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  • Ultimate Fighter- NOS Pitch Boards

    Ultimate Fighter- NOS Pitch Boards

    Just a quick one this week. Got a lot of stuff going on. So here we have some boards I did last year for a Ultimate Fighter/NOS tie-in.  Everyone knows that the secret to success is to drink as many energy drinks as possible, and UFC fighters are no exception.  And for that extra edge…

  • Celebrity Apprentice / Walgreens Storyboards

    Celebrity Apprentice / Walgreens Storyboards

    Invariably, a career in commercial storyboarding will eventually involve drawing celebrities endorsing products.  Sometimes the celebrities not only endorse products, but also the retailers that the products are sold in, and even the charities that benefit from the sales of the products, and ultimately the show that features the celebrities that compete to benefit the…

  • Sport Chek “Determination”

    Sport Chek “Determination”

    Here’s a spot I worked on earlier this year- A Sport Chek commercial starring NHL player Sidney Crosby.  The premise is very straightforward- many slow motion shots of Sidney training hard in the gym, with the speed ramping up and building in intensity, and abruptly ending with tagline and logo lockup. I like working on…

  • Beachy Breezy boards for Gillette

    It’s late and I drank too much coffee- might as well post some storyboards! Right?  So here we go: A few months back I had the pleasure of working on a Gillette spot for their 3 Venus Summer Goddess Embrace line of razors- I’m sure there’s a distinct shaving advantage for each one, but, being…

  • 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…

  • There’s a new player in town… introducing Shotbox

    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…

  • Whiskey Commercial

    Earlier this year I had the pleasure of working with the talented director Emil Khar on a whiskey commercial.  Emil has a real flair for cinematic storytelling without relying on dialogue, which, as a storyboard artist, I really appreciate.  It’s always so much more interesting to tell a story in pictures without words, because it…

  • 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,…

  • Nathan Fowke’s Online Charcoal Portrait Drawing Class

    Nathan Fowke’s Online Charcoal Portrait Drawing Class

    A couple of weeks ago I wrapped up Nathan Fowke’s Online Charcoal Portrait Drawing Class, taught (of course) by Nathan Fowkes (Fowkes, as in cow, as in moo) and offered through the good folks at Laafa.  You can learn more about Nathan elsewhere, but let me take a moment to say that Nathan is the best art…

  • Toon Boom Storyboard Pro 4 is here! Yay?

    I was working onsite yesterday and got an email notification from Toon Boom announcing their new update to the successful and highly-lauded application, Storyboard Pro, now in version 4.  The email touts the many new features, the most significant of which are the new “bitmap drawing” tools.  You might be thinking “Don’t most drawing programs…

  • Alamo:  Meet the Getaways

    Alamo: Meet the Getaways

    Just a quick post today.  Here’s a campaign I worked on at Brand New School a few months back and has been recently been airing:  Alamo: Meet the Getaways.  You might have seen them! http://youtu.be/f4e5SCYX5xE And check out the other three spots here: http://www.brandnewschool.com/Projects/DesignAndAnimation/MeetTheGetaways And here’s the storyboards! [slideshow id=31] So while the boards themselves were…

  • Old Navy Funnovations Inc!

    Old Navy Funnovations Inc!

    [singlepic id=594 w=320 h=240 float=]   Well well well, Its been almost a year since I worked on these Old Navy spots and so it’s probably ok to talk about them now.  For those of you who don’t watch TV (the only excuse you might have for not seeing these ubiquitous commercials), these Old Navy…