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Corey Barba

Corey

Los Angeles,United States

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About
Website: softbrightengine .com Corey Barba is an award-winning, nationally recognized children’s book artist, animator, illustrator, and comic book/graphic novel creator based in Los Angeles, California. With over 30 years of professional experience, Corey’s artwork has reached audiences around the world through television, animation, publishing, gaming, advertising, toys, and digital media. A longtime artist at DreamWorks Animation Studios, Corey’s illustrations and animation have appeared in television commercials, major magazines, children’s books, games, apps, online worlds, and global brand campaigns. His creative contributions can be seen across beloved properties including Captain Underpants, SpongeBob SquarePants, Littlest Pet Shop, Yo Gabba Gabba, My Little Pony, MAD Magazine, Nickelodeon Magazine, Zynga Games, Trix, Lucky Charms, Energizer, eBay, Owens-Corning, and many more. Corey wrote and illustrated the acclaimed graphic novel “YAM: Bite-Sized Chunks” (Top Shelf Books), available online and at bookstores nationwide. He has also written for multiple comics, including SpongeBob SquarePants Comics and the Yo Gabba Gabba Storytime book. His work was selected for the Houghton Mifflin Best American Comics 2006 Anthology. Today, Corey Barba serves as an Art Director and continues to create original artwork from his studio in Los Angeles, where he lives happily with his family.

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I enjoy world-building, where vague ideas become reality.

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Jobs where process is more important than creativity. Where output is more important than quality.

Junkpuff: Garlick Goblin
All Cats go to Heaven
City Bird
Power, Pride, and Honor
Emil the Elephant
Baker for Junkpuff Children's Comic Book
Cover of SpongeBob SquarePants Comic Book
Cutie Phylum
Cool guy Sketch
What's under Jimbo's Cap?
That's Where the Little Bunnies Come Out
Comic Concept Art
Dogless Fairbanks
Cover Art for Spongebob Squarepants Comics
Character and Prop for Zynga Games
Concept Art
Cutie Phylum
TrollsTopia- Animator for Dreamworks Animation
YAM Comic- for Nickelodeon Magazine

Qualifications/Positions:

Art Director at Sketchy
Dreamworks Animation Artist
Lead Artist at Zynga Games
Owner of Soft Bright Engine LLC (Illustration and Animation company)

Awards/Grants:

Houghton Mifflin "Best American Comics 2006" Anthology

Exhibitions:

Uncle Fun Art Show in Chicago,   IL,   USA
Magic Trend and Contemporary Fashion Exhibit- Show at the Javits Center Trade Show in New York,   NY,   USA
Halloween Horror Trade Show in Las Vegas Trade Center in Las Vegas,   NV,   USA

Worked with the following major brands:

Scholastics,   Captain Underpants,   Goosebumps,   Short film for Clayton Cardenas in Mayans MC,   Nickelodeon Magazine,   Mattel,   Hasbro,   Dreamworks Animation,   SpongeBob SquarePants Comic,   Google,   Owens Corning,   My Little Pony,   Sketchy Medical Education Software,   Zynga Games Farmville,   Cafe World,   Bubble Safari etc,   Trix and Lucky Charms Commercials and more.

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