Paul Claerhout is a storyboard artist, character designer, traditional animator, and comic artist with over 25 years experience in both television and feature film production, as well as traditional 2D animation, stop-motion, and 3D CGI.
He began his animation career in the 1980s at K&H Productions, a small studio in Dallas, TX that made TV commercials, industrial/corporate/educational films, and a cartoon series called "Jot".
Paul also has a long relationship with DNA Productions, working there from their inception in 1987 until their closing in 2006. He was DNA’s first official employee, and the first DNA demo reels were comprised of much of Paul’s own personal animation. In addition to storyboarding, he did much of the initial concept and design work, along with Keith Alcorn, for the Academy Award nominated “Jimmy Neutron” feature film and the Nickelodeon TV series. In addition, Paul has the distinction of being the voice of “Paul the Three-eyed Monkey” on the DNA logo which appears at the end of every “Jimmy Neutron” TV episode.
More recently, Paul was storyboard artist for the Emmy award winning series for Nickelodeon, “Back at the BarnYard”, and was the primary character designer and lead storyboard artist for the new Pulcinella Award winning Jimmy Neutron spin-off series “Planet Sheen”, also for Nickelodeon.
Paul is comfortable working both digitally and traditionally and is proficient in ToonBoom StoryBoard Pro and Photoshop. An Interview with Paul regarding the ToonBoom Storyboard Pro program can be viewed at ToonBoom's web site.
Check out the galleries for a few examples of his character designs, storyboards, and illustrations. For resume, list of credits, and references please contact Paul directly at: doctorc90@hotmail.com
Credits:
Storyboard artist, Character/prop/set designer, “Planet Sheen” TV series for Nickelodeon, Sept2008-March2010.
Storyboard artist, Character/prop/set designer, “Back at The Barnyard” TV series for Nickelodeon, Sept2006-Sept2008.
Storyboard artist, Character/prop/set designer, “Boz the Bear” series and Christmas special, July2006-Sept2006
Storyboard Artist, Workbook, Character Designer, “The Ant Bully” feature film, Sept2003-July2006.
Storyboard Artist, Character/set/prop Designer, ”The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron” TV series, 2001-2003.
Storyboard Artist, Character/set/prop Designer, “Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius” feature movie, 1999-2001.
Storyboard Artist, Animator, “Olive, the Other Reindeer” Christmas special for Matt Groening/Fox Network, 1999.
Animator and Storyboard Artist, “The Weird Al Show” TV series, 1997-1998.
Character Designer and Storyboard Artist, “Santa Vs The Snowman” special for ABC and Imax, 1997.
Animator and Storyboard Artist, “A.J.’s Time Travelers” TV series 1995.
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