Category: Tips and Tricks
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New Media
So, it’s no secret that all of entertainment and more broadly tech in general has undergone a major series of contractions- layoffs have affected every Studio and WFH job. There’s been major reversals in the unprecedented demand of post-covid “peak media”; Labor strikes in Hollywood; AI technologies rendering whole professions redundant; and interest rates AKA…
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Obligatory Post about AI
Well, AI is here, so what do we think? So much has been said already by so many others, and to be honest, I’m still wrapping my head around the implications already. To be specific, when I say AI, I’m referring to the broad concepts of text-to-image Generative AI stuff like Midjourney and Dall-E and…
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Ingenuity – Quick Simple Color
This is a quick job that needed 3 spots boarded, with COLOR, in half a day! Of course, I’m used to needing to draw quickly, but color usually really slows things down. Of course, being a great storyboard artist is all about adapting and turning weaknesses into strengths, and of course, being the total zen…
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Top Secret Commercial
Here’s kind of a funny notion- a commercial that’s top secret while you’re working on it, and barely disclosed as it airs, and you can’t even guess whether or not you even contributed towards it. How fun! Well, I drew the following boards, and the following commercial was aired shortly after, and that’s about all…
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What I’m Packing Now
My New Mobile Studio: Wacom MobileStudio Pro and MacBook Pro This is a post about my new digital studio, but to put the excitement I have for this setup in context, I think it’s a great idea to backtrack a bit. A couple of years ago, I posted about my ‘new’ Cintiq companion – new, at…
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Visual Storytelling Websites, Links and Art Resources
Storyboards have been around quite a long time, always lurking behind the scenes, but it seems like in recent years the profession is getting more recognition, and that’s exciting. There’s all kinds of new resources popping up and so I want to also collect some links to those sites and artists that might additionally prove interesting to…
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10 Years In… Portfolio Tips and Advice for Those Just Starting Out
The other day I received a very nice email from a reader of this blog, which expressed his interest in beginning work in the field of commercial storyboarding, and it briefly described the common frustrations one faces at the outset of one’s artistic career- “breaking in,” seemed, as he put it, a Catch-22 situation. How do…
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My New Cintiq Companion!
I’ve got a new addition to my work setup- my Cintiq Companion! It’s a handsome little device- Wacom-made, so of course it’s driven primarily though a pressure-sensitive screen. It’s touch sensitive as well, and with the Windows OS driving it, it’s similar to the Microsoft Surface tablet- but the form is different and the…
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“Call of Duty: Ghosts” Cinematic Storyboards – Part 4
This sequence was the load movie for the final mission of the video game- the big showdown, the final push of the forces of good versus the forces of evil. D-Day. Armageddon. All in. The plan? Knock out the satellite defenses in orbit which will allow the tank forces to breach the command control center…
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Time for a little Storyboarding Q&A!
Recently, I received some questions from a young up-and-comer in the industry, asking for some specifics on how I got started and looking for tips on getting noticed by clients. Instead of just replying directly, I’ve decided to share the responses in a fresh new post here, so that others may benefit from my blabbermouthing…
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There’s a new player in town… introducing Shotbox
UPDATE 3/25/2015 – Sorry to pass along some news: Shotbox.se has shut down, and so this post is basically moot. Shotbox used an online subscription model, and had promising but limited applicabilities as far as producing presentation-style storyboards. For their part, on their website at least, they say they don’t have the time or money…
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Free Professional Commercial Storyboard Template
I’m feeling generous! It’s a great day to give back to the community. Wait, what day is it? Anyway, the time has come for me to provide something of utility to the young storyboard artists out there. I have for you, for FREE DOWNLOAD (it’s on the internet, after all), my personal, made from scratch,…