The character design in Dexter's Lab has always been something that has made me want to be an animator - it's probably the nostalgia of it all, but the simplisity of the characters with their distinctive expressions have always appealed to me. Dexter's sister Dee Dee was inspired by one of Genndy Tartakovsky's drawings of a ballerina. After drawing Dee Dee's tall, thin shape, he decided to pair her with a short and blocky opposite, Dexter, inspired by Tartakovsky's older brother. The series was animated in a stylised way, which Tartakovsky says was influenced by the Merrie Melodies cartoon The Dover Boys. Dexter's Lab, however, was staged in a cinematic way, rather than flat and close to the screen, to leave space and depth for the action and gags. Tartakovsky was also influenced by other Warner Bros. cartoons, Hanna-Barbera, Japanese anime.
I'll always love Dexter's Lab because of the nostalgia but it's the style of animation and its humour that has kept me a viewer throughout my young adult life.
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