Dave Creek.Photo: Dave Creek/Instagram
Dave Creek, the lead character designer onBob’s Burgers, has died.
According to the websiteCartoon Brew, which first reported the news, Creek died Thursday following complications from a skydiving incident last weekend. He was 42.
The Fox series issued astatementconfirming the news on Friday.
Creek had worked onBob’s Burgerssince the hit show’s inception in 2011. He also contributed to the animation for other shows throughout his career, includingCentral Park,Brickleberry, andHappiness Is a Warm Blanket, Charlie Brown, according to hisIMDb page.
The artist graduated from the California Institute of the Arts in 2005. In 2015, he returned to his alma mater to work as an adjunct professor in the character animation department, according toRolling Stone.
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“Today we tragically lost our Lead Character designer and friend, Dave Creek,“tweeteddirector Simon Chong. “A wonderfully brilliant and talented man who I can guarantee designed your favourite character on Bob’s at some point. I’ll miss you, buddy x.”
“If you loveBob’s Burgers, you loved Dave Creek,“addedwriter Wendy Molyneax. “He was an adventurous funny outgoing amazing artist and one of the most incredible, interesting people I ever met. I often thought that Dave really knew how to live, and I wish he got to live some more. Rest In Peace, buddy.”
Supervising director Bernard Derriman posted a photo of Creek as well as some of his work, including a tree house he built and one of hisBob’s Burgerscharacters.
“We lost a great artist and a great friend at Bobs today,” Derrimanwrote.
source: people.com
