bio
Norm Konyu was born in Canada, but please don’t hold that against him. He attended the Sheridan College Animation course way back in the day, and has since worked in Germany, Vancouver, and London for whoever will stoop so low as to hire him. Norm now lives in the UK, where he has adopted the mooseboy persona as a defense mechanism, and ekes out a living peddling animation door to door, specialising in 2D animation and design, primarily using Adobe Animate, Illustrator, and Photoshop (and an old fashioned pencil from time to time) for TV series, commercials, and online media.
Projects and experience
Cartoon Network: promotional animation and design featuring IPs including Ben 10, Robotboy, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Lab, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Scooby Doo, as well as series design and direction for ‘Skatoony’
Cartoon Network: promotional animation and design featuring IPs including Ben 10, Robotboy, Powerpuff Girls, Dexter’s Lab, The Amazing World of Gumball, and Scooby Doo, as well as series design and direction for ‘Skatoony’
Nickelodeon: promotional animation and design for Spongebob Squarepants, Nicktoons idents, and design for NickJr show ‘Wake Up World’
BBC: Senior animator on the first series of ‘Hey Duggee!’ and was character designer on ‘Apple Tree House’ for 3 seasons.
Dreamworks: A long long time ago, supervised animation cleanup for the Vancouver based crew on the feature film ‘Road to Eldorado’
Commercials: assisted and animated on numerous ad campaigns including Strepsils, Frosties, Rice Krispies and Lucky Charms
Storyboarding: Experienced boarder on commercials and TV series including Stressed Eric and Monkey Dust
Other content: Extensive experience in creating assets and animating for online gaming, apps, explainer and corporate videos
Graphic novels
The Junction - Initially crowdfunded, Norm’s debut graphic novel ‘The Junction’ was published in 2022 by Titan Comics, and is also available in a Turkish edition, with a French edition coming soon.
A Call to Cthulhu - Norm's tongue in cheek tribute to the influential horror writer, HP Lovecraft was published by Titan Comics in 2023. A French edition from Black River Comics was released in 2024. A Call to Cthulhu was awarded the 2024 Aurora Award for best graphic novel/comic.
Downlands - Due for release in May 2025 by Titan Comics, Downlands will also have a French edition published soon after.
The Space Between the Trees- Due for release by Titan Comics in Autumn 2025.
A Fall from Grace - Norm's fifth book, that of a fallen Aztec God learning to live in the modern world, has been self-published and is searching for a mainstream publisher.