Stephen Silver (born August 30, 1972) is a British-born American artist, cartoonist and character designer. He is best known as the lead character designer for animated series such as Clerks: The Animated Series (2000), Kim Possible (2002-2007) and Danny Phantom (2004-2007).
History Silver started his professional career by drawing caricatures at amusement parks in 1992. He worked for clothing company No Fear in 1996, before he got his first job in animation at Warner Bros. Animation in 1997.
Animated works
In the field of animation, Silver is the lead character designer on Disney Channel's Kim Possible, ABC's Clerks: The Animated Series, and Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom (on which he was also art director).
His character designs for the characters of Clerks: The Animated Series inspired the animated versions of characters in the other View Askew films.
He also worked on Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents as the lead character designer for the Crash Nebula episode special, and some character designs for the movie Channel Chasers. His early work in animation included designing characters for Histeria.
Portfolio Year Title Role Notes 1988 Night of the Kickfighters Actor: Imam 1998–2000 Histeria! Model designer, prop designer, storyboard artist, background painter, background designer, character designer 2000 Clerks: The Animated Series Leading character designer 2000–2004 The WeekendersCharacter designer 2002–present Kim Possible 2002–2016 The Fairly OddParents Prop designer, production designer, storyboard revisionist, character designer 2003 Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time Character designer TV movie The Golden Age of Texas Courthouse Editor 2004–2007 Danny Phantom Lead character designer 2005 Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama Character designer TV movie 2008 July M.D.: Super Surgeon Short Sean Leafy Lady D Georgy Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns 1 episode The Replacements 2 episodes 2008–2010 The Penguins of Madagascar 9 episodes 2009 Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs Video game 2009–2010 The Cleveland Show 12 episodes 2010 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil 1 episode 2010–2011 Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated 10 episodes 2011 The Looney Tunes Show Storyboard clean-up artist 2015–2016 Be Cool, Scooby-Doo! Character clean-up 7 episodes 2016 Norm of the North Character designer 2021 Johnny Test Revival of the 2005 animated series of the same name
References
External links
Silvertoons - Silver's website. Silver's blog at Blogspot. Official Facebook Page - Instagram