Nickelodeon Digital

Nickelodeon Digital
Nickelodeon Animation Studio New York

Formerly	Nickelodeon Creative Labs (1994–99)
Company type	Division
Industry	Animation Digital content
Founded	1994;31 years ago (1994)
Founder	Amy Friedman
Headquarters	New York City Burbank, California (2001–present)
Parent	Nickelodeon Animation Studio

Nickelodeon Digital, often shortened to Nick Digital and originally known as Nickelodeon Creative Labs, is an American animation studio based in New York City which opened in 1994. It is a division of Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Nickelodeon Digital produces some of Nickelodeon's animated series and creates digital content and motion graphics for the Nickelodeon Group. The company's Burbank, California branch creates CGI and visual effects for Nickelodeon's animated series.

Nick Digital has also worked on shows for other Viacom networks, including TV Land, Noggin, and Spike TV.

History

Nickelodeon Creative Labs was founded in 1994 by Amy Friedman. ^{[1] [2]} The company produced motion graphics and short-form material for the Nickelodeon network, including the award-winning Short Films by Short People interstitial series. Soon after its founding in 1994, Nickelodeon Creative Labs introduced an animated mascot consisting of two eyes & a mouth voiced by Chris Phillips for Nick Jr. named Face, who would also often change to a different color and interact with the block's characters (on-screen and off). In 1996, Nickelodeon Creative Labs began producing the Nick Jr. series Blue's Clues in-house using Adobe After Effects, Photoshop, and Power Macintosh computers.

In October 1999, Nickelodeon Creative Labs relaunched as Nick Digital; it was now also producing Little Bill , another Nick Jr. series. In 2001, a Nick Digital branch at Nickelodeon Animation Studio began producing visual effects for Nickelodeon's animated series. The same year, Nick Digital produced the second Backyardigans pilot (featuring the same synopsis as the later episode "The Heart of the Jungle"). The studio used CGI and motion capture, a method that was ultimately rejected by creator Janice Burgess.

List of productions

Name	Year(s)	Notes
Backyardigans	2002	unaired pilot
Face	1994–2003	interstitial series; animation production from 2000 to 2003
Natalie's Backseat Traveling Web Show	1996–97	interstitial series
Blue's Clues	1996–2004
Little Bill	1999–2002
Garbage Boy	1999	short film
SpongeBob's Nicktoon Summer Splash	2000–01	interstitial series
Dora the Explorer	2000–14
Astrology with Squidward	2000	interstitial series
Nick Jr. Presents	2000	interstitial series
Blue's Big Musical Movie	2000
2001 Kids' Choice Awards	2001	animated graphics
Nick Jr. Just for Me Stories	2001	interstitial series
The Baseball Card Shop	2001	short film
2002 Kids' Choice Awards	2002	Jimmy Neutron and SpongeBob SquarePants segments
Noggin Mascot	2002–03	interstitial series
Play with Me Sesame	2002–03
Shpidah!	2002	unaired pilot
Linny the Guinea Pig	2003	interstitial series
2003 Kids' Choice Awards	2003	The Fairly OddParents segment
The Alan Brady Show	2003	TV Land special
Gary the Rat	2003
This Just In!	2004
Blue's Room	2004–07
The Backyardigans	2004–10
My World Maya the Indian Princess Happy Holi, Maya!	2004–05	interstitial series
Mighty Bug 5	2004	interstitial series
Big Shorty	2004	unaired pilot
Go, Diego, Go!	2005–11
Umizumiz	2006	unaired pilot
Lolly and the Pipsqueaks	2006	unaired pilot
Friday: The Animated Series	2007–08
Chickiepoo and Fluff: Barnyard Detectives	2007	interstitial series and unaired pilot
Nicktoons Film Festival 5	2008	opening & bumpers
Bubble Guppies	2011–16 2019–23
Charlie and Mr. Two	2013	short film
Wallykazam!	2014–17
Welcome to the Wayne	2014; 2017–19
Dora and Friends: Into the City!	2014–17
Blaze and the Monster Machines	2014–21
Bad Bad Bunny	2014	short film
Butterbean's Café	2018–20

Visual effects

• SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present)
• Cry Baby Lane (2000)
• The Fairly OddParents (2001–2017)
• Invader Zim (2001–2004)
• Maniac Magee (2003)
• Stripperella (2003–2004)
• Whoopi's Littleburg (2004)
• Fatherhood (2004–2005)
• Avatar: The Last Airbender (2005–2008)
• Catscratch (2005–2007)
• The X's (2005–2007)
• Holly Hobbie & Friends (specials, 2006–2007)
• Random! Cartoons (2006–2007)
• El Tigre: The Adventures of Manny Rivera (2007–2008)
• The Modifyers (2007; pilot)
• Tak and the Power of Juju (2007–2009)
• Ni Hao, Kai-Lan (2007–2011)
• The Mighty B! (2008–2011)
• The Penguins of Madagascar (2008–2012)
• Fanboy & Chum Chum (2009–2012)
• T.U.F.F. Puppy (2010–2013)
• Winx Club (2011–2016)
• Kung Fu Panda: Legends of Awesomeness (2011–2013)
• Robot and Monster (2012–2014)
• Sanjay and Craig (2013–2016)
• Earmouse and Bottle (2013; short film)
• Breadwinners (2014–2016)
• Harvey Beaks (2015–2017)
• Pig Goat Banana Cricket (2015–2018)
• Shimmer and Shine (2015–2020)
• The Loud House (2016–present)
• Bunsen Is a Beast (2017–2018)
• Hey Arnold!: The Jungle Movie (2017)
• Rocko's Modern Life: Static Cling (2019)
• Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus (2019)
• The Casagrandes (2019–2022)

References

1. Mangan, Jennifer (December 18, 1997). "Longer shorts". Chicago Tribune .
2. Deborah Reber (11 May 2010). In Their Shoes: Extraordinary Women Describe Their Amazing Careers. Simon and Schuster. p. 123. ISBN   978-1-4391-0370-8.