Peter de Sève

Peter de Sève
Peter de Sève at San Diego Comic Con 2009
Born1958 (age 65–66)[1]
Alma materParsons The New School for Design[1]
Occupation(s)Illustrator, character designer
SpouseRandall[2]
Websitewww.peterdeseve.com

Peter de Sève is an American[3] artist who has worked in the illustration and animation fields. He has drawn many covers for the magazine The New Yorker. As a character designer, he worked on the characters of A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo, Robots, the Ice Age franchise, and on the main animal character E.B. (voiced by Russell Brand) in the 2011 Easter-themed comedy film Hop.[4] Most recently, he designed the characters for Arthur Christmas,[5] for which he was nominated for Annie Award.[6] He received the National Cartoonists Society Magazine Illustration Award for 2000.[7] He is also a recipient of the Hamilton King Award from the Society of Illustrators, a Clio Award for a Nike television commercial, and a Visual Effects Society Award nomination for outstanding animated character design for Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs. Peter was honored with an Emmy Award for Outstanding Character design for his work on Sesame Street's Abby Cadabby's Flying Fairy School.[8] He is part of the Directors Collective Hornet Incorporated company.[9]

Work

Character designer

Visual development artist

Other

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Peter deSeve - 2006". Lamar Dodd School of Art. The University of Georgia. Retrieved February 12, 2012.
  2. ^ de Sève, Peter. "Biography". Peter de Sève. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  3. ^ "Peter de Sève - Illustration History". www.illustrationhistory.org. Retrieved 2024-02-07.
  4. ^ a b Lesnick, Silas (June 26, 2010). "Hop's Rabbit Designed by Peter DeSéve". ComingSoon.net. Archived from the original on June 30, 2010. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  5. ^ a b de Sève, Peter (November 10, 2011). "Arthur Christmas". A SKETCHY PAST, THE ART OF PETER DE SÈVE. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  6. ^ DeMott, Rick (December 5, 2011). "39th Annie Award Nominations Announced". Animation World Network. Retrieved February 4, 2012.
  7. ^ "NCS Awards - Magazine Feature & Magazine Illustration". National Cartoonists Society. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  8. ^ "Peter de Sève". www.peterdeseve.com. Retrieved 2022-03-24.
  9. ^ "PETER DE SEVE". Hornet. Archived from the original on January 27, 2012. Retrieved April 3, 2012.
  10. ^ De Sève, Peter (July 16, 2012). "A decade has now passed since I did my very first..." A Sketchy Past, The Art of Peter de Sève. Retrieved October 26, 2012.
  11. ^ Foundas, Scott (May 22, 2015). "Cannes Film Review: 'The Little Prince'". Variety. Retrieved August 10, 2015.