Thomas Herpich (born October 4, 1979) is an

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artist who is best known for being a writer and storyboard artist on the animated television series ''

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''.

History

Herpich graduated from the

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(SVA), and was known in indie cartooning circles before he was hired to work on ''Adventure Time''. He was eventually hired on as a prop and character designer for the first season, before storyboarding the season one episode "Freak City" and being promoted to storyboard artist in

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Accolades

Tom Herpich's work on ''Adventure Time'' has gained him two Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Emmy Award wins, along with three

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nominations: he was first nominated for the third-season episode "Too Young" in 2012, along with his then-storyboarding partner Jesse Moynihan; he was later nominated for the fifth-season episode " Be More", along with his partner Steve Wolfhard; and in 2016 he was nominated for his solo work on the seventh-season episode "

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". In both 2015 and 2016, he was awarded an Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation Emmy for his work on the episodes " Walnuts & Rain" and " ''Stakes'' Part 8: The Dark Cloud". Furthermore, his solo storyboarded episode "Thank You" was screened at the

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and was nominated for a Best Animated Special Production

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Filmography

Television

Internet

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* * * Living people American television writers American male television writers American animators American storyboard artists Cartoon Network Studios people 1979 births {{US-animator-stub