Quick Info
| Profession | Toy designer, artist, and inventor |
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| Nationality | American |
| Date of Birth | 1964 |
| Birthplace | Missouri, USA |
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Bio/Wiki
| Summary | Carter Bryant is an American toy designer, artist, and inventor best known for creating the Bratz fashion doll while he was a Barbie product designer at Mattel. |
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| Creative Development | Bryant presented his Bratz concept art to MGA Entertainment after leaving Mattel, and the Bratz doll line was released by MGA in 2001. The four original 10-inch Bratz dolls went on sale on May 21, 2001. Bryant has said his initial Bratz inspiration came in 1998 after he drove past a high school in Springfield, Missouri. |
Educational Qualification(s)
| Otis College of Art and Design | Attended in Los Angeles; did not graduate |
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Relationships & More
| Business Associations | MGA Entertainment (Bratz) |
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| Former Employer | Mattel |
Family
| Sibling | Co-designed the Pinkie Cooper and the Jet Set Pets line with his sister |
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Career
| Mattel | Joined as a Barbie product designer in 1995; left in 1998; returned in 1999 as lead designer of a number of collectible Barbies |
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| Freelance Work | Worked as a freelance designer, including doll design for Ashton-Drake Galleries |
| MGA Entertainment | Signed a consulting agreement in 2000; Bratz released in 2001 |
| Later Work | Co-created Pinkie Cooper and the Jet Set Pets, and Sugar Planet; now also paints and writes and illustrates children's books |
Some Lesser Known Facts
| 1. Grew up with limited means and made dolls, puppets, and paper-mache marionettes by drawing and crafting his own. | |
| 2. Won a contest drawing characters for Archie Comics as a child. | |
| 3. Bratz concept was inspired by a group of bratty teenage girls he saw near a high school, along with Steve Madden shoe advertisements in Seventeen magazine. | |
| 4. Bratz became the subject of long-running legal disputes between Mattel and MGA over intellectual property. |
