Andy Ristaino

Andy Ristaino is an American artist who is best known as a former lead character designer, writer, storyboard and background artist on the animated television series Adventure Time.

[1] Ristaino grew up in New England and studied at the Rhode Island School of Design where he earned a degree in illustration and animation.

Ristaino applied to be a storyboard artist, but failed the test required to achieve this position.

Ristaino's work on Adventure Time gained him an Emmy Award win for his character designs for the fifth season episode "Puhoy", the first time that the series had won an Emmy Award.

[5] In 2013, Ristaino raised over 20,000 dollars on Kickstarter to fund his graphic novel, Night of the Living Vidiots.