Rebecca sugar (disseminate) from annapicariello
For my Disseminate project, I decided to talk about Rebecca Sugar, a director, writer and storyboard artist for Cartoon Network shows.
Her thesis animation, showed some very good design and interesting angles, but she is best known for her writing/storyboarding on Adventure Time, and for being the creator of Steven Universe.
Steven Universe is a cartoon based on Rebecca's younger brother (who also works alongside her on backgrounds). The show features characters of all colours, shapes and sizes as they fight to save the universe with Steven, a kid with powers who isn't exactly the sharpest crayon in the box. The show concentrates on acceptance and seeing the good in people, making it a happy lighthearted show even when things do well.
A surprising fact about this is that Rebecca Sugar is actually the first solo female creator to have a show on Cartoon Network which, in 2014, is crazy. There have been some co creators in the past, but none on their own. It can't be for lack of trying - there are plenty of female animators out there, and the number of female viewers on a lot of Cartoon Network shows is increasing, so maybe CN are stepping in and trying to make a change, or maybe Sugar's work blew them away so much that they couldn't say no. Either way she in an inspiration, and I look forwards to seeing more of her work, and the impact that her work will have on the Animation industry, at least where children's cartoons are involved.
For my Disseminate project, I decided to talk about Rebecca Sugar, a director, writer and storyboard artist for Cartoon Network shows.
Her thesis animation, showed some very good design and interesting angles, but she is best known for her writing/storyboarding on Adventure Time, and for being the creator of Steven Universe.
Steven Universe is a cartoon based on Rebecca's younger brother (who also works alongside her on backgrounds). The show features characters of all colours, shapes and sizes as they fight to save the universe with Steven, a kid with powers who isn't exactly the sharpest crayon in the box. The show concentrates on acceptance and seeing the good in people, making it a happy lighthearted show even when things do well.
A surprising fact about this is that Rebecca Sugar is actually the first solo female creator to have a show on Cartoon Network which, in 2014, is crazy. There have been some co creators in the past, but none on their own. It can't be for lack of trying - there are plenty of female animators out there, and the number of female viewers on a lot of Cartoon Network shows is increasing, so maybe CN are stepping in and trying to make a change, or maybe Sugar's work blew them away so much that they couldn't say no. Either way she in an inspiration, and I look forwards to seeing more of her work, and the impact that her work will have on the Animation industry, at least where children's cartoons are involved.
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