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Storyboard Artist, Animator and Illustrator 🌸 Previously at Disney TVA, Warner Bros., etc. alaynacabral.com

panel 1, we see the Moon Wizard looking at a tiny picture of Hot Knight and weeping, Star Wizard is looking over unnoticed. MW: "Oh GOD what have I done!? My little love gone forever!" panel 2: Star Wizard walks over, "What the HELL Moon!? STILL?"
panel 1 - DW points a finger out that's ready to fire lightning. They say "Anyway, you're NOT gonna flirt your way out of this one!" panel 2 - HK is pulling out their sword. Olgi hopelessly says "Aw, crap." Gorm asides to HK, "Well that pretty much makes this over for you then, doesn't it."
panel 1 - The Dark Wizard grabs their hood and says "Well, what's the big deal? Who cares if you're hot..." panel 2 - DW pulls their hood down to reveal a skull head with horns and hoop earrings on the horns, they say "I'm HOT too!"
panel 1 - reveal a extremely large cloaked figure towering over them all, their face hidden by the hood of the cloak, skeleton announces, "THE DARK WIZARD!!!" panel 2 - HK, Olgi, and Gorm are looking up terrified. Gorm: "Oh, this guy's pretty terrifying." Olgi: "What should we do!?"
panel 1- they are bean led into a spooky spikey castle with big ominous doors. panel 2 they are walking by a bunch of shadowy creatures that stare at them with big blank eyes. Hot Knight looks at them sadly and says "The haunting whispers of the damned. Poor creatures..."
panel 1 - the two goons that locked them up come back in and open the door, skeleton says "Alright you prisoners- The Dark Wizard is ready to decide your fates!" panel 2 - the two goons have Hot Knight, Olgi and Gorm tied up on a lead, taking them across a spooky bridge.
panel 1- Hot Knight is trailing off, "See, it was so fun, 'cuz I was so small, and they were so big, and that was so cool..." Olgi and Gorm look at them in the background, Olgi says "Oh no Gorm, this isn't good..." Gorm: "What is it, Olgi?" panel 2- Close in on Olgi's face, they say "I think I'm Falling in LOVE!"
panel 1 - Hot Knight lounges with Gorm and Olgi, telling them their story "So then, the Moon Wizard and the Star Wizard took me in as an apprentice, in exchange for some household labor." panel 2 - Hot Knight's recalling a memory, thinking bubble shows Moon Wizard leering over at Hot Knight as they sweep a floor in a sexy cleaning uniform. "And of course, I caught the Moon Wizard's eye pretty quickly. They probably shouldnt've given me that skimpy little cleaning uniform."
panel 1, knight is lounging with annoyed look on face. "Phooey. Not my ideal first day of eternity, to say the least". panel 2, a gob is looking at the knight lounging talking to someone off screen "Hey Gorm, they threw someone else in the cage with us - and they're SUPER hot!"
panel 1- two characters, one is a skeleton and the other is a one-eyed bird guy, walk up to the knight- "Hey buddy- you don't look like you're from around here- You're comin with us!" panel 2- they both take the knight by the arms "The Dark Wizard will know what to do with you!" "Yeah!" the knight has a shit-eating grin on their face and is thinking they are a couple of screwballs.
two panel comic, character falling into a dark pit. character smacking cartoonishly onto the ground in the dark and scary pit.
panel 1 shows two large looming magical-looking figures standing over a very small knight. one of the figures says, "Any last words before we condemn you to the Pit of Darkness for all enternity?" panel 2 shows the knight, "Yes. May I please have..."
a 6 panel comic. panel 1 shows two large looming magical-looking figures standing over a very small knight. one of the figures says, "Any last words before we condemn you to the Pit of Darkness for all enternity?" panel 2 shows the knight, "Yes. May I please have..." panel 3, cont. on the knight "... one last kiss?" panel 4 - the large figure on the left "uuuugh, Fine." panel 5 the figure leans down to the knight and they kiss. panel 6, the second large figure says flustered, "... I had no idea you were together." the second figure, flustered, says "Yeeahhh..."
