Storyboarding: Two More Tips
Gerardo EscamillaDescription
In this video we will work with tips to have in mind while storyboarding. Artist Gerardo Escamilla explains what those tips are. The first tip is to try to draw fast and energetically. Try not to focus on detail in the beginning. Focus instead on the overall expression of your character. He demonstrates what that means by drawing a football character right before he throws the ball and then draws the same character with more movement in the gesture. He adds detail and corrects any drawing issues on the second pass with a graphite pencil Then he lines the graphite with a black liner marker.
The second tip is to draw shape driven designs to accomplish readability. He demonstrates this tip by sketching a character in colored pencil walking on tiptoes, then draws the same character with more curved lines, indicating the character is being sneaky. Notice how the second drawing makes the character’s intentions much clearer.
Remember that drawing for a storyboard is not about the details but about telling a compelling story.
On this video, we will work with a couple of tips to have in mind when drawing for a storyboard. Number one, try to draw fast and energetic, try not to focus too much on the details at the beginning, focus first on the overall expression of your character. So for example, instead of drawing this, try growing this and now we can add a little bit more of detail. And number two try always to draw shape driven designs to accomplish clean readability. So instead of drawing this, try drawing this notice how the second drawing is clearer than the first one since we can easier understand our characters.
Intentions finally remember that drawing for a storyboard is not about the details, but about telling a compelling story. So that's it. Thank you. And let's put this into practice.
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