# Robertryan Cory

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**Robertryan Cory** (also spelled as **Robert Ryan Cory**) is an American animator known for his work in character design for series such as *[SpongeBob SquarePants](/source/SpongeBob_SquarePants)* (1999–present) and *[Secret Mountain Fort Awesome](/source/Secret_Mountain_Fort_Awesome)* (2011–12), the latter of which he co-developed and earned a [Creative Arts Emmy Award](/source/Creative_Arts_Emmy_Award) for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the [64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards](/source/64th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards) in 2012 for. He has recently worked as lead character designer on season 2 of *[Gravity Falls](/source/Gravity_Falls)* (2012–16) and *[Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer](/source/Billy_Dilley's_Super-Duper_Subterranean_Summer)* (2017).

## Early life

Cory grew up in [Austin, Texas](/source/Austin,_Texas), and was born to musician parents, which called for moving throughout the country frequently. In middle school, he attended a program where he would animate 30-second [anti-smoking](/source/Anti-smoking) campaign spots. Cory submitted one for three years in a row; his final spot was banned for being vulgar.[2] He explained that he had fun "doing the inappropriate one with my friends and I just thought this is what I should do when I grow up."[2]

## Career

Cory started working in animation at the age of 15 after crashing a party for [cartoonists](/source/Cartoonist), at which he shared his sketchbook "full of dirty drawings" with the other attendees.[2] He interned at a nearby animation studio before being promoted to [inbetweening](/source/Inbetweening) work. After graduating from high school, Cory attended college where he worked simultaneously as a comics artist for a porn company, where he would animate "[money shots](/source/Money_shot#Pornographic_films)" for a series titled *Pop-up Porn* (a spoof of *[Pop-Up Video](/source/Pop-Up_Video)*).[2] Although Cory felt that the money was "really great", he quit shortly after questioning the content matter and the direction of his career.[2]

Cory considered *[Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"](/source/Ren_%26_Stimpy_%22Adult_Party_Cartoon%22)* (2003; 2006) to be one of his favorite projects to work on, given that his "only goal" when he was younger was to work on *[The Ren & Stimpy Show](/source/The_Ren_%26_Stimpy_Show)* (1991–96).[2] Since it had been off the air for nearly a decade, Cory thought that such a task would be "impossible" to do.[2] He called it "one of the worst experiences emotionally", though it provided him with connections to "so many talented people" which motivated him to practice harder on his work.[2] Cory's second favorite experience was his time working on *[SpongeBob SquarePants](/source/SpongeBob_SquarePants)* (1999–present). Like *Ren & Stimpy*, he appreciated his co-workers and wanted to discipline himself to "earn their respect".[2]

Cory's work as a character designer for the *[Secret Mountain Fort Awesome](/source/Secret_Mountain_Fort_Awesome)* (2011–12) episode "Nightmare Sauce" earned him a [Creative Arts Emmy Award](/source/Creative_Arts_Emmy_Award) for "Outstanding Individual in Animation" at the [64th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards](/source/64th_Primetime_Creative_Arts_Emmy_Awards) in 2012.[3] For the same episode, he was also nominated for an [Annie Award](/source/Annie_Award) for "Character Animation in a Television Production" at the [39th Annie Awards](/source/39th_Annie_Awards).[4] His work was showcased in a lecture given to the [California Institute of the Arts](/source/California_Institute_of_the_Arts) in 2014, presenting notes for designing characters.[5]

## Reception

"Cory has his own idiosyncratic approach—he has absorbed his influences intelligently, filtering them through his own style, and he has evolved his own theories about drawing over the years. But his underlying approach can be distinctly traced to the Spümcø school of cartooning."

— *Amidi on Cory's lecture to California Institute of the Arts[5]*

Colleague and former co-worker [Amid Amidi](/source/Amid_Amidi), of the animation entertainment blog *[Cartoon Brew](/source/Cartoon_Brew)*, called his approach "idiosyncratic" to his work for [Spümcø](/source/Sp%C3%BCmc%C3%B8), working upon his influences while spinning it off into his own style.[5] Gladys Rodriguez of *[Beautiful/Decay](/source/Beautiful/Decay)* magazine called various sketches of his work on *SpongeBob* that he posted on his [Flickr](/source/Flickr) account "fantastic", albeit she inferred from them that the show had become more violent since she last watched it years before.[6]

## Filmography

### Film

Year Title Role Position Notes Ref. 2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water Character designer 2018 One Crazy Summer: A Look Back at Gravity Falls Himself Received special thanks credit.

### Television

Year Title Position Ref. 2003; 2006 Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" Layout artist 2005–06 The X's Character designer 2005–10; 2012; 2021 SpongeBob SquarePants Prop and character designer 2008 The Mighty B! Character designer 2010 The Ricky Gervais Show 2011–12 Secret Mountain Fort Awesome 2012 Adventure Time Storyboard revisionist 2014–16 Gravity Falls Character designer 2017 Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer 2019–21 Bless the Harts 2021–24 Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years 2021–present The Patrick Star Show

## References

1. Cory, Robert Ryan. ["Robertryan Cory"](https://www.flickr.com/people/robertryancory/). *Flickr*. Yahoo. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20100210121405/http://www.flickr.com/people/robertryancory/) February 10, 2010 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

1. Milo, Laura (February 28, 2013). ["Robertryan Cory"](http://www.animationinsider.com/2013/02/robertryan-cory/). *Animation Insider*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130320124404/http://www.animationinsider.com/2013/02/robertryan-cory/) March 20, 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

1. ["Juried Winners Announced for Animation Achievement and Costuming for 64th Primetime Emmys"](http://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/juried-winners-announced-animation-achievement-and-costuming-64th-primetime-emmys). *Television Academy*. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. August 22, 2012. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140905101739/http://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/juried-winners-announced-animation-achievement-and-costuming-64th-primetime-emmys) September 5, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

1. ["39th Annual Annie Nominations & Winners!"](http://annieawards.org/39th-annie-awards#10). *Annie Awards*. ASIFA-Hollywood. December 5, 2011. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140903093809/http://annieawards.org/39th-annie-awards) September 3, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

1. Amidi, Amid (March 11, 2014). ["A Lesson on Character Design by *SpongeBob* Artist Robertryan Cory"](http://www.cartoonbrew.com/educational/a-lesson-on-character-design-by-spongebob-artist-robertryan-cory-97026.html). *Cartoon Brew*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140707132010/http://www.cartoonbrew.com/educational/a-lesson-on-character-design-by-spongebob-artist-robertryan-cory-97026.html) July 7, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 29, 2014.

1. Rodriguez, Gladys (June 29, 2009). ["Robert Ryan Cory"](http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/06/29/robert-ryan-cory/). *Beautiful/Decay*. [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20140903131718/http://beautifuldecay.com/2009/06/29/robert-ryan-cory/) September 3, 2014 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved August 28, 2014.

## External links

- [Robertryan Cory](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1406298/) at IMDb

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