Stephen Silver (born August 30, 1972) is a British artist, cartoonist and character designer. He is best known as the lead character designer for

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such as ''

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'' and ''

Danny Phantom ''Danny Phantom'' is an American animated superhero action adventure television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows Danny Fenton, a teenage boy who, after an accident with an unpredictable portal between the human ...

''.

History

Silver started his professional career by drawing

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s at

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s in 1992. He worked for clothing company

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in 1996, before he got his first job in animation at

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in 1997.

Animated works

In the field of

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, Silver is the lead character designer on

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's ''

'', ABC TV's '' Clerks: The Animated Series'', and

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's ''

'' (on which he was also art director). His character designs for the characters of ''Clerks: The Animated Series'' inspired the animated versions of characters in the other

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films. He also worked on Nickelodeon's ''

The Fairly OddParents ''The Fairly OddParents'' is an American animated television series created by Butch Hartman for Nickelodeon. The series follows the adventures of Timmy Turner, a 10-year-old boy with two fairy godparents named Cosmo and Wanda who grant him w ...

'' as the lead character designer for the ''

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'' episode special, and some character designs for the movie ''Channel Chasers''. His early work in animation included designing characters for '' Histeria''.

Portfolio

References

External links

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Silvertoons
- Silver's website.
Silver's blog
at

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Official Facebook Page
American cartoonists American animators British emigrants to the United States English animators English cartoonists Artists from London 1972 births Living people American storyboard artists Prop designers American production designers British production designers {{UK-cartoonist-stub