Robby Gilbert (sometimes credited as Rob Gilbert) is an American
animator
An animator is an artist who creates multiple images, known as frames, which give an illusion of movement called animation when displayed in rapid sequence. Animators can work in a variety of fields including film, television, and video gam ...
,
illustrator
An illustrator is an artist who specializes in enhancing writing or elucidating concepts by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text or idea. The illustration may be intended to clarify complicat ...
, and
cartoonist
A cartoonist is a visual artist who specializes in both drawing and writing cartoons (individual images) or comics (sequential images). Cartoonists differ from comics writers or comic book illustrators in that they produce both the literary and ...
best known for work in educational and
interactive media. His work often explores the relationships and interconnectivity of many artistic disciplines. Gilbert has taught animation, illustration, and game design at several colleges is currently a professor of animation at
Northern Vermont University in Lyndonville, Vermont.
Gilbert grew up in New York City where he took an early interest in drawing, acting, music, and film. Animation appealed to him as a discipline that involved a synthesis of creative interests and he earned BFA in Media Arts and Animation from the School of Visual Arts. He has worked extensively as an animator for commercial studios, television programming and film. In 1993 he began working with pioneering interactive media companies such as Broderbund Software and Paramount Interactive, where he directed projects that earned several awards including a National Parenting Publications award. In addition, he has illustrated several children's books. From 1999 to 2009, he illustrated the monthly comic strip “The Adventures of
Ranger Rick” for the
National Wildlife Federation's award-winning ''Ranger Rick Magazine'', combining interests in storytelling, drawing, and environmental themes.
Gilbert began teaching animation and game design in Seattle, Washington where he eventually earned a M.Ed. in Education and a MFA in Visual Art from the Vermont College of Fine Arts in Montpelier, Vermont.
Children's books he has illustrated include:
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It's Raining, It's Pouring __NOTOC__
"It's Raining, It's Pouring" is an English language nursery rhyme and children's song. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 16814.
Origins
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'', written by Kin Eagle, 1994. Whispering Coyote Press
*''Out of the Night'', by Lola Schaefer, 1995. Whispering Coyote Press
*''Hey Diddle, Diddle'', by Kin Eagle, 1996. Charlesbridge Publishing
*''Rub A Dub, Dub'', by Kin Eagle, 1997. Charlesbridge Publishing
*''Humpty Dumpty'', by Kin Eagle, 1999. Charlesbridge Publishing.
References
External links
Official website''Ranger Rick'' interviewMultimedia design and production websiteMusic website
Living people
American cartoonists
American animators
American children's book illustrators
Artists from New York City
Year of birth missing (living people)
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