This is my third animated music requested by the band You, Me, and Everyone We Know. This project was a mixture of hand drawn animation using procreate and motion design in after effects.

Programs used: Procreate, After Effects, Illustrator

Project Notes:

Recently there was a really great piece about storyboarding on the site, It's Nice That. 

I thought it might be nice to share some of my storyboard pieces from my latest project. Give a little insight into my process. I have an interesting relationship with the storyboard process. Sometimes my ideas come faster than my pen can really draw. I don't make them look amazing, but i try and give them enough charm and character to display my animation thesis.

When it comes to where storyboarding falls into my process, it typically begins with my pitch. I do a smaller less detailed storyboard to pitch an idea to a client. In addition to the thumbnail drawings detailing each step of the video, i also include some text to help explain the visuals.

Once the pitch is approved, i move to creating a more detailed storyboard. This lays out more of the groundwork of each scene. I try to fill in some the gaps in this process as well. Transitions, ideas that might require more design time, ideas that, in my head, were cool , but ultimately don’t work well when drawn out.

Another asset that is created in the storyboarding phase is the character designs. I’ll typically finalize characters and designs within ,y storyboarding. It’s hard to really animate anything if I haven’t finished the characters. Here are a couple examples of my concept art next to my finished designs.

so there you have it. Some insight into my storyboarding. As i continue to work on projects, this process has evolved for me. It’s a really great way to help bring the clients vision to life. I have a couple procreate templates i use for storyboarding if you wanna give them a try. Just ,are sure to update the signature on them.