help shape what audiences will see on the screen. In a medium where even one unused frame represents a significant expense, storyboards lay the groundwork for every shot in a film before it is animated. The Art of Story is curated by David Kuhn, chair of LCAD’s BFA program in Animation.

LCAD GALLERY 374 Ocean Ave. Laguna Beach, CA 92651

ADMISSION IS ALWAYS FREE

LCAD GALLERY HOURS 11-4 Wednesday through Sunday CLOSED Monday and Tuesday

http://www.lcad.edu/the-art-of-story/

[art-of-dreamworks-animations]

Hiccup Finds Toothless [Storyboard]- How To Train Your Dragon

Tom Owens

[sandeepadnani]

Dragons : Gift of the Night Fury (2011)

A short endearing film, the plot takes place between the first and second movies. At 22 minutes it still manages to capture the relationship and antics of the dragons and the residents of Berk. Director Tom Owens has shared a little secret about the fiery creatures hitherto unknown. The entire cast is present and it makes for a feel good holiday dessert.

3/5

[chibitoon]

So I'm currently super excited because (thanks to ebay) I will soon be getting two awesome rare things in the mail! One is the pewter Jack Frost statue/figure that was only given to the staff of the movie and the other is a picture of HTTYD2 Hiccup drawn and signed by Tom Owens (Head of Story)!!! WAHHHHH MY GEEK SIDE IS SQUEEING!!! XDDD

[panda--kungfu]

drawings for kung fu panda by Tom Owens