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Robertryan Cory (also spelled as Robert Ryan Cory) is an American animator known for his work in character design for series such as SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present) and Secret Mountain Fort Awesome (2011–12), the latter of which he co-developed and earned a Creative Arts Emmy Award for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the 64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards in 2012 for.
SpongeBob decides to erase DoodleBob's menacing face and draw a more happy face, resulting in a more friendly DoodleBob. SpongeBob, Squidward, and Patrick take off back to Bikini Bottom on their rocket ship, leaving the now befriended DoodleBob and DoodlePants to live life in the doodle version of Bikini Bottom. [12]
An early drawing of the initial main characters from Hillenburg's series bible. Patrick, Mr. Krabs, Pearl, and Squidward were the first other characters Hillenburg created for the show. [4] Many of their characteristics were based on Hillenburg's experiences during his time at the Ocean Institute or inspired by the traits of their species.
Shortly afterwards, Hillenburg began working on SpongeBob SquarePants. [4] Early drawings of Patrick from Stephen Hillenburg's bible. For the show's characters, Hillenburg started to draw and used character designs from his comic book—including starfish, crab, and sponge. [4] He described Patrick as "probably the dumbest guy in town". [13]
Cohen spent the first season on the show as storyboard artist, writer, and director. He then moved up to Storyboard Supervisor for the next three seasons of SpongeBob SquarePants. Cohen also wrote the "F.U.N." and "Texas" songs for the show. Cohen was also lead storyboard artist and a character designer on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
Series' background designer Kenny Pittenger said, "The only real difference between the way we draw now and the way we drew then is that we abandoned pencil and paper during the fifth season". [33] The shift to Wacom Cintiqs let the designers and animators draw on computer screens and make immediate changes or undo mistakes.
It featured anthropomorphic forms of sea life, many of which would evolve into SpongeBob SquarePants characters [25] – including "Bob the Sponge", the comic's co-host, who resembled a realistic sea sponge, as opposed to his later SpongeBob SquarePants character, a sea sponge whose stylized square shape resembles a kitchen sponge. [26]
SpongeBob SquarePants is a fictional character and the protagonist of Nickelodeon's eponymous American animated television series. Voiced by Tom Kenny, he is characterized by his optimism and childlike attitude. SpongeBob is a denizen of Bikini Bottom, where he regularly gets into absurd and humorous scenarios.