Lynne Naylor is an award-winning Canadian-American character designer, art director, and storyboard artist with established talent in the fine art "pop surrealism" scene. She is credited as one of the founders of Spümcøin 1988.
Education[]
Born November 7th, 1953 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Naylor attended the Sheridan Animation School in Ontario before heading south to Los Angeles.
Career[]
Naylor is credited as a character designer for Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, Samurai Jack, Star Wars: Clone Wars, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Animaniacs, Batman: The Animated Series, and Beany and Cecil. She is credited as a layout artist for The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Mighty Mouse: the New Adventures, and The Jetsons. Naylor is credited as the art director for Chowder, The Modifyers (Short), and Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! Additionally, Naylor is credited as the voice of "Mom" in The Ren & Stimpy Show, the producer of six episodes of The Ren & Stimpy Show as a "spumco big-shot", and as a production designer for Fish Hooks.
Awards and Nominations[]
| Year | Association | Category | Nominee | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less) | "Ren's Retirement" / The Ren & Stimpy Show | Nominated |
| 2001 | National Cartoonists Society | Animation - Television Animation | Lynn Naylor | Won |
| 2003 | Annie Awards | Outstanding Character Design in an Animated Television Production | "Episode VI" / Samurai Jack | Nominated |
| 2005 | Annie Awards | Character Design in an Animated Television Production | "House of Bloo's" / Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends | Nominated |
Background information[]
Naylor's conceptal and design work has lent to the success of feature films from DreamWorks, Sony Pictures Animation, and Rob Zombie's The Haunted World of El Superbeasto. Naylor is currently painting and developing original show concepts for development in TV animation.
External links[]
- Official Website: http://www.lynive.com/
- Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynne_Naylor
- IMDB page: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0623292/