Andy Ristaino

Andy Ristaino is an American artist who is best known for being the former lead character designer and current writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series Adventure Time.

Life and work

Ristaino grew up in New England and went to school at the Rhode Island School of Design where he earned a degree in Illustration and Animation.[1] Ristaino was friends with Tom Herpich, a character designer and storyboard artist for Adventure Time; Ristaino requested that Herpich tell him if there were any job opening on the show. Initially, Ristaino applied for storyboard artist, but failed the test required to achieve this position. Eventually, he was hired on as a character designer, before being promoted to lead designer.[2] He currently works as a storyboard artist.[3] Ristaino's work on Adventure Time gained him an Emmy Award win for his character designs for the fifth season episode "Puhoy". This marked the first time that the series had won an Emmy Award.[4] Ristaino recently raised over 20,000 dollars on Kickstarter to fund his graphic novel Night of the Living Vidiots.[3]

Filmography

Television

Year Title Role
2010–2014 Adventure Time Character designer, writer, storyboard artist
2012 Bravest Warriors Character designer (one episode)

References

  1. ↑ Holdaway, Matt (October 14, 2009). "HF Exclusive: Into the Mind of Andy Ristaino Interview". Hi-Fructose Magazine. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  2. ↑ "Andy Ristaino Lead Designer on Adventure Time Interview". Things to Do in LA. April 23, 2012. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Smith, Zack (May 12, 2013). "Adventure Time Artist Brings Dark Humor to Kickstarter". Newsarama. TechMediaNetwork, Inc. Retrieved August 29, 2013.
  4. ↑ Weisman, Jon (August 14, 2013). "Emmy Wins Come Early for 'Adventure Time,' 'Portlandia,' 'Simpsons'". Variety. Penske Business Media. Retrieved August 14, 2013.

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