Layron DeJarnette


Layron DeJarnette is an American illustrator, director, art director, character designer, storyboard artist, animator and caricaturist. He is best known as a character designer and art director on the Monster High web series for Mattel. and The Ricky Gervais Show for HBO. He is a Garbage Pail Kids artist for Topps and trading card illustrator for the Upper Deck Company and Cryptozoic Entertainment.

Early life

DeJarnette was born in Detroit Michigan. He majored in Illustration at The College for Creative Studies and graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree.

Career

After graduating from The College for Creative Studies, DeJarnette worked at television station WKBD-TV in Southfield, Michigan as a graphic designer and illustrator, then trained at Walt Disney Feature Animation Studios in Orlando, Florida. He later became an instructor at the College for Creative Studies, teaching Figure Drawing, Anatomy, Illustration and Animation Drawing.
In 2000 DeJarnette relocated to Los Angeles, California to provide work for various studios in the entertainment industry such as: Disney, Warner Bros. Animation, Nickelodeon, Marvel, DC Comics, Mattel, Hasbro, WildBrain, 6 Point Harness, Bento Box Entertainment, ABC, FOX, Liongate, LeapFrog, Sega, Ubisoft, Duck Studios, Hyperion Pictures, Klasky Csupo.

Filmography

Television

[The Topps Company]

  • Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 5 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 6 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: All New Series 7 Trading Cards
  • Hollywood Zombies Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 1 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 2 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Flashback Series 3 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 1 Trading Cards
  • Mars Attacks: Heritage Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 2 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Brand New Series 3 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: Mini Cards
  • 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards
  • 2014 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 2 Trading Cards
  • 2015 Garbage Pail Kids: Series 1 Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: 30th Anniversary Trading Cards
  • Garbage Pail Kids: American As Apple Pie In Your Face Trading Cards
  • Mars Attacks: Occupation
  • Dinosaurs Attack!

    [Upper Deck Entertainment]

  • Marvel The Avengers Trading Cards
  • Marvel Beginnings 2 Trading Cards
  • Marvel Premier Trading Cards
  • Iron Man 3 Trading Cards
  • Marvel NOW! Trading Cards
  • Trading Cards
  • 2014 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards
  • 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Monster" Trading Cards
  • 2015 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Game Of Chance" Trading Cards
  • Trading Cards
  • Ant-Man Trading Cards
  • 2016 Upper Deck Goodwin Champions "Supernaturals" Trading Cards

    [Cryptozoic Entertainment]

  • DC Comics New 52 Trading Cards
  • Batman: The Legend Trading Cards
  • Superman: The Legend Trading Cards
  • DC Comics Battle Trading Cards
  • Adventure Time Trading Cards

    Books

  • It’s My Life: The Guide To Friendship
  • Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary
  • Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary II
  • Jeff Foxworthy's Redneck Dictionary III
  • Jeff Foxworthy's Complete Redneck Dictionary
  • Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Golf
  • Jeff Foxworthy's How To Really Stink At Work
  • The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know It’s Time to Get Out of Your Mama’s House
  • The Wayans Brothers: 101 Ways to Know You’re a Golddigger
  • Sing Along with Leedo and Booey

    Art Exhibitions

Gallery 1988, ([Los Angeles, CA])