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So yesterday I posted a bit about the great news of Frederator nailing five nominations for this year’s Annie Awards by highlighting the work of two nominees, Gary Conrad and Ernie Gilbert. Now, for the rest of the bunch.

First, executive producers Rob Renzetti and Fred Seibert are up for the Best Animated Television Production for Rob’s My Life as a Teenage Robot. On the Individual Achievement side are Bryan Arnett for his Robot character designs (it’s this CalArts grad’s first nomination) and Alex Kirwan for overall production design (Alex’s fourth Annie nomination - his previous three were for Oh Yeah!, Time Squad, and Teenage Robot). That’s Alex art above, with another right here:

And now, an example of Bryan’s work:

And another:

Thanks for your hard work, guys. And best of luck in February.

It’s true. ASIFA-Hollywood has released its list of nominees for the 33rd Annual Annie Awards, the animation industry’s Oscars. And, like last year and the year before that, you can’t throw a dart at the list without hitting a nominee from Frederator Studios. Here they are:

Best Animated Television Production - My Life as a Teenage Robot

Character Design in an Animated Television Production - Bryan Arnett, My Life as a Teenage Robot, and Ernie Gilbert, The Fairly OddParents

Directing in an Animated Television Production - Gary Conrad, The Fairly OddParents

Production Design in an Animated Television Production - Alex Kirwan, My Life as a Teenage Robot

Hats off to all. Also, a big congratulations to FOP creator Butch Hartman as well as to Rob Renzetti, the man behind Teenage Robot.

Tomorrow I’ll highlight some art by the Robot boys, but tonight here are a trio of stills from the FOP short “The Good Old Days” for which both Ernie and Gary received their well-deserved nominations. (To [Read more…]

While the short she created, “Mind the Kitty”, is the 13th Oh Yeah! cartoon to go into production this season, Anne Walker is the 1st OY! creator to jump into the merchandise shop Fred has set up for us over at Cafe Press. Go here now to be the among the first to buy OY!4 buttons, stickers, and shirts (oh my). And be the envy of your friend(s).