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Kelly Hobby is a storyboard artist, director, and visual storyteller with more than 15 years of experience in animation and visual media.
Her credits include work with Disney Television Animation, Nickelodeon, and Titmouse on productions such as Elena of Avalor, Sofia the First, Fancy Nancy, Alice’s Wonderland Bakery, and The Loud House Movie. Her work focuses on character performance, comedy, visual storytelling, and clear cinematic staging.
Kelly is also the creator and director of Devils in the Details, an original adult animated workplace comedy currently in development through Hobby Productions. The project allows her to bring together storyboarding, visual development, directing, and production leadership while collaborating with independent artists and animators.
In addition to her production work, Kelly teaches digital art and animation-related courses at Hawai‘i Community College and continues to develop independent animation, comics, and original properties through Hobby Productions.
Whether working within an established production or developing a new world from the ground up, Kelly’s focus remains the same: strong characters, clear storytelling, and memorable visual choices.
Experience
Founder / Storyboard Artist / Animation Production
Hobby Productions
2020 – Present
• Develop original animated projects from storyboards through final animation, with emphasis on shot design, staging, character acting, timing, continuity, and clear visual storytelling.
• Direct and review animator work, providing drawovers and notes on posing, lip sync, composition, camera, continuity, and shot clarity.
• Build and refine animatics; coordinate shot handoffs through animation, color, compositing, editorial, and final delivery.
Storyboard Artist
Disney TV Animation
2017 – 2023 • Burbank, CA
• Partnered with directors and executive producers to translate scripts into production-ready sequences and solve staging, performance, and storytelling challenges.
• Designed shot composition, camera angles, character acting, screen direction, and production layouts to guide downstream animation.
• Pitched boards and revised sequences for story clarity, timing, continuity, and production needs. Credits include Alice’s Wonderland Bakery and Elena of Avalor.
Storyboard Revisionist
Walt Disney TV Animation
2013 – 2017
• Reworked rough drawings, thumbnails, and finished panels into clear animatic-ready sequences in close collaboration with storyboard supervisors and animation directors.
• Strengthened staging, acting, timing, continuity, and shot-to-shot clarity. Credits include Elena of Avalor, Fancy Nancy, and Sofia the First.
Freelance Storyboard Artist
Nickelodeon Animation
2020 – 2020
Delivered storyboard revisions focused on staging, acting, timing, continuity, and production clarity for the feature pipeline.
Freelance Storyboard Artist
Trilogy Productions
April 2020 – Ocr 2020
Responsible for creating storyboards as directed. Duties include working closely with Director and EP to draw storyboards and revisions that adhering to feedback and Director and/or Executive notes.
Storyboard Revisionist
Walt Disney TV Animation
April 2013 – March 2018 • Burbank, CA
Responsible for revising, supplementing and cleaning up storyboards as directed. Duties include working closely with Director and Storyboard Supervisor to draw storyboard revisions adhering to feedback and Director and/or Executive notes.
*Provided revisions and addition storyboards for editorial.
*Assisted the Director with retakes.
Sofia the First (TV Series) (storyboard revisionist – 63 episodes)
Fancy Nancy (TV Series) (storyboard revisionist – 22 episodes)
Elena of Avalor (TV Series) (storyboard revisionist – 6 episodes)
Instructor — Digital Art / Animation
Hawai‘i Community College
2024 – Present • Woodland Hills, CA
Teach visual storytelling, digital art, storyboarding, and production workflow; mentor students through critique and project development.
Videographer & Graphic Designer
USAF
2000 – 2011 • Riverside, CA
Planned, shot, edited, and delivered training and event media under strict deadlines; created graphics, presentation layouts, and visual-information materials.
Education
Academy of Art University
B.A., Animation
2004 – 2009 • San Francisco, CA
— Storyboard & Preproduction for Film and Television
Awards
2008
Nominated for Best Storyboard, Academy of Art University
2008
The Air Force Achievement Medal, USAF
Clients
Disney Nickelodeon Splash Animation
Specialties
Storyboard Storyboard Revisionist
Skills
Photoshop Storyboard Pro Zoom Google Docs Adobe Animate