Louie del Carmen (born August 19, 1967) is an American animation storyboard artist/director and illustrator. Born Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen in Cavite City, Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on such notable animated programs as Rugrats, Rocket Power, Invader Zim, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, Kim Possible and The Mighty B.
In 2006 he self-published his first book titled Random Anomalies, a collection of editorial style cartoons dealing with the subject of fate and synchronicity. Honoring his art heroes, he followed Random Anomalies with the science fiction themed art book The Wayward Traveller: Snapshots from Alternate Worlds. In The Wayward Traveller he cites such artists as Jean Giraud (Moebius), Syd Mead, Katsuhiro Otomo and Rowland Emett as strong influences in his work. As a follow-up to The Wayward Traveller he released Alternating Currents in the summer of 2008, featuring an all new line up of science fiction illustrations.
Staying in sci-fi genre, del Carmen released his first self-published comic book in 2007 called Steel Noodles: A Slice of Heaven featuring an orange haired, waif warrior named Val. The short, independently printed book served as a preview to a much larger story which he has developed into a multi-part graphic novel, starting with Steel Noodles Number 1 which debuted at the San Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.
He is currently a story artist at Dreamworks Animation SKG in Glendale, California.
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| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1995–1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | character design |
| 1997–2001 | Rugrats | character design/director |
| 1999–2001 | Rocket Power | storyboard artist/director |
| 2001–2002 | Invader Zim | storyboard supervisor |
| 2002–2006 | Kim Possible | storyboard artist |
| 2002 | 3 South | storyboard artist |
| 2003 | He-Man and the Masters of the Universe | storyboard artist |
| 2005 | Lilo & Stitch: The Series | storyboard artist |
| The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | storyboard artist | |
| 2005–2006 | Drawn Together | storyboard artist |
| Loonatics Unleashed | storyboard artist | |
| The X's | storyboard artist | |
| 2005–2007 | American Dragon: Jake Long | storyboard artist |
| 2007–2008 | The Emperor's New School | storyboard artist |
| 2008–2009 | The Mighty B! | storyboard supervisor |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | The Rugrats Movie | character designer |
| 2008 | Justice League: The New Frontier | storyboard artist |
| Kung Fu Panda | story artist | |
| 2010 | Megamind | story artist |
| 2011 | Kung Fu Panda 2 | story artist |
| 2012 | Rise of the Guardians | story artist |
| 2013 | The Croods | story artist |