De'Lon Warren- Storyboard Artist

PILOT EPISODE

LOGLINE:

The psychedelic romantic blunders of a love-obsessed rat and his delinquent dorm-mates as they dodge the RA and flounder into adulthood through the kaleidoscopic lens of college life.

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THE POINT

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THE RAINBOW FLOOR, USC CIRCA 2015

This is about Hakeem's journey to being a healthier, well-rounded critter. Like the younger bisexual DeLon, Hakeem comes from a broken home and tries to find love and reinvent himself in college. With no one to go to, Hakeem seeks romance advice in movies and television, resulting in the absolute WORST of awkward outcomes! He unknowingly became a "nice guy" *shivers*. While in college, Hakeem must unlearn a bunch of nice guy-isms, which will lead to him being true to himself, and being in more healthy relationships. This journey of self-growth also applies to other characters in the show, including Hakeem's two best friends, Chickpea and Dirk.

ABOUT THE DEANS

DeLon works as a visual development artist at Six Point Harness. After storyboarding for the 93rd Academy Awards winning short "If Anything Happens, I Love You" on Netflix, he became a storyboard artist for adult animated shows. His adult animation catalog includes Woke, Robot Chicken, and Crossing Swords for Stoopid Buddy Stoodios, and HouseBroken for Bento Box Entertainment. He also did storyboard and design work for the educational children’s series Waffles + Mochi, starring Michelle Obama, and Amazon’s The Boys.

DeLon and Barry have been working together on personal projects since they were classmates in the USC School of Cinematic Arts. The concept of Rainbow Floor stems from DeLon's queer, lovesick adventures on the LGBTQ+ dormitory floor on the USC campus.

Barry’s a department producer at Blizzard Entertainment. He is passionate about contributing to the creation of impactful animated stories. His animation production experiences include Blue Sky Studios, Nickelodeon Animation, DreamWorks Animation, and Blizzard Entertainment. Barry has worked in production management on such titles as The Loud House, Spies in Disguise, Trolls World Tour, Boss Baby 2, World Of Warcraft Cinematics, and most recently, Overwatch 2 Cinematics.

DeLon and Barry are devoted to collaborating and making unique and enjoyable animated content that deeply connects with underrepresented audiences worldwide!