I’m really into Within Temptation right now… well, just the one song. But it’s a good song.
It’s Render Week here in the Computer Animation department: seniors are rendering final versions of their films. We’re almost done!
When I come home at night, I’ve been trying to work on a longish sequence of storyboards that I developed for Independent Study last semester. My hope was to get some revisions in in time for recruiter visits (Nickelodeon comes next week…), but tonight my head’s just not in it. I’m not sure I’ll be done in time.
Rather than trying for a second wind, here’s some drawrin’s.
Don’t mind Travis’s dialogue. He’s a country kid.
Can that boy’s mouth get any bigger…
This panel’s kinda fun to me, for some reason… though a bit busy.
A couple of these shots didn’t make it into the final. Here’s one of them.
In some cases I have trouble settling on staging, or hitting it just the way I want it. So I’ll try a few variations until I get something I like.
Still trying.
That horse’s neck bothers me… I really don’t know why I drew it like that.
All right, shower, then bed. I’m really tired of going to the labs at 9 a.m….
I really am a sucker for storyboards! Awesome work.
What is the industry standard size for them? Also how do you determine how much detail to use?
Within Temptation is good sometimes, I think I know the song your talking about, maybe?
Nice drawings!
Michael: Thank you! As for standard size, I think most animation studios use the widescreen aspect ratio (16:9). And as for detail… whatever communicates the message best. Of the professional boards I’ve seen, most use varying degrees of detail, depending on what the scene calls for. For me, I tend to include background and scenery cues whenever it’s important to convey a sense of space or where the character is in their environment. But for close-ups, background is unnecessary and can even detract from the key message of the shot (i.e. the character), so I leave it out. The main thing is to always consider the message of the shot.
Cliff: The Howling – I’ve only heard a few of their songs, but that one’s my favorite. And thank you!