5 stickers of ITYSL's Tim Robinson
a photo of four small press comics and zines
A cardboard box full of saddle stapled comic books, the covers are black-and-white and the cover reads "T.V. DAD" with two characters sitting cross legged facing and mirroring eachother.
tex avery drawing of a squirrel in 3/4 view, the front foot is arched down and the back foot is arched up to create the illusion of a ground plane.
A three panel comic. First panel: two people are having penetrative sex in the shower, person bottoming is bent over forward and the person topping is railing them from behind. Second panel: Zoomed closer in, a spider is slowly lowering from the window pane in the shower, the person bent over has a nervous look on their face. Third panel: Close in on the spider, the spider is smiling, all eight eyes watching the people doing it. It's giving a big cartoonish thumbs up.
A drawing of a cute, cartoony baby black goat with big horns and a third, evil-looking eye in the middle of its forehead. He has big eyes and is smiling with a pointed tongue sticking out of its mouth. It's standing on a purple rock, in front of a background radiating red, orange and yellow.
panel 1 - A clock hangs on the wall, reading 3:50am. panel 2 - In the dead of night, the living room is empty, light from the window off-screen sweeps over the empty couch. panel 3 - The nursery, shot of baby asleep in her crib, mobile with little planes hanging over her. panel 4 - Mother and child are asleep in a toddler-sized bed in the foreground, child holding a stuffed doll. Crib is in the background.
panel 1 - Shot of the TV showing the chaos of the sound stage from earlier. We see MC on top of T.V. Dad as he was earlier. MC's finger is pointing at the T.V. screen. MC: "Oooh! Look! There I am!" panel 2 - MC has his face close up on the screen, tearing up. MC: "This is incredible!!" panel 3 - MC hugs the TV crying hysterically, backlit by the screen. MC: "I'm on TV! I'M ON TV!!" panel 4 - MC's face is pressed to the TV, woman in background is standing with wiggling baby, looking at MC confused. MC: "I'm finally T.V. Dad! Oh, what a joy! Everyone loves me!" panel 5 - A small child, about 4 or 5 years old, walks out of the rooms in the back, dressed in PJs an folding a book. Child: "Daddy? You're home!" panel 6 - The child runs up to MC, who still has his face pressed against the TV, face obscured. Child: "You said you'd read to me tonight!" panel 7 - The child tugs on MC's shirt. Child: "Mommy said I could stay up longer until you got home."
panel 1 - Night time, exterior of a single suburban house, windows glowing from interior lights. panel 2 - Interior of the house, front door. There's a polished portrait on the wall of two small children dresses. panel 3 - MC throws the door open, walking in. He is still wearing T.V. Dad's hat, which is more beaten up. He's unkempt and sweaty. MC: "SOMEONE TURN ON THE TV!" panel 4 - A woman in a robe is holding a baby in the foreground, looking concerned. MC is walking in, near the T.V. that is playing the nightly news. The TV has a picture of the CEO Lester Franklin sitting in an expensive car with golf clubs. The headline reads: "FRANKLIN CASHES OUT! CEO RICHER THAN EVER AFTER STUDIO MELTDOWN. BREAKING NEWS." The woman says "Where have you been? It's almost 8:30!" MC replies, "Oh, good! I haven't missed it!"
panel 1 - MC is on top of the actor playing T.V. Dad, holing him down, looking absolutely unhinged. T.V. Dad is sweating nervously. MC: "I WANT YOUR HAT! GIMME YOUR HAT!!" panel 2 - MC continues to shout, the actor wincing. "GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME GIMME" panel 3 - The actor snaps back, pulling off his hat. MC looks stunned, eyes locked on the hat. Actor: "Al-RIGHT! Sheesh! Just take it!" panel 4 - MC looking down at the hat in his hands, shaking with disbelief, eyes big with wonder. The actor is nonchalantly walking off panel. The actor: "They don't pay me enough for this kinda thing..." panel 5 - Just on the hat, in MC's hands, sparkling. panel 6 - MC gently places the hat on his own head, eyes welled up with emotion.
panel 1 - MC has his arms folded, standing angrily, as the rest of the audience whispers inquisitively amongst eachother. panel 2 - One audience member says: "Y'know what? I wanna be T.V. Dad, too!" another speaks up: "Me too!" panel 3 - Back towards the stage, the director, 2 camera operators, and actors on stage look uneasy. Director: "Uh oh. This isn't good..." panel 4 - The director addresses the crowd, all under the hazy lights of the stage lights. Director: "Everyone, please calm down! There'll be free donuts after the taping!" paenl 5 - The audience is boiling over, standing up angrily. MC points a finger towards the stage. MC: "LET'S GET 'EM!!!"
panel 1 - MC is standing in the middle of the sitting audience, maniacally laughing. MC: "HAHAHAHAHA!" panel 2 - MC continues to laugh, two fellow audience members in his row lean over to glare at him. MC: "HAHAHAHAHA!" Audience member 1: "Erm, this is clearly an 'aww' moment!" Audience member 2: "You new here or somethin', pal?" panel 3 - MC whips over to the two audience members, looking crazed. MC: "FOOLS! SHEEP!" panel 4 - MC shouts in the air, the audience looking a mix of shocked and annoyed. MC: "ALL OF YOU!!" panel 5 - MC sweating, ranting: "You laugh, you cry, you 'aww', you cheer - and what does it get you!? Squat! It's all pointless! A big nothing!" panel 6 - Audience "Booooo". MC looks steamed.
panel 1 - Liv is clutching herself, silently crying. Dad looks at her, heartbroken. panel 2 - Shot of the audience. They are stunned silent, intently watching. panel 3 - Close on Liv, still weeping. panel 4 - Dad's hand comes in to grasp her shoulder. She turns her teary face towards him. Dad: "Liv..." panel 5 - Dad: "Of course I want to listen. Nothing's too complicated for me, I really mean that. If I had any idea you felt this way..." Liv: "Dad..." panel 6 - Dad: "I love you- the you now. Times were fun when you were small. But I wouldn't trade these times for a second. Seeing you grow, who you are now- it's better than all that. You make me so, so proud." panel 7 - Dad is tenderly wiping a tear off away from Liv's eye. Dad: "And if there's anything I did to make you feel any different, well... I'm sorry, Honey. Really, truly am." panel 8 - Liv leans into Dad's hand, smiling sweetly, happy tears now.
panel 1 - The scene on stage is revealed. Liv is holding the arm of a mysterious bad boy, with long hair and sunglasses. Dad is sitting at the table, shocked. Liv: "Dad, Robbie and I are together! I love him!" panel 2 - Audience "Woohooooo!", a star cutout with a portrait of the bad boy, smirking and giving a finger gun. In special font under his portrait, it reads: "Special Guest Star Mack Mackahay!" panel 3 - Dad is up from his seat, with a gentle and pleading face, as Liv looks irritated. Dad: "Honey, 'love' is a little strong for your age. You don't know what that means yet-" Liv: "You DON'T understand!" panel 4 - Liv snaps back at Dad, holding Robbie's hand. Liv: "UGH! You treat me like I'm so naive all the time. I'm not a little kid anymore! I've got my own live now!" panel 5 - Dad is pinching the bridge of his nose, frustrated. Audience tense "Ooooo...." panel 6 - Dad snaps back: "I KNOW that! You think I don't know that!?" panel 7 - Dad and Liv are silent, Dad looking at her with concern, Liv with arms folded turned away from him.
panel 1 - We're out of the dream space and back in reality. Two interns are standing by a copier and messing with it, paying no attention to the cracked, bloody vending machine next to them with the lifeless body of MC on the floor. Intern 1: "Hmph. These copies aren't coming out bright enough!" panel 2 - MC wakes up with a start, shouting "HAAAAUUGH!" into the air. It startles the two interns. panel 3 - The two interns rush to his side, one of them holds him as he looks completely lost and stunned. Intern 1: "Yikes, man!" Intern 2: "You need a bandage, sir?" panel 4 - MC pushes past them wordlessly, out of frame. The two interns wince. Intern 2 looks at their hand after touching MC- it's covered in sweat. Intern 2: "Eww, you're sweaty..." panel 5 - MC's haggard, bloody face in the foreground as he walks away from the two interns. In the background, the interns are holding hands. Intern 1: "Y'know, that guy's gash reminded me we've got a cherry cobbler at home!" Intern 2: "Hot DOG!"
The top half of the page continues with a sprawl of TV screens, static onces in the back. There are 4 quadrants of screens with each ones focusing on a character. 1st quadrant - scenes of Mom from different episodes of T.V. Dad. Top left, she's kissing Dad on the cheek while he blushes and holds a newspaper that reads "WAR!". Top right, she is doing a karate-kick beside Brian. Bottom left, she is frosting a cake messily with Liv, both of them chuckling. Bottom right, she is the winner of a beauty pageant with roses being thrown. A portrait of her beams in the middle. MC's voiceover over the screens. "Oh Ma... She's always been the best co-pilot. 2nd quadrant - Scenes of Brian. Top left, he is George Washington in a school play. Top right, he is a baby, just born, held by Mom and looks down upon by a tearful Dad. Bottom left, he is getting in trouble at school, holding a sling shot. Bottom right, he is in a baseball uniform, getting a pep talk from Dad. His portrait beams in the middle. Voiceover from MC: "And Brian- that rascal! Always the good kind of trouble with that one." 3rd quadrant - Scenes of Liv from various episodes. Top left, her first driving lesson with a nervous Dad. Top right, she is catcher while Brian is up to bat. Bottom left, she is in a suit, singing under a spotlight. Bottom right, she is lighting up a christmas tree. Her portrait beams in the middle. MC's voiceover: "And sweet Liv... she sure grew up fast..." 4th quadrant - The screens continue on Liv, showing earlier scenes in the show, when she was younger. Top left, she is in middle school, awkwardly smiling for picture day with a full set of braces. Top right, she is a toddler, crying over a dropped icecream cone, Dad handing her a new one. Bottom left, she is a toddler riding a bike, Dad pushing her. Bottom right, she is a toddler getting a piggyback ride, pointing at a butterfly. MC's voiceover: "Remember those early seasons? It was so fun back then... You used to say the dang cutest …
panel 1 - MC is walking out of Lester's office, looking shaken. Lester is still laughing through the door: "HAHAHAHAHA!" panel 2 - MC walks down the hall away from the door, somberly. Lester still laughs: "HAHAHAHA!" panel 3 - MC continues down the hall, which tunnels down into darkness. Lester still laughs: "HAHAHAHA!"
panel 1 - MC looking excited in the foreground, his eyes sparkling. Lester in the background sitting at his desk with his arms folded, looking stunned. panel 2 - Lester: "... You?" MC: "Why not! I've got the chops! The charisma!" panel 3 - MC: "I'm sick of being stuck in the audience- it's a waste of my potential! I was meant to be on the stage!" panel 4 - Lester still looking silently and listening, MC: "This show's been my whole life, sir... I know T.V. Dad! I am T.V. Dad! There's no better T.V. Dad out there!" panel 5 - MC leaning over desk, close to Lester, with a pleading face. MC: " So please, Mr. Franklin... You won't regret it..." panel 6 - Close on MC's pleading face, tears in his eyes. MC: "Help make a man's dream come true." panel 7 - Silence. Lester is just staring at MC. panel 8 - Lester BURSTS out laughing, banging his fist on his desk. MC looks stunned. Lester: "BA HA HA HA HA!!!"
panel 1 - We see our main character with a tie, sitting in the audience. He is eagerly observing what is going on on stage. Mom: "Now, don't forget the Fendersons are coming over tonight!" Dad: "The Fendersons? They brought a rhubarb pie last time! I'd never forget a dessert I'd met!" panel 2: Audience laughs: "HAHAHAHA!" MC and surrounding audience are cracking up. panel 3: We get closer on MC's face, who is laughing so hard he's tearing up. Dad continues: "That's how I remember most people, in fact! Mrs. Gerty's peach cobbler, Father Leary's oatmeal cookies..." Audience continues laughing: "HAHAHAHA" panel 4: Closer on MC's face, laughing even harder now. Dad continues: "You could say... it's sugar that keeps my mind sharp!" Audience continues laughing: "HAHAHAHA!" panel 5 - We see the director and one of the camera operators. Director: "And CUT! Let's break for lunch - great job, everyone!" panel 6 - Audience members are stretching and filing out. Everyone except MC. panel 7 - MC is still sitting alone, ominously, with the empty stage.
panel 1 - Dad, looking relieved: "Gotta hand it to me, I sure can diffuse a nuclear situation! Wonder if the Pentagon's hiring..." Audience laughs "HAHAHAHA" panel 2 - Dad crouches to son's level, daughter in the foreground observing. Dad: "Now, Brian- why were you snooping in your sister's room?" Son interrupts: "I wasn't-" Dad stops him sternly, "Brian." panel 3 - on Son looking meek. Dad says: "C'mon son, you can be honest with me." Son: "Well... It's just that..." panel 4 - Son: "Liv's been out of the house a lot lately, and she's not around to play cards with me anymore." panel 5 - Son: "It sounds silly, but we used to play Old Maid all the time, and I was getting really good! I was close to beating her! But then she started being gone all the time, so..." panel 6: Both daughter and Dad looking at Son, who looks sad. Son: "I snooped 'cuz... I dunno... Guess I was wonderin'... Who she'd rather spend time with than me..." Audience does a heartbroken "Awwwww..." panel 7: Daughter: "But that's ridiculous! I've been hanging out with Wendy and Jayne more often, but-"
panel 1 - A title screen akin to the sitcoms of the 1950's. It reads "Franklin Studios presents... T.V. DAD! America's favorite dad!" With the heads of the 4 characters floating around. A dad with a fedora and a pipe, a mom, a little brother and a big sister. panel 2 - Dad is sitting in the back at a kitchen table with his face covered by a newspaper, mom is in the foreground with eggs in a skillet. Dad says "Mmmmm! What's cookin', dear?" Mom says "Eggs, Honey! Your favorite!" panel 3 - Close on Dad, he says "Hot DOG! Lucky me!". We can see closer at the front of the newspaper which reads "A TOTAL DISASTER! Contaminated water supply makes population believe they're in the 1950's."
Page 4 of 5 of a comic with black ink and pink tones. Panel 1: a shot of an atlas moth on a tree, reads "cool breezes" "and giant moths". Panel 2: a shot of a sunflower, tall in the foreground, with many other sunflowers in the back, and bees buzzing around it, reads "and sunflowers and bees". Panel 3: a collage of many panels, showing different animals that have been observed to have gender non-conforming/homosexual behavior in nature, including from the top: seagulls, rams, whiptail lizards, clownfish, snails and penguins. Text below reads "All these things occurred naturally".
Page 1 of 5 of a comic done with black ink and pink tones. Panel 1: a character's feet in the grass sounded by bushes and trees, reads "Is this world for me?" Panel 2: reveals the same character's face, a short, stocky person with short flowing hair, looking wistful, reads "Is my existence aligned with nature?" Panel 3: reveals the character walking in a forest, trees towering over them, surrounded by nature, reads "Is this how I was meant to be?"
A collage of seven cartoon drawings of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. The farthest left he is in a hot dog costume looking smarmy and posing dynamically. The next one he is in a black suit and tie singing into a microphone, looking wistful. The next one he is screaming red in the face out a car window. Below that he has a puzzled look on his face wearing a fedora with safari flaps in the back. At the bottom row farthest left, he is in a dark grey plaid shirt, pointing at the viewer and baring his teeth with a feral look in his eyes. Next to that he has a smug look on his face wearing a navy fleece vest over a striped button down shirt. The last one next to that he is wearing a blue button down shirt and is red in the face shouting- above him a speech bubble showing a naked body falling out of a coffin.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. He is dressed in a black suit and tie, and has a wistful look in his eye, singing into a microphone on a stand.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. He is screaming with his face red and bulging, leading out of a car window. He is wearing a tan sweater.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. He has a squinting, puzzled expression, and is wearing a grey fedora with flaps in the back and a white button down shirt.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. He is dressed in a hot dog costume, with a smarmy expression on his face and his arms posed dynamically.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy series I Think You Should Leave. He has a smug look on his face and is wearing a blue collared vest over a striped button down shirt.
A cartoon drawing of comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy show I Think You Should Leave. He has an pissed off expression and he is red in the face yelling, wearing a blue button down shirt.
A cartoon drawing of the comedian Tim Robinson from the sketch comedy series "I Think You Should Leave". He has an angry, unhinged expression, glaring and pointing a finger at the viewer.
A movie still image of Miss Spider from James and the Giant Peach
A blush pink image with floral details with a meme prompt written on it that says "1 Like = 1 Fictional Crush"