I've been researching the art of storyboarding, not only for our next assignment but also because it is an area that I would very much like to specialize in. After watching the making of King Kong in class, I was astonished as to the new power of previz. I have therefore decided to make storyboarding my topic for my 2000 word essay in Animated Society and the Web.
2 books that I have found very informative have been Mark Simon's Storyboards: Motion in Art, and John Hart's 'The Art of the Storyboard". These books not only reiterate what Mark has taught us in class but they also explore the role of storyboard artists in the film industry: how to get work, what the average rates are, what producers and directors look for when examining a portfolio. I would, perhaps in the year to come, be tempted n knocking on a few doors to see if I can start storyboarding professionally.
Also the books talk about the different tools that are great for storyboard artists: a mirror, a camera, painting software, action figurines, the internet, art books, comic books. I feel like going on a shoppping spree and setting up a studio in my home.
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In the exciting first week back at school, I have done a little bit of research on 16th Century architecture in order to portray a Grimms fairy tale in pictures. Unfortunately, I should've been researching 18th Century architecture as that is the time period when the fairy tale 'The Three Army Surgeons"takes place. Lesson number 1, don't take what the tutor says as truth; research the authors and the background of the story thoroughly!
I used the Google Image search engine to try and find pictures of a 16th Century Inn. The assignment was to draw the main hall of the inn, but all I kept finding was pictures of the exterior. However, after researching the furniture of the time, I could imagine roughly what the interior would look like.
I proceeded to draw different thumbnails of what I thought the hall would look like. After choosing my favorite, I sketched it out in A4 size and then cleaned it up on the light box. It wasn't quite the same as my thumbnail so I've learned that photocopying is a good way of staying accurate when switching from thumbnail to larger drawing.
The following drawings demonstrate the process I took.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
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