Manuel Luis Gonzales del Carmen (born August 19, 1967), known professionally asLouie del Carmen, is an Americananimator,storyboard artist, director, andillustrator. Born inCavite City,Philippines, he began work in the mid-1990s on animated series likeRugrats,Rocket Power,Invader Zim,The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy,Kim Possible, andThe Mighty B!. During the summer of 2007 he began working as a story artist atDreamWorks Animation on some of their notable and successful projects likeKung Fu Panda,How to Train Your Dragon andThe Croods.

In 2006, he self-published his first book titledRandom Anomalies, a collection of editorial-stylecartoons dealing with the subject of fate andsynchronicity. Honoring his art heroes, he followedRandom Anomalies with thescience fiction themed art bookThe Wayward Traveller: Snapshots from Alternate Worlds. InThe Wayward Traveller he cites such artists as Jean Giraud (Moebius),Syd Mead, andKatsuhiro Otomo as strong influences in his work. As a follow-up toThe Wayward Traveller he releasedAlternating Currents in the summer of 2008, featuring an all new line up of science fiction illustrations.

Staying in sci-fi genre, del Carmen released his first self-publishedcomic book in 2007 calledSteel Noodles: A Slice of Heaven featuring an orange-haired, waif warrior named Val. The short, independently printed book served as a preview to a much larger story which he has developed into a multi-part graphic novel, starting withSteel Noodles Number 1 which debuted atSan Diego Comic-Con in July 2010.

He is currently a story supervisor/artist atSony Pictures Animation inCulver City, California.

Del Carmen also has two brothers that work in animation;Ronnie is a story artist, designer, illustrator and film director atPixar, while Rick (Enrique)^[1] works as a storyboard artist and assistant director at20th Century Animation.^[2]

• Rugrats: Pizza Cats (1999 -ISBN 0-689-82391-6)Simon & Schuster
• Rugrats: Oh Brother! (1999 -ISBN 0-689-82440-8) Simon & Schuster
• Rugrats: Be My Valentine (2000 -ISBN 0-689-83065-3) Simon & Schuster
• Random Anomalies (2006) self-published
• The Wayward Traveller: Snapshots from Alternate Worlds (2006) self-published
• The Call (2007) (Hot Mexican Love Comics) (Independently published Anthology)
• Subway Sketches (2007) (Art Compilation) (Imaginism Books, Toronto Canada)
• Swallow 3 (2007) (Art Compilation) (IDW Publishing)
• Dragon Sketches (2007) (Art Compilation) (Imaginism Books, Toronto Canada)
• Steel Noodles: A Slice of Heaven (2007) self-published
• Muerto Mambo (2008) (Hot Mexican Love Comics) (Independently published Anthology)
• Alternating Currents (2008) self-published
• DRAWING INSPIRATION: The Visual Artist at Work (2010) (Delmar Cengage Learning)ISBN 978-1-4180-5225-6
• Steel Noodles Number 1 (2010) self-publishedISBN 978-0-9827706-0-3
• Girl n Robot: Boomtown (2011) self-published
• Steel Noodles Number 2 (2012) self-publishedISBN 978-0-9827706-1-0
• MUSE Volume 1 (2013) self-publishedISBN 978-0-9827706-2-7

• Louie del Carmen website
• Artist Blog
• Louie del Carmen atIMDb

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