Dana Terrace

Dana Terrace
Biographical
Full Name	Dana Terrace
Sex	Female
Birth date	(1990-12-08) December 8, 1990
Born in	Hamden, Connecticut, U.S.A.
Eye color	Blue
Hair color	Black (Naturally) Light Golden Brown, then Gray-Blue (Dyed)
Occupation	Storyboard Revisionist Storyboard Artist Animator
Website	http://danaterrace.tumblr.com
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Dana Terrace was a storyboard artist and animator for Gravity Falls.

Biography

Terrace graduated from the School of Visual Arts in New York during the spring of 2013, and subsequently moved to Los Angeles after getting hired as a storyboard revisionist for Gravity Falls. As of the episode "Not What He Seems," Terrace had been working as a storyboard artist. After this episode, she now no longer worked on the series, though there are additional episodes where she worked as a storyboard artist.

After finishing work on Gravity Falls, Terrace became a director on the first season of DuckTales. She created and executive produced her own series entitled The Owl House for Disney.

After the production of The Owl House ended, Terrace left Disney after years of collaboration.

Personal life

Terrace came out as bisexual in 2017, and drew on her experiences to create The Owl House and the bisexual character Luz Noceda. Terrace has mentioned multiple times that she draws inspiration for Luz Noceda from herself.

As of 2015 she was dating Alex Hirsch, the creator of Gravity Falls. However, in April 2022, Dana hinted in a Tumblr drawing that they broke up. Hirsch and Terrace have conducted multiple charity live streams together, in which they draw cartoons to raise money for various organizations including Planned Parenthood, The American Civil Liberties Union, The Southern Poverty Law Center, The Natural Resources Defense Council (with Ninja Sex Party and Arin Hanson), Direct Relief (with Justin Roiland and Ethan Klein), The Trevor Project (with Rebecca Sugar and Ian Jones-Quartey), and RAICES (with Daron Nefcy and Eden Sher). Altogether, these events raised over $270,000 as of 2018.

Terrace is a member of the Democratic Party, and is a supporter of abortion rights, same-sex marriage, immigration, and healthcare for transgender Americans. She is known to be vocal about her political views on social media, and has often condemned policies passed by Republican politicians.

In 2018, Terrace signed a petition supporting pay equity in the animation industry. In 2022, she joined other animators at Disney who criticized Bob Chapek's refusal to make a comment on HB 1557, which is often referred to as the "Don't Say Gay" bill. She also argued that Chapek's letter to employees was "flowery and compassionate words to shut you up."

Storyboard revision credits

Season 2

• 201. "Scary-oke"
• 202. "Into the Bunker"
• 203. "The Golf War"
• 204. "Sock Opera"
• 205. "Soos and the Real Girl"
• 206. "Little Gift Shop of Horrors"
• 208. "Blendin's Game"
• 209. "The Love God"

Storyboarding credits

Season 2

• 211. "Not What He Seems"
• 212. "A Tale of Two Stans"
• 214. "The Stanchurian Candidate"
• 215. "The Last Mabelcorn"
• 217. "Dipper and Mabel vs. the Future"
• 218. "Weirdmageddon 1: Xpcveaoqfoxso"
• 220-221. "Weirdmageddon 3: Take Back The Falls"

Trivia

Character based off of Terrace (on the left wearing a flannel shirt and skullcap).

• A background character in "The Stanchurian Candidate" is based off of her and two other members of staff.
• In "Pines Bros Mystery" in Gravity Falls: Lost Legends, a woman that resembles Terrace is seen with the circus freaks. She is dressed like a cat and next to someone who looks like Alex Hirsch.
• She was involved with the animation process of Gravity Falls: Legend of the Gnome Gemulets.
• She is credited with providing additional animation for the "Mysterious Figure" at the end of "Not What He Seems".
• Dana is terrified of horses.
• When Dana was younger, she watched and was influenced by The Powerpuff Girls, South Park, Garfield, The Simpsons, Pokémon, Revolutionary Girl Utena, and Studio Ghibli films.

Gallery

Dana's name postcard from her desk

Dana's desk at the Gravity Falls offices

Early Gravity Falls drawings that Dana made during production

Early work by Dana for Lost Legends

Unfinished drawing by Dana for the Farewell to the Falls art show

External links

• Dana Terrace on Blogger (inactive)
• Dana Terrace at deviantART (inactive)
• Dana Terrace on format (inactive)
• Dana Terrace on Instagram
• Dana Terrace at the Internet Movie Database
• Dana Terrace on Tumblr (inactive)
• Dana Terrace on Twitter
• Dana Terrace on Vimeo (inactive)
• Video on YouTube
• Dana's Twitch
• Dana Terrace on The Owl House Wiki