My TV animation career pretty much started with the SpongeBob pilot, so now and again, I like to stop by Bikini Bottom to see what’s going on. On one of those visits, about ten years ago, I storyboarded an episode called Kenny The Cat, written by my pals Zeus Cervas and Casey Alexander and produced by Paul Tibbit and Vince Waller. Guest voice by Biz Markie (RIP).
After a few inquires on Twitter, I figured I’d upload it for anyone who wants to check it out. Keep in mind that it’s an old-school storyboard that’s transitioning to digital. The panel BGs are a desaturated yellow because we used to draw on Post-It notes and I found it comforting.
You’ll see on the boards some animation and timing notes, which is a little unusual—that’s usually done during charactor layout—but because I started out as an animator I can’t help myself. Does this sometimes alienate people? Oh yes.
Although this particular episode was my first digital storyboard, I drew it traditionally: three panels to a page as we had always done on paper. It had only been a few years since Storyboard Pro came out but I didn’t have the time to learn it and also meet my deadline. Fortunately, the show hadn’t changed over to STBpro yet either, so I did the whole thing in Alias Sketchbook Pro. I really liked how simple and easy the application was to use, and I still use it a lot today.
I mostly drew this to test out using brighter colors for shading, and I think it’s safe to say it looks pretty good :>
Also yes, this is an AU I made up where the main group are alley animals, Kenny being an opossum, Stan being a rat, Kyle being a stray cat, and Cartman as a raccoon >:)
i decided to update my old instagram south park cat au! i hadn’t touched it since 2022 and decided to let myself be cringe and revisit it! if you’re interested in some of my old (and new i guess) cringe cat stuff the account is @/sp_cat_au on instagram
Has Arthur officially become a Bed Boy or is it still too scary?
It is still very rare for him to get up in bed with me but last night all the boys joined me. Arthur was in my bed for at least an hour, maybe even longer after I fell asleep