Biography
Ruben Hickman is a production designer, art director and concept artist working in feature animation. He production designed The Bob’s Burgers Movie (2022) and art directed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015). Earlier credits include production illustration on Shrek 2 (2004) and visual development on Madagascar (2005), Megamind (2010) and other DreamWorks and Paramount animated features.
Hickman graduated with honours from Art Center College of Design in 1995. He has taught at the University of Southern California (1997–2001) and Art Center College of Design (2009–2010). He is currently production designer at Wilo Productions and lead art consultant at Loren Bouchard’s company. His early work included concert posters and album covers for punk bands in the Bay Area and skateboard designs for Plan B in the 1990s.
