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I just added the storyboard for The Song of the Cloud Forest, which I found in the David Young collection at the University of Toronto. There was no indication of who drew the storyboard.

The name John Davis appears in the credits of Cloud Forest as "Production Designer." Googling the name brings up this guy, whom IMDB credits as having drawn storyboards for Muppets Take Manhattan (I found his name in the credits under "Storyboards") and The Storyteller (couldn't find his name in the credits), and the samples available of his work certainly look like the storyboards I found.

I tried emailing him using an email address I found on a site that no longer exists but is on the Internet Archive, asking if he can confirm that it's his work, but that was back in August and I haven't heard anything. Thoughts? --GrantHarding (talk) 03:09, 9 October 2023 (UTC)

These are terrific!
John Davis credited on Cloud Forest confirms that this is his work. Storyboards would certainly fall within a Production Designer's duties. And, as you say, the art style matches and he's credited on other Henson works. We should definitely have a page for him. Great find! —Scott latest?cb=20200820192427 (talk) 13:58, 9 October 2023 (UTC)
Some fodder for that page, when we eventually create it: Worthpoint has some images of Davis' Muppets Take Manhattan storyboard; and the Jim's Red Book entry on the "I'm Gonna Always Love You" music video credits him as the set designer for that video, and also includes some storyboard panels that match his style. --GrantHarding (talk) 19:11, 9 October 2023 (UTC)