Stephen Silver

For other people with this name, see Steven Silver.

Stephen Silver (born August 30, 1972) is a British artist, cartoonist and character designer. He is best known as the lead character designer for animated series such as Kim Possible and Danny Phantom.

Stephen Silver
Silver at WonderCon 2024
Born	(1972-08-30) August 30, 1972 (age 52) London, England
Occupation(s)	Artist, cartoonist, character designer, actor
Years active	1987–present
Known for	Kim Possible Danny Phantom

History

Silver started his professional career by drawing caricatures at amusement parks in 1992. He worked for clothing company No Fear in 1996, before he got his first job in animation at Warner Bros. Animation in 1997.^[1]

Animated works

In the field of animation, Silver is the lead character designer on Disney Channel's Kim Possible,^[2][3] ABC TV's Clerks: The Animated Series, and Nickelodeon's Danny Phantom (on which he was also art director).^[1][3]

His character designs for the characters of Clerks: The Animated Series inspired the animated versions of characters in the other View Askew films.

He also worked on Nickelodeon's The Fairly OddParents as the lead character designer for the Crash Nebula episode special, and some character designs for the movie Channel Chasers. His early work in animation included designing characters for Histeria.^[3]

Portfolio

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1988	Night of the Kickfighters	Actor: Imam
1998–2000	Histeria!	Model designer, prop designer, storyboard artist, background painter, background designer, character designer
2000	Clerks: The Animated Series	Leading character designer
2000–2004	The Weekenders	Character designer
2002–2007	Kim Possible
2002–2016	The Fairly OddParents	Prop designer, production designer, storyboard revisionist, character designer
2003	Kim Possible: A Sitch in Time	Character designer	TV movie
	The Golden Age of Texas Courthouse	Editor
2004–2007	Danny Phantom	Lead character designer
2005	Kim Possible Movie: So the Drama	Character designer	TV movie
2008	July M.D.: Super Surgeon		Short
	Sean
	Leafy
	Lady D
	Georgy
	Click and Clack's As the Wrench Turns		1 episode
	The Replacements		2 episodes
2008–2010	The Penguins of Madagascar		9 episodes
2009	Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs		Video game
2009–2010	The Cleveland Show		12 episodes
2010	Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil		1 episode
2010–2011	Scooby-Doo: Mystery Incorporated		10 episodes
2011	The Looney Tunes Show	Storyboard clean-up artist
2015–2016	Be Cool, Scooby-Doo!	Character clean-up	7 episodes
2016	Norm of the North	Character designer
2021	Johnny Test		Revival of the 2005 animated series of the same name

References

1. "Interview with Stephen Silver: Kim Possible & Danny Phantom". Medium. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
2. Warren, Nick (12 September 2018). "ComiCon Erie's Second Senses-Shattering Issue". Erie Reader. Retrieved 16 February 2022.
3. Mena, Rebecca (21 October 2019). "Cartoon animator Stephen Silver gives 'Fairly Odd' advice". Daily Titan. Retrieved 25 April 2021.

External links

• Stephen Silver at IMDb
• Silvertoons - Silver's website.
• Silver's blog at Blogspot.
• Official Facebook Page