Andy Ristaino is a storyboard artist and formerly[1] the lead designer and a character designer on Adventure Time. He began working on the series during its second season and later took over from Phil Rynda as lead designer. He helped write the episode "Little Dude," based on an idea focusing on Finn's hat's origins.[2] He later moved to the role of storyboard artist, debuting with "Love Games".[3]
Characters designed[]
He has designed the following characters:[4][5]
- Hyooman tribe
- Earclops
- Whisper Dan
- Crystal Guardian
- The Knights
- Rock People
- Tree People
- Horse
- Snail Ladies
- The Cloud Kingdom crowd
- Party God
- Bob Rainicorn
- Ethel Rainicorn
- Princess Beautiful
- Royal Tart Toter
- Chuds
- The Backrubbers
- Mushroom People
- Many Goblins
- Hunny Bunny
- Most Wolves
- Cubby
- The Party Bears
- Hot Dog Knights
- The Mystery Train skeletons
- Wendy
- Booboo
- Georgy
- Wizard Eyes
- Possessed Princess Bubblegum
- Some Cuties
- Five Gladiator Ghosts
- Scorcher
- Ash
- Abracadaniel
- Brain Wiz
- Cyclo
- Dimension Wizard
- Gentleman Wizard
- Grand Master Wizard
- Laser Wizard
- Rock Wizard
- Science Whyzard
Episodes worked on[]
Story by[]
- "Little Dude" (with Patrick McHale, Kent Osborne, and Pendleton Ward)
Written and storyboarded by[]
- "Love Games" (with Cole Sanchez and Kent Osborne)
- "We Fixed a Truck" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "James" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "Rattleballs" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "Wake Up" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "Furniture & Meat" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "Joshua & Margaret Investigations" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "The Cooler" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "Friends Forever" (with Cole Sanchez)
- "The Comet" (with Jesse Moynihan)
Trivia[]
- According to Andy, he is 5'7 1/2".[6]
- He plays the theremin and the acoustic guitar.[7]
- He also attended RISD, where he was classmates with Seth MacFarlane, who later became a storyboard artist of Johnny Bravo and later created Family Guy, American Dad!, and The Cleveland Show. Here both Andy and Seth appeared in RISD's Film Society Welcome video where Andy appears in 1:42.[8] The video is no longer available on YouTube.
- He was described as a type of "wood elf," a "scribbler," and a "holder of paper and pens" in the dictionary from "Mystery Train."
- He is apparently planning to pitch his own TV show.[9]
External links[]
- Andy Ristaino's Spring (archived)
- Andy Ristaino's web site (formerly http://skronked.com/)
- Andy Ristaino's blog
- Andy Ristaino's Twitter
References[]
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