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Learn to Storyboard for Film or Animation

An introduction to the art of drawing storyboards for Film, TV, or Animation
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Length Under 3 weeks
Effort 2 hours per week
Price $ 154
Subject Design, Art
Level Any
Languages English
Video Transcripts English

This course covers everything you need to know to about the creative process of Storyboarding for Film or Animation. You will learn concrete skills such as how to draw characters, how to draw in perspective, what camera angles and shots to use for your scripts, and how to make your shots and scenes flow together.

As a Storyboard Artist you get to draw the film, shot for shot. It's by far the most creative job in the whole production process. Whether you are interested in gaming, animation, sketching, comic books or filmmaking, the concepts and techniques in this course will get you started on the road to professional success. You can begin to build a portfolio from right within the course, or you can start storyboarding your own projects now to a professional standard. I've packed this course with only the most relevant and detailed material. I've distilled everything I've learnt in my 15 years as an animation and film professional into each lesson.

Who this course is for:
  • Anyone who is interested in animation and learning how to draw storyboards, comics, thumbnails
  • If you are interested in film making and script writing
  • Filmmakers who need to know how to storyboard their own projects
  • Anyone interested in getting into professional animation storyboarding
  • Anyone who wants to be able to professional present their script, idea or concept in a visual format
  • Animators who want to develop storyboarding skills
  • Illustrators who want to get into animation

What you'll learn

  • You'll be able to draw panels for any script or story
  • You'll have a thorough understanding of the creative process of storyboarding for animation or for film
  • You'll understand, and be able to draw, all of the main camera angles and shots used in movies
  • You'll understand the editing process for film, animation and TV
  • You'll learn concrete skills, like how to draw, how to break down a script and how to visually tell a story
  • You'll learn how to draw characters
  • You'll be able to draw scenes and backgrounds using 1-point and 2-point perspective
  • You will learn principles of animation and how to draw for animation

Course syllabus

Introduction Drawing Skills Process Visual Storytelling Conclusion

Meet the instructors

Siobhan Twomey

Artist, Animator & Figure Drawing Instructor

My background spans the disciplines of drawing, painting, filmmaking and animation. I studied Film in Dublin, and at the Tisch School of the Arts, NYU in New York. I later studied drawing and animation. Since 2005, I have worked in studios in Vancouver and Dublin as a professional Background Designer and Environment Artist. I've also worked as a storyboard artist, concept artist, and I have directed a number of short animated films.

All in all, I've worked for over 15 years as an Artist, Illustrator and Animation Professional. I've provided artwork for studios whose clients include Disney UK, Sony Pictures Animation, HMH Publishing, to name a few.

I also have an ongoing painting and drawing practice, and I paint portraits on commission, and exhibit my work in galleries. My passion is to teach others the whole spectrum of art skills that I've learned and developed over the course of my career.