Kelsey Norden
Director + Storyboard Artist + TAG 839 Union member + she/her
I'm working on an animated short, you can follow my progress here:
doggozord.substack.com
mirakelsey.com/links
- Check out the trailer for my short film DOGGOZORD!! It's been a wild ride getting this to the finish ride and I have SOO many people to be thankful for helping me get here. I've started festival submissions, can't wait for people to see!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k4e...
- Hey gang, do you suck at layer management in SBP? Here's a guide I made to presets when I was on Chicken Squad a few years ago #storyboard #sbp #storyboardpro
- New storyboard! Using some audio from Fire Emblem: Three Houses youtu.be/0IDxd0VmvKQ
- Remember I am available for work!
- Excited to finally update my resume from "unannounced Netflix show" to "Strip Law" , 2024
- Today Netflix announced a new adult animated comedy series, Strip Law from Cullen Crawford (Star Trek: Lower Decks, Farzar, The Late Show with Stephen Colbert), Underground and Titmouse Inc. www.animationmagazine.net/2025/08/netf...
- hyped myself up for a new storyboard sample and then I remembered I have to draw backgrounds
- Better late than never, an updated about the credits design for my short film Doggozord: doggozord.substack.com/p/doggozord-...
- listen I've never seen the sub of Summer Wars bc I am a filthy casual, but shout out to the line "its been 50 years since I punched you" I cackle every time
- Important Doggozord update today! open.substack.com/pub/doggozor...
- Does anyone else worry that the Pokemon planet is going to run out of room for new landmasses someday?
- Hiya #PortfolioDay, I'm a director and storyboard artist working in animation for twelve years, and I'm available for work! I've worked on everything from preschool to adult animation, comedy to action. Recruiters can DM or email me for access to my most recent work.
- quote with a gif from the last show you watched

- this one is old, I posted a new, longer terrible comic to instagram www.instagram.com/p/DLTYSRbSxP...
- every bad decision you see make it to screen is probably the result of executive meddling and not the fault of the artist you've decided to yell at on social media
- K-pop Demon Hunters for best animated picture
- I love how Toonboom Harmony has a speed lines node but if I try to search for it in the documentation to understand how it works all I get is a page on how to draw lines
- Without saying your age, who was your first animated crush?

- I have a core memory of watching Angry Beavers with my dad in bed when I was sick, with him laughing the whole time, and to this day whenever I start talking about the animation industry with him he asks "when is someone going to reboot my Angry Beavers??"
- I don't know that this fulfills the prompt exactly because it was probably me, an elementary school student who exclusively watched Nickelodeon, who introduced it to him, but its significant to me
- Reposted by Kelsey Nordenso close now to achieving the impossible
- this is incredibly absurd and gratuitous and its proof that DC knows I will only see Superman for Krypto and they're driving the nail in HARDER
- Hello, Universe. I see Teen Titans Go got a tenth season. It would be so cool if I could storyboard JUST ONE EPISODE OF IT. Just let me give back to the franchise that means the most to me and got me into animation. thanks!!!!
- Yesterday I lamented the fact that my upward career trajectory was completely stunted by Zaslav canning my last directing position in 2023, and I've been scrambling for work since. I had a taste of career fulfillment and I'm still chasing that high.
- Being 8 months out of union work is nothing compared to others' experience, and I'm grateful to have freelance work right now and I still have my short film to focus on, but I hate seeing my incredibly talented friends struggle around me and feel no relief in sight
- I screamed
- Reposted by Kelsey NordenPlease. We want to keep making the cartoons you and your kids love.
- actionnetwork.org/letters/keep... i am begging if you work-in or care about the artists working in animation in california please follow this link and send a letter. it takes 10 seconds. my peers and i need help
- It's #IndieAnimationDay and I've neglected to promote updates to my Substack, so take a peek and see how my short film #Doggozord is coming along, eh? doggozord.substack.com/p/doggozord-...
- Doggozord is a short about "what if dogs had Voltron?" and I'm hoping to be done with it by the end of the summer! #indieanimationday
- Today in my neighbors' boom box playlist: My Silky Love from Toradora???? TASTE